…and ask them to answer each in 10 words, or less. Well, writers, being writers…. SOME of them told me straight out, “Not going to happen.” One did the assignment twice, once wrong, once right. Such an overachiver! 😉 Others, did what most writers do, ignored the damn directions and forged ahead. I love that. Here are […]
It’s a whole new year… what will you do with it? Escape?
UncategorizedWe read to escape. We go to the movies to eat popcorn and live under the skin of a stranger for ninety minutes. And some of us… write to escape. It is inevitable that the world would intervene. That we’d feel the tug of chores or daily routine pull us out of our stories, away […]
A message from Norman Mailer.
Creativity Inspiration Writing Writing tipsNorman Mailer told me to.
Rejected? Don’t feel so bad, Tolstoy is still being snubbed by his countrymen
Fiction writing Inspiration Marketing Publishing Writing Writing tipsRejections getting aspiring writers down? That’s nothing. What about Tolstoy?
How can I write EVERY day?
Creativity Fiction writing Inspiration Journal writingtips on how to write daily.. and keep writing.
Some of My Favorite Writers
Writing Writing retreats Writing tipsI posted this article on my writing blog (the blog that I’m supposed to be writing in every day to share my daily writing progress…but am not…doing either, that is…long story…), and I then I thought maybe it might be worthwhile talking about this topic: Where do you find your inspiration for writing? Or maybe, […]
Writer’s Retreats, Workshops, and More!
Writing retreatsThere are writing workshops, writing conferences and writing retreats. So how do you know which is the best for you? Long answer short: All of them. At different times of the writing life, you will reap benefits from attending all three of these functions. Let me break it down for you. * insert funky hiphop music […]
Santa Rosa Beach Writers Retreat: Day Five
Writing retreatsDay five of our five-day retreat finds the writers still writing. We have had the most amazing group of writers on this retreat. Each one of them have brought something so valuable to our first retreat. Among our group of women writers, there are fiction writers, memoir writers, travel writers, and a writer who is […]
Santa Rosa Beach Writers Retreat: Day Four
Writing Writing retreats Writing tipsThe highlight of the day, according to our group of writers, was the Skype call with Josh Getzler, literary agent at Russell and Volkening. Having an opportunity to talk face-to-face (okay, face to computer?) with a New York agent is one of the big perks of the retreat. Anyone who’s ever been to a conference […]
Santa Rosa Beach Writers Retreat: Day Three
Writing Writing retreatsDay three of the Write by the Water writers retreat started with a morning talk with Jack, and then the group went their separate ways to work on writing projects. Some printed their pages and took them to the beach where the sound of the waves caressing the shoreline provided the perfect background, while others stretched […]
