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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 ...
SCWC: The Goal To SUCK Less
SCWC: The Goal To SUCK Less – MarlaMiller.com As always, SCWC's executive director, Michael Steven Gregory, chatted about his passion: helping writers who attend SCWC 'suck less.' In the two decades + that he and Wes Albers have been at ...
SCWC: Birth of The Pitch Witch Workshop
SCWC: Birth of The Pitch Witch Workshop. We first taught this workshop at the So California Writers Conference in 2010. Given the response, we knew the Pitch Witch Workshop was needed and appreciated by writers on the road to publication.
Why learn this ...
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 ...
SBWC 2016: PLATFORM BUILDING PANEL4Writers
SBWC 2016: PLATFORM BUILDING PANEL4Writers
At the recent 2016 Santa Barbara Writers Conference Platform Building Panel, three panelists (with Marla Miller moderating & adding opinions during the Q/A) plus one very inquisitive audience enjoyed a lively session that ran over our one-hour time ...
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 ...
Road To ‘Forty Years Stoned: a journalist’s romance’ Publication
Road To 'Forty Years Stoned: a journalist's romance' Publication
Forty Years Stoned: a journalist's romance
This blog will grow as Tom Huth's platform does. With time and entries, I hope it will offer a roadmap for writers unable to envision their own ...
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 ...
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 ...