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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 ...
Barnaby Conrad Keynotes at SBCC Writers Workshop
Barnaby Conrad Keynotes at SBCC Writers Workshop
Next week, I'll be teaching at the Santa Barbara Writers Conference where Barnaby Conrad could always be found mentoring writers. He loved it and it showed.
Enjoy this clip from the 2010 Santa Barbara City ...
T. Jefferson Parker Talks Writing at S.C.W.C.
T. Jefferson Parker Talks Writing at S.C.W.C. Revising in 2017 and one week after the ALWAYS fabulous Southern California Writers Conference was held at the Crown Plaza Hotel, our San Diego muse center that's always been good to the conference. T. Jefferson ...
Sol Stein, Characterization and Novel Writing
Sol Stein, Characterization and Novel Writing
Sol Stein's Take on Novel Writing and Character Development
When you've been studying craft as long as moi , you collect lots of notes. Foraging through boxes recently I found a treasure trove of good ...
A Writer’s Fan Letter Unanswered. Writers, Do You Know Why?
Writer Fan Letter Unanswered. Writers, Do You Know Why?
In my Hooking Readers workshops, I always pass along what was passed along to me by my mentors, most all coming from my longtime affiliation with the Santa Barbara Writers Conference. It ...
OPENINGS: Novel Writing Unchanged, The Writer, 1994
OPENINGS: Novel Writing Unchanged, The Writer, 1994. My workshops have always focused on hooking readers with craft elements taught to me by literary masters. Barnaby Conrad, founder of the renowned Santa Barbara Writers Conference, mentored me for many years. I ...
Iconic AuthorTom McGuane: Jealous of Writers?
Iconic Author Tom McGuane: Jealous of Writers?
One of the many snippets I video'ed of Tom McGuane speaking at the 2013 Santa Barbara Writers Conference. He was asked which writers he admires? His answer offers insight and humor.
Here's a recent Q/A with ...
Ray Bradbury Speaks From Beyond
Ray Bradbury Speaks From Beyond
Ray Bradbury Speaks From Beyond. My thanks to author Matthew Pallamary and Screenwriting.com for posting this reminder. As 2015 comes to a close, these words were spoken often by Ray Bradbury, an American literary treasure who walked ...
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 ...
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 ...