‘On Writing’ Archives
Authors and Book Signings
Hey all, My friend and critique partner Liz Talley has her first ever book signing on June 12 at 1:30pm at Barnes in Noble on Youree Dr in Shreveport. Watch the video to see what will happen if you don't come by and say hello. Moral of the story--when you see an author signing books, please stop and say hello-even if you don't plan to buy [...]
Newbie Writer Sells 3 Books in 1 Year!
Hey all, Have you heard the one about new writers not being able to break in? Total bunk. My friend and Monday morning writing pal, Liz Talley has proven that rumor untrue. She sold her first book this year, and--before it even hit the shelves--sold two more on a vague outline. Now, it's true that not just anybody can sell a book. [...]
Happy Conference Glow
Is there be anything more exhaustingly satisfying as a good writer's conference? No, I'm sure there's not. I ate too much, talked too much, flitted from place to place too much and had the most creatively inspiring and awesomely fun weekend. I loved meeting new friends and catching up with old ones (not that they're old, but you know what I [...]
Not Retreating, Just Reloading
After a long hard year of family illness, then December death, my writing sucked. I was halted, blocked, totally drained. Then a church friend invited me to a writer's retreat. She said the idea just popped into her head to ask me to go with her. Divine Intervention? Definitely. So off we went to southern Arkansas to a great bed and [...]
Counting Down to Conference
Check out the NOLA STARS Writers Conference March5,6 in north Louisiana for all writers and wannabe writers I LOVE writing conferences. They renew and validate and inspire me. I'm especially excited about my local chapter's writing conference. I'm co-coordinator this year. Yes, that means I'm the big kahuna (translation: the one [...]
Rhythm and Writing
All my stories have soundtracks. Music to write by. Music that disappears into the background as I write. But the minute the music stops, so do my fingers. Some muses like silence, some like the hustle of a coffee shop. My muse likes music. So I make a Pandora channel or two according to what my characters like--which is NOT necessarily the music [...]
