Ah, yes, better late than never. It is Saturday, albeit nearly time for Happy Hour in my neck of the woods, and here is my latest collection of writing prompts for you. I've not been dallying around, I've been teaching all day–a fine group of local students who showed up despite forecasted temperatures of 102 […]
Step Out of Your Story: Writing Exercises to Reframe and Transform Your Life by Kim Schneiderman Once again, the wonderful folks at New World Library have offered me a book to review. And once again, I'm making slow progress through it because I keep stopping to ponder and do the exercises. I found the receipt […]
The prompt box I've been writing again–this morning, 2,000 words in an hour, words that came easily and almost effortlessly. This, after noodling around, trying to decide which novel idea to pick up next. (I've got four of them churning around in my brain.) I'm also a tad bit distracted, because my agent is […]
As I've announced at least fifty million times in every place I could possibly think of, I'm busy rewriting my novel for my new agent, Erin Niumata, which is why things have been quiet around here. But as I've been concentrating fiercely on my rewrite the last couple of weeks, I've realized some things that […]
Here's how an author's career used to look: said author would get her first book accepted by a big New York publisher, and said publisher would tell said author not to worry about a thing, marketing-wise. The happy author would be given a schedule for a tour and appearances and told to focus on […]
Okay, are you ready? I'm about to reveal it all. The one and only thing you need to do to be a writer, that will guarantee you success on some level. And that is… Drum roll, please…. The one thing you need to do to be a successful writer is to write. You need to […]
I am thrilled to introduce you to my friend Lisa, a fellow Portlander. Her fabulous debut mystery, Kilmoon, A County Clare Mystery, just released last week. She's got an interesting take on how to get organized for a book launch. Take it away, Lisa! Book Launches: How Getting Coached Saved My Sanity by Lisa Alber […]
I promised you a guest post from Jeffrey Davis, and here it is. Jeffrey would be the first to admit that this post runs a bit long–but I want to tell you that it is worth reading every word! (I wrote a bit about Jeffrey, why I'm promoting his program and his upcoming webinar here.) […]
Travels In Elysium by William Azuski I was asked to review this book and I readily accepted because, well, there's nothing I like better than receiving random books in the mail and diving into them. Here's the blurb the publisher and blog tour folks asked me to include: Literary fiction blends with Plato’s tale of […]
I've spent the summer writing book proposals as well as reviewing them. Call it synchronicity, or serendipity, or whatever you want, but I have been immersed in book proposals. And I've learned a lot. I thought I knew a lot about writing book proposals before (she said modestly), but now I know even more. So […]
