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Fun Fridays – April 24, 2015
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What Should I Wear to a Conference
If you have been following my posts on this blog, you may be aware that this topic was prompted by a question asked on last week’s blog. One of our faithful readers wanted to know what to wear to a major conference. I didn’t intend to devote a complete post to this seemingly shallow topic until the answer she deserved became quite detailed. So here we are. I don’t believe God …
Tools from the Front Lines: Emotional Memory
You’ve heard it over and over: Show, don’t tell. And that’s appropriate whether you’re writing fiction or nonfiction. When you communicate emotions in your writing, when those emotions are vital to your scene or message, it’s more powerful to show them. Now, I’m not going to tackle the pros and cons of telling, or when and why it’s better to show. (I covered at that in a previous post, so go there …
It’s a Flat World After All
As a preface to this post, let it be known that I really enjoy hitting my thumb with a hammer, pushing forks into electric toasters and tripping over things in my bare feet in the dark. It is that very masochistic tendency that prompted me to write this blog. _____ A favorite book for me in the last decade was Tom Friedman’s The World Is Flat, published in 2005. It simply made me think differently …
Fun Fridays – April 17, 2015
Laugh along with this author who has just received word of her first contract! Of course the author only does this after they hang up the phone with their agent. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4xs5pXTeQU
Conference Travel Mishaps
Last week, I listed a few things that can go wrong when you travel to a conference. Today, I’ll offer a few ideas that might help overcome these mishaps. Getting there 1.) The car taking me to the airport doesn’t show up. This has never happened to me, but I know an alternative car service I can call if need be. 2.) I don’t arrive at the airport on time. I always allow much more …
Tools from the Front Lines: Quotations on Writing
Okay, admit it, you love to read quotes about writing or writers. Especially if they’re from other writers. So do I. In fact, I keep a growing list of quotations that inspire me, or make me laugh, or make me think. And on those days when I’m struggling, or when I feel the right words are eluding me, I fix myself a cup of coffee, open up the list, and spend time just reading. So here, to get you …
The Lincoln Lessons
I couldn’t let this day pass without mentioning Abraham Lincoln. It was 150 years ago today that the U.S. President was shot in the head by John Wilkes Booth while attending a performance of “Our American Cousin” at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, DC. He died the next morning on April 15, but today marks the beginning of his death. A lot of books (some estimate as many as 15,000) have been …
How Do You Know What Will (or Will Not) Sell?
There is a mysterious magic embedded in the mythos of the publishing industry…the ability to pick successful books. I was recently asked “You say ‘no’ so often, how do you know when to say ‘yes?’” I wish I could claim that every agent and publisher have a secret formula that we consult to know what will sell. Ask any group of us for that secret and we will all laugh because there is no “secret.” …
Fun Friday – April 10, 2015
Ever wondered what it is like to open the box containing your first published book? Sarah E. Morin, a first-time author with Enclave Publishing, received her books two days ago. Enjoy her wonderfully creative video of the experience! And then go buy her amazing novel, Waking Beauty.