Tag archives for American Author
Fiction’s Roots Found in Facts, SweetSpot: Now and Then
Fiction Roots Found in Fact, SweetSpot: Now and Then
Not every novel is rooted in an author's reality.
But for this author, my storytelling has to speak to some value/issue/norm I want to explore in long form. In the case of SweetSpot: ...
SweetSpot: Now and Then Channeling Ray Bradbury
SweetSpot: Now and Then Channeling Ray Bradbury
If you want to write, you must write every single day of your life. You must read dreadful dumb books & glorious books. You must lurk in libraries & climb the stacks like ladders ...
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. ...
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 ...
The Value of Writing Conferences: Don’t Throw the Baby Out with the Bathwater
The Value of Writing Conferences: Don’t Throw the Baby Out with the Bathwater
JUN 09, 2024
We are in the era of internet writers. Those who have stories to tell, write them and then publish them. Some have training, many don’t. The ...
Bestselling Author Joe Ide: Facts and Fantasies of ‘Bestselling’
Bestselling Author Joe Ide: Facts and Fantasy of ‘Bestselling’
L.A. author Joe Ide, frequent keynote speaker and workshop leader at the Southern California Writers Conference, is delighted with the success he has enjoyed since selling his first novel, IQ at ...
The Writing Life, Mental Health and Mental Illness
The Writing Life, Mental Health and Mental Illness
Before I shifted careers, I was an RN, MSN and my specialty was psychiatric nursing. For two decades I practiced exclusively on psychiatric units, either managing them or supervising student nurses, undergraduates usually ...
Authors & Book Promo, 21st Century Style
Authors & Book Promo, 21st Century Style
WHO: Marla Miller, host of Authors & Book Promotion Interviews, 21st Century Style conducted on ZOOM
WHAT:
ZOOM Interviews with 21st century published authors from all publishing avenues, traditional, small press, indie/self and/or hybrid publishers. ...
HOOKING Is Hard: Your Query Letter Must Hook Your Intended ‘HOOKIE’
9/16/2022 SCWC, Query Letter Workshop w/Writersmama
HOOKING IS Hard: Your Query Letter Must Hook Your Intended HOOKIE!
(a.k.a agent or editor).
Crafting a hook-able query letter requires heavy lifting. Are you up for it? This video snippet on my youtube channel of ...
AUTHORS & BOOK PROMOTION 21st Century Style Interview w/ Jennifer S Redmond-MEMOIR
AUTHORS & BOOK PROMOTION 21st Century Style Interview w/ Jennifer S Redmond-MEMOIR
Jennifer Silva Redmond, author of Honeymoon at Sea, her memoir chronicling her love affair with her husband Russell over a 30 year span of their life at sea. Yep! ...