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SweetSpot: Now and Then, Pre-Order Available
SweetSpot: Now and Then, Pre-Order Available
Darlene Robinson grew up working poor, her people uneducated. Married right out of high school, she and her newly wedded husband had dreams, big enough to take them away from Little Rock, Arkansas to California. ...
Authors, ‘Ain’t Gonna Lie’ Book Promotion is a Grind
Writers,
I've been promoting this story in several ways for what seems like FOREVER!
I won't lie, promotion is a grind. I've needed to find ways to make it less so and since I love video, film, documentaries, et al, I've incorporated ...
Other Writerly Nuggets and Post-SCWC Conference Notes
Other Writerly Nuggets and Post-SCWC Conference Notes
Announcing this writer's labor of love is about to be born.
SweetSpot: Now and Then is available for Pre-Order, links below. The official date of publication, which frankly feels like giving birth, is 3/21/25. Shortly, ...
Authors Helping Authors; Mutual Promotion Society
Authors Helping Authors; Mutual Promotion Society
As I ready my own novel for publication, I continue my long standing support of authors preparing their own works for publication and/or promoting their works out here in the cyber community at large. I've ...
SweetSpot Now and Then Promotion Includes Fannie Flagg’s ‘Success’ Story
SweetSpot: Now and Then, Promotion Includes Fannie Flagg's Success
Like my protagonist in SweetSpot: Now and Then, noted author Fannie Flagg didn't start out as a writer. Some may remember her as an actress and game show sidekick. But like my ...
Cooking For Kamala: America’s Celebrated Chefs Stand Behind Kamala & Tim
Cooking For Kamala: America's Celebrated Chefs Stand Behind Kamala & Tim
In a recent ZOOM, dozens of America's premiere chefs, restaurateurs and food writers gathered in their kitchens across this country to stand in solidarity with two Americans who value food ...
@Writersmama Zoom Workshops Expand & SCWC 2021 Update
Fall, 2021
Dear Subscribers,
I launched WritersMama ZOOM Read & Critique Workshop on April 3rd, 2020. Sixteen months later, this group still meets twice/week. Three of our writers are reading novel #2 while pitching their first novels, read/critiqued by us, to agents ...
Writersmama and My Platform Building Ways
Writersmama and MY Platform Building Ways
I wrote this piece a few years ago and after listening to bestselling author Joe Ide's keynote at Southern California Writers Conference. Ide's was an inspiring keynote filled with lots of craft writers must embrace ...
Book Promotion: Takeaway Tips from SBWC Authors’ Panel
Viewer alert: The videos of Diana Raab and Max Talley may come on automatically so please go to each video and turn off and when you are ready to listen, turn each one on. Sorry for the inconvenience. MM
Book Promotion: ...
Immersion Into Writers Conferences Is Humbling…
and that’s a good thing.
Recently and while immersed at a writers’ conference for 6 days, I taught what I know about the craft and business of writing to writers at every stage of literary development and as always, the time ...