Today’s post, about building community by hosting a literary party, is written by Robin Flanigan of the Kinetic Pen in Upstate New York.
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National Author’s Day NaNoWriMo-style
It’s National Author’s Day! What a perfect way to kick off NaNoWriMo. And since I’m participating myself this year, I’m going to keep today’s post short and sweet, sharing a […]
Lit Crawl LA 2016
Last night I crawled the streets of North Hollywood with a few hundred other book fiends for the Lit Crawl LA 2016. Last year I heard about it two days […]
Keep Focused with a Writing Punch List
In a recent post, John Fox, of the BookFox blog, wrote about the challenges of self-editing. His very first bit of advice is to isolate the various elements of your […]
The Elevator Pitch
In the time since I started my novel, I have honed my elevator pitch. After eight years working on it, I thought I was getting pretty good at it. Every […]
The Writing Leap Literary Salon
On Saturday night I read a short story I’ve been working on at a Literary Salon hosted by Alexandra D’Italia, professional writing coach at The Writing Leap here in Los […]
A Modern Literary Salon
Before Saturday, I had never been to a literary salon. I guess I figured they were a thing of the past. When I pictured a literary salon I saw Virginia […]