Posted in autism, humor, life, sci-fi, walkabout, writing, tagged agent, author, autistic, blog, conference, editor, fiction, Firefly, Firefox, literary, NaNoWriMo, network, Pennwriters, seminar, writing, YA on May 12, 2008 | 9 Comments »
“Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for money.” — [...]
Posted in humor, life, sci-fi, walkabout, writing, tagged article, author, Firefox, gadgets, Internet, Mary Sue, novel, publish, self-promotion, tech writer on April 17, 2008 | 6 Comments »
While I participate in the writer’s soap opera As The Nervous Stomach Turns, waiting to hear back from agents and editors about my novel manuscripts, I alternate between dark bouts of never wanting to pick up a word processor again and the juicy buzz of hot flowing prose.
My husband is so pleased, because unfortunately he [...]
Posted in divorce, life, walkabout, writing, tagged agent, author, blog, conference, editor, manuscript, meet and greet, novel, Oates, Pennwriters, story, workshop, writer on April 13, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Next month, I’m going to the Pennwriters’ annual Writing Conference. It’s a fairly big deal, some 450 writers, editors and others, our keynote speaker being Joyce Carol Oates, and agents and editors falling out the cracks to find their Next Big Thing.
Of course, I’ve signed up to pitch an editor, attend the critique sessions for [...]
Posted in writing, tagged author, books, marketing, self-promotion on January 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »
You may notice a new feature on the blog today: The Polka Dot Banner (PDB). No, this is not a nostalgic reminder of all those cute little dresses we all wore back in the day. It’s a group of authors banding together to promote their work.
The site’s founder, Jamie Saloff, author of Transformational Healing, acknowledges [...]
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