Happy New Year, Gardeners! It’s a great time to be in the Writer Zen Garden. Inside this blog: Prompt Circles are back – next one is Jan 21st from 2-4 at Open Books Walking In This World online workshop, Jan … Continue reading →
I have a bit of a minor rant against a magazine publisher who shall remain unidentified. Somehow, they got my mailing address and started sending me one of their weekly publications. Since I do not wish to pay them for … Continue reading →
My friend, Kimberley Troutte, is up for several awards and I wanted to chat with her about the awards process and how it fits in with the rest of her writing. She was kind enough to take time out of … Continue reading →
My first book, BURNING BRIGHT, written with coauthor Rachel Wilder, comes out next month. One of the things I’m learning as a new author is how to do promo. In fact, I’ve started talking about it like that – “do … Continue reading →
After taking a creative writing class last quarter, I was introduced to an interesting website that I think many people will find helpful. It’s called Duotrope’s Digest. It’s free to sign up and you can essentially shop around your story … Continue reading →
For this week’s Wiley Wednesday, we have the opportunity to have a chat with Casey Lynn, of Casey Lynn Marketing & Media Services. Casey helps authors to market themselves and to navigate the new reality of self-promotion. Casey has kindly … Continue reading →
One of my favorite writing websites is Writing World, www.writing-world.com (don’t forget the dash or it’ll send you somewhere different). Now edited by Dawn Copeman, it was started by Moira Allen. They publish a free monthly newsletter on the first … Continue reading →
In an effort to increase my market knowledge, I delved into this topic headlong and found it particularly daunting. Here I’ll sum up what I’ve found, and perhaps ‘de-mystify’ it for you some as well. The question that led me … Continue reading →