What are you doing to celebrate National Poetry Month? I subscribe to Poem-a-Day, a daily email from the Academy of American Poets, which inaugurated National …
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Perils of Social Media Interface Software for Twitter and Facebook
I've been using social media interfacing software for some time to organize my twitter engagement because it allows me to, for example, schedule a tweet about a …
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8 Great Quotes from the Ever-Spunky Barbara Walters
Barbara Walters broke the glass so many times in her career that she must have a damn solid head. She has said that when she started in broadcasting, she would …
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11 Twitter Tips for Authors + Others
What makes people follow, favorite, click, and retweet? And does that have anything to do with who buys what books? Today, I came across a Stanford study, Who …
For most of history, Anonymous was a woman – But not anymore
To take a slightly different slant on the famous Virginia Woolf quote: For most of history, Anonymous was a woman -- but not anymore. Today is International …
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50 Drafts: The SheWrites Novelist Group Chat with Cathy Marie Buchanan
Since there is no way that I know of to archive SheWrites.dom novelist group chats on the site, I've copy-pasted (and very slightly edited) our March chat with …
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Copperfield's, Santa Rosa CA
6 fabulous stores in Sonoma and Napa countiesHave you been to Copperfield's Books lately? These fabulous stores - with six locations in Sonoma and Napa counties …
Look what showed up on my doorstep!
A box of the early reader copies of The Wednesday Daughters has arrived, and I can't wait to share a few with you! The hardcover won't be in stores until July …
If My Story is Paper
I read a poem last night that was both lovely and inspiring, reminding me where to search for story, and how to write it. "Ark" by Paula McLain (author of Paris …
Writing Love Stories: The Missing Handout
Do you have a favorite quote about love? Or one about writing love stories or anything else? For my first panel at the San Francisco Writers Conference, on …
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