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Stephen Chbosky: Birthing A Book
Stephen Chbosky: Birthing A Book
In this video snippet (slightly shaky, sorry) Stephen Chbosky talks about birthing the Perks of Being A Wallflower. To entrepreneurial authors out here, please note how long it took this master craftsman to give birth to ...
Literary Salon: Learning Prose from Pro, Suzanne Redfearn
Literary Salon: Learning Prose from the Pros--episode one
Literary thriller author Suzanne Redfearn's willingness to be my first guest is more appreciated than she can know. Though I've spent a few decades interviewing folks, launching a new gig is always nerve racking-at ...
Author Mavis Gallant & Birthing Fiction
Literary Salon: Learning Proses from Pros
The beauty of literature is that we can enjoy the author's prose long after they've passed.
Noted author Mavis Gallant passed over recently. In this interview she discusses her process of birthing fiction. Though this may ...
Pitch Witch Writers Workshop
Pitch Witch Writers Workshop
Screenwriters call it the 'elevator pitch' - no matter the name, the goal is the same: Should you meet a publishing professional in an elevator who you know is one of the pros you want to pitch ...
David Brin on Writing
David Brin on Writing
Your 1st Novel Should Be A Murder Mystery
David Brin keynotes @SCWC
I'm not a science fiction reader but I love Ray Bradbury and so does noted science fiction novelist David Brin. Bradbury was his hero like he has ...
Mark Childress, My Latest Literary Crush
MarkChildress, My Latest Literary Crush
I can't help it, I get crushes. Gender doesn't matter. I swooned over Dorothy Allison just as I did Stephen Chbosky and Jane Smiley and David Brin and T. Jefferson Parker and Catherine Ryan Hyde and ...
EASYHomeGROW Series w/ MediMJMama Premiere-Episode 1
Easy HomeGrow Series w/MediMJMama Premiere-Episode 1
WELCOME to Easy HomeGrow Series w/MediMJMama, an ongoing, online series that take visitors through the cannabis growing process, from clone to harvest. Easy to follow, the series is marked by episodes. So far, 6 episodes are published ...
Indie AuthorJoanna Penn Pens Sellable Prose
Indie AuthorJoanna Penn Pens Sellable Prose
Indie Author Joanna Penn has combined a few previous careers into her writing life. Her long list of book credits reflects her love for both fiction and nonfiction, books she markets separately. Hard to do but if ...
LiterarySalon: Learning Prose from Pros, episode #3-Caitlin Rother
LiterarySalon: Learning Prose from Pros-episode #3
Bestselling true crime author and former investigative reporter Caitlin Rother will keynote at next week's Santa Barbara Writers Conference and no doubt talk about her latest, I'll Take Care of You.
Listen as she and Marla ...
SBWC Literary Agents & Editors Panel: Conflict, Conflict, Conflict!
SBWC Literary Agents & Editors Panel: Conflict, Conflict, Conflict!
NYC literary agent Paul Fedorko told me this was the best agents panel he's ever been on. Why? 'No bullshit,' he replied.
As moderator of this 2014 SBWC panel, my intention was to talk ...