What makes people follow, favorite, click, and retweet? This post updates one I did two years ago--a generation or more in social media right?--with info I learned from a Random Penguin author … [Read More...]
A Survival Guide to Writers Conferences: 1. Eat Chocolate for Breakfast
A friend who is heading for a writers' conference next month asked if I had any advice, and since it's not the first time I've been asked: 1. Eat Chocolate for Breakfast. Just a square of extra … [Read More...]
Reputable Novel Contests You Might Apply To
Following up on a conversation we had in the Novelist Group on SheWrites, I've put together a list of contests for unpublished book length fiction (including short story collections) which I believe … [Read More...]
25 Great Quotes on Writing and Life
Continuing to play catch up on my year of quotes by women, another 25. These are all from women writers I have the privilege to have met! From Ann Patchett's Truth and Beauty: “Writing is a job, a … [Read More...]
Nora Ephron on Reading
A great one from Nora Ephron, on the occasion of her birthday: Reading is everything. Reading makes me feel like I've accomplished something, learned something, become a better person. Reading … [Read More...]
A Brief Guide to Theft
Today's guest author, Ethel Rohan, has just released her third book and first novel, The Weight of Him, which Eowyn Ivey, author of The Snow Child author Eowyn Ivey calls "poignant and inspiring." An … [Read More...]
Nora Ephron on Craziness and Sanity
If you've heard me speak, you might know this is one of my favorite quotes: Insane people are always sure that they are fine. It is only the sane people who are willing to admit that they are crazy.” … [Read More...]
25 Quotes by Women Writers
Well, it's been a tough couple months and I've fallen behind miserably on my 365 quotes by women year. But I don't want to throw in the towel, so here you go ... it's catch-up day! 25 of the missing … [Read More...]
Remembering Harper Lee, on Her Birthday
Harper Lee would have been 91 today. Seems a good day to share another quote by her: You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view." - Harper Lee … [Read More...]
365 Great Quotes for Women
Again, the amazing Nora Ephron, this one from "When Harry Met Sally": When I buy a new book, I always read the last page first, that way in case I die before I finish, I know how it ends. That, … [Read More...]
The Loft in Mineappolis, avec Devis
If you don't know The Loft, it's an amazing resource for writers in Minneapolis. It was founded by my agent, Marly Rusoff, more than four decades ago in the second floor space above her bookstore, and … [Read More...]