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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 ...
How Editing Clients Are Renewing My Faith in Traditional Publishing
How Editing Clients Are Renewing My Faith in Traditional Publishing
It’s no secret; I’m no fan of some of traditional publishing’s practices that include doting (mostly) on authors making lots of money while offering little to the rest. Yes, I ...
Writing To Catch A Wave? Sometimes, Writers Can.
Writers hear all the time to never n-e-v-e-r write to catch an emerging wave. Why? By the time you do, it's gone. But what if you have material that fits well with a trend you see emerging?
Take multi-published novelist Hugh Howey, an ...
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 ...
So. California Writers Conference Exec Dir. Speaks Feb2015
Southern California Writers Conference Exec Dir. Michael Steven Gregory doing what he does well-discussing the writing process and expectations of writers who attend this conference held in the fall and winter months. Click here for a snippet of his opening ...
Gayle Carline: I’ve Written “The End.” Can I Self-Publish Now?
Great overview! Thanks Gayle for sharing with MarketingtheMuse
I’ve Written “The End.” Can I Self-Publish Now?
Gayle Carline, Mystery Author and Humor Columnist
Alternate Publishing/SCWC Workshop 9/22/2013
“The End.” Can I Self-Publish Now?
The short answer is No.
“A book is published too soon for the publisher and ...
Sound Off! Writer Wonders ‘Do Agents Respect Writers?’
Throwing Darts in the Dark
On the road to traditional publishing, it is virtually compulsory that writers query agents in an attempt to obtain representation. At this point, the writer begins a metaphoric game of darts – played in the dark. ...
L Williams Gibbon: 2013 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award Competition
2013 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award competition
by L. William Gibbons
A couple days ago, 3/13/13, I learned that my novel, The Fourth Marker, made it to the quarterfinals in the 2013 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award competition, one of 500 titles out ...
Writing Poetry: Therapeutic For Folks Fighting Cancer
The Prickly Pear Poetry Project on Publishing
By Tammi J Truax
One of the beautiful things about the work that is generated in Prickly Pear Poetry Workshops, and hopefully after participants attend them, is that it is the rawest of writing. By ...