[Writer Post] Crowdsourcing a New Title for Novel
On Easter Sunday, I had the impromptu opportunity to converse and have a writing session with the beautiful and talented, Rachel Caine. I happened to be between a rehearsal and an Easter Service. She was on deadline. Starbucks was the common–and necessary–element to this crazy, random, happenstance. And now, this post is a recommendation on […]
[Writer Post] Civic Duty Takes on Writing
Obligatory Appearance Announcement: This Sunday, April 1st, I will be signing and selling books and chatting up people at The North Texas Comic Book Show (and they might actually let me have a table INSIDE this time, like a grown up person. Yesterday (Tuesday), I was called for Municipal Court duty. At 7:30 a.m. Now, […]
[From the Archive] Reading Writers You’re Friends With
As a writer, many of us (unless you are one of those hermit crab writers) end up becoming friends, acquaintances – as well as colleagues with other professional writers. And if you’re like me, and many other writers – you also like to read. Being a (very likely) social and supportive person, you will probably […]
[Writer Post] Of Movies and Mayhem
This past weekend I ended up watching two very different movies – and discovered something about myself as a viewer/fan and writer. I’m a “linear” storyteller/reader/watcher. Even with shows like Once Upon A Time, with their bouncing between current day story and back story, there’s a linear-ness to their story telling and it all connects. […]
[Writer Post] Twists and Turns
I admit it. I’m a TV girl. No surprise there. I’ve mentioned it before. TV writers have been almost more of an influence on me than prose writers. I have it on in the background when I’m home – especially by myself, for voices (and digital people to tune out). And I’ve discovered some things […]
[From the Archive] The Long Haul Projects
This week’s archive post… ______ In my quest to coordinate my life and my writing, I’m stuck in the middle of two “Long Haul Projects” – novels both. These are two very different projects requiring totally different mindsets. How do most writers handle that? Simply put, many don’t. Probably most don’t. The – most likely […]
[Writer Post] Godin, Coppola, and Not Getting Paid (again)
I’ve been trying to get this post going for well over an hour now. It’s a gray, gloomy day. There are chores ahead of me – typing up long-hand work, housecleaning, praying for a miracle that the lawn guys come before it rains this weekend and we have people over. Though I wouldn’t say I […]
[Writer Post] Anecdotal Wednesday
It’s Writer Post Wednesday, and I totally forgot until I was halfway out the door this morning. So this will be Random Anecdote Day, which Is similar to a “SQUIRREL! Day”, but slightly different. We’ve had “Family Stuff” happen this week that’s thrown me off, which makes coherence (much less brilliance)…difficult. 1. If you haven’t […]
[Conventions] Dead Robots Society ConJour Podcasts
Terry Mixon from Dead Robots Society records many panels from conventions and posts them on Dead Robots Society. These are from this year’s ConJour (that I happened to be on). Dead Robots Society Podcasts from ConJour in Houston, January 2012 PLOT DEVELOPMENT 1 – with Terry Mixon, Michael “Talthos†Willett, P.L. Blair, Rhonda Eudaly PUBLISHING […]
[From the Archive] To Enter or Not to Enter – that is the Question
This week’s archive post… Many new writers wonder if entering contests is worthwhile – both to their careers and to their budgets. The answer to that – as with just about everything else in the publishing industry is…maybe. Picking a contest is a lot like picking an agent or publisher. You have to weigh the […]