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The following is a guest post by Bryan Fagan, a writer living near Portland, Oregon. He recently had a chance to pitch his novel (twice!) at a writer's conference and I asked him if he would share a little about the experience. The first time I … [Continue reading] about Guest Post: Pitching Your Work at a Conference
It's been eight years since I published my first post on this blog. That's 13 years on Venus. It's two presidential terms. It's the amount of time it took to build the "Big Ditch" that connected the Hudson River to Lake Erie. In that time, I have … [Continue reading] about Eight Years Blogging and I’m Almost There
A couple of years ago, I hit a wall with my novel. I was so frustrated with it that I literally felt nauseous when I opened the file to start working on it. I needed a break, badly. So I jumped ship and started working on my second novel. It was an … [Continue reading] about In Praise of Working on Two Novels at the Same Time
For years I've been telling my husband he should be writing a blog, because, as you know, I'm a big believer in the awesomeness of blogging. He wasn't so sure, but I kept saying it. And you know what? I was so right. I love being right. His blog … [Continue reading] about Save the Universe in Your Spare Time, From the Comfort of Your Writing Desk
There are 109 days left in 2017. Yikes, right? Doesn't it seem way too soon to be talking about the end of the year? And yet... 109 days. I don't why the earth passing once around the sun should matter at all to my writing, but I also know that … [Continue reading] about 4 Writing Challenges to Help You Finish 2017 Strong
Stewie and Brian If you're working on a novel, and you've never heard Stewie questioning Brian the Dog about his work in progress, allow me to share with you one of the more brilliant moments from prime time television. I'm not even a big Family Guy … [Continue reading] about Friends Becoming Enemies, Enemies Becoming Friends…
Yesterday was the official launch date for my friend Erin La Rosa's latest book The Big Redhead Book. One of the many awesome things about Erin is that she refuses to pick a genre. She writes all kinds of stuff. So for today's post, I asked if we … [Continue reading] about Erin La Rosa and The Big Redhead Book