Tag: writing craft
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April 21, 2008 03:46 PM EDT --
The Getting Better All the Time group isn't only about reading other author's writing - it's about crafting your own too! Join the currently featured author, Joan Anderson who wrote The . . .
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November 14, 2008 12:54 AM EST --
There are advantages to going last in the blog rotation. That way if you haven’t had time to write a post, you’ve got a little extra time to post. So thus begins my current blog. I’ve nothing to write . . .
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October 27, 2008 11:20 AM EDT --
Ok - so a friend sent me this. If you go to http://www.fwbookstore.com/ and use promo code WDB1023 , you will save 40% off of your ENTIRE order. You can buy writing titles, crafting and scrapbook books, . . .
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May 31, 2007 04:06 AM EDT --
Today at The Dark Phantom Review is freelance writer and editor Lorri Cardwell-Casey. Lorri shares her secret to being and staying productive, as well as tips on how to edit a manuscript.
Read the interview . . .
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April 23, 2008 08:40 PM EDT --
I've been thinking about inspiration a lot lately: what drives us to want to write, and more importantly, what drives us to write when the muse is balking and our brains are tired.
A little backstory . . .
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September 26, 2007 11:09 PM EDT --
I used to really not like Donald Maass, an author, literary agent and lecturer on the art and craft of writing. He had a habit of saying things that annoy writers, like, “Who cares?” and “How . . .
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October 21, 2007 12:38 AM EDT --
For a long time now I have tried simply to write the best I can. Sometimes I have good luck and write better than I can.
–Ernest Hemingway
I nearly forgot a career . . .
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December 12, 2007 07:56 PM EST --
2007, like every other year, is the year of the book. Fully confident that none of my friends or family read my blog (really, they don't), I'll post a partial list of some of the books I've . . .
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February 16, 2008 11:30 AM EST --
In his watershed writing memoir, On Writing , Stephen King discussed his process. Early on, when I'm getting the draft down, I write with the door shut.
I'm active in two very dynamic . . .
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January 19, 2007 10:38 PM EST --
The fantasy and sci-fi genres emphasize worldbuilding but until recently, we didn't hear a lot about it in the romance genre. Every story world must be carefully constructed, no matter what the genre. . . .
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February 20, 2008 12:37 PM EST --
Food and books, what's better than that?
What are you doing this Saturday night? If you're in Western Washington, why not come to the legendary Resort at Port Ludlow and have dinner with me, . . .
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April 08, 2008 12:14 PM EDT --
Natick, Massachusetts, in the greater Boston area--Where else can you round up all these authors and get their autographs and raise much-needed money to support literacy programs?
C'mon, people, . . .
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May 25, 2008 11:02 PM EDT --
I can't watch the footage of the horse race . You know which one I mean. No wonder I prefer to stick with fiction. It's so much more manageable than reality. The Horsemaster's Daughter . . .
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February 23, 2008 05:07 PM EST --
SAVE THE DATE - WRITING IN THE GARDEN OF THE GODS
Field's End Writers' Conference 2008
WHO: This year's line-up of authors and speakers includes: Roy Blount, Jr. (keynote speaker), Stephanie . . .
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June 17, 2008 12:29 AM EDT --
Come to a celebration of books and writing. Photo courtesy of Theresa Rizzo , a good friend and wonderful writer. Meet us both, along with Karen Joy Fowler, John Shors and many others at the fantastic . . .
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August 18, 2008 07:56 PM EDT --
Hey Seattle-area writers! Come and learn from a master about how to write when you don't have time to write. With two sets of twins, a gigantic dog, and duel careers as a physician and . . .
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August 22, 2008 01:34 AM EDT --
in stores August 26
Finally, I can stop holding my breath! Just Breathe has had a long and winding road to publication, and I'm grateful to readers everywhere for their patience. . . .
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November 05, 2007 10:28 PM EST --
Would you please join me for one of these book events?
<dl><dt> Saturday, November 10, 2007 - Port Orchard, WA
</dt><dd> Booklovers Day Booksigning 1-3pm
PAPERBACKS PLUS . . .
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January 24, 2008 03:30 PM EST --
Talk talk talk. I can't believe I said that ("seriously big stuff"), but I did, among other things, on the Amazon podcast . Chatting on the phone with Anne Bartholomew, of Amazon.com, . . .
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March 20, 2008 12:58 AM EDT --
That's the working title of The You I Never Knew , in case you're wondering. Finding the right title for a book is always tricky, and sometimes the results are just downright odd. The . . .
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