On Occasion, Miss Crankypants loves to wax poetic about her favorite sport. That would be teaching writing, not Psychedelic Foosball, as her kids like to think. Since her day job is to shepherd new writers, she hears a lot of gripe-able stuff from the students.One marches into her class, a stack of Harry Potter tomes […]
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Writers Are Like New Moms
But Mom I don’t want to take a nap! As Miss Crankypants helps out with her daughter’s new baby (whose name today is Amon, why won’t you stop screamin’?) she’s noticed more than a passing resemblance to a lot of writers she knows. The sleep-deprived all have this blank look that must be where they […]
Introducing Lowcountry Bribe by C. Hope Clark
Please help me welcome C. Hope Clark, a colleague whose newsletters and website help writers on their journey to publication with practical tips and ideas for smaller markets. Her novel, Lowcountry Bribe, is the first in her Carolina Slade Mystery Series, published by Bell Bridge Books. I asked Hope to tell us about her fiction […]
In the Writing World, Little Fish Have Ears
I just returned from mentoring at my third conference this summer. I love/hate conferences–swimming in a sea of writers and authors all trying to impress. When you’re a new writer, i.e. lowest on the food chain, you’re pressured to attend them–everyone knows it’s the key to meeting that agent or editor. And conferences are a […]
Introducing Lydia Harris
Today it’s my pleasure to feature Lydia Harris, author of Preparing My Heart for Grandparenting. I’m going to be a first-time grammie in a couple of weeks (or sooner!) so of course I need to brush up on my skills. Welcome, Lydia! How did you get started writing? “Some day I’m going to write a […]
Introducing Debut Novelist Meg Moseley
It’s my pleasure today to introduce novelist Meg Moseley and her debut novel When Sparrows Fall, which released this month from Multnomah. I interviewed Meg, and she’s agreed to give away a copy of her book. Tell us a little about your journey to publication. Even as a little girl, I wanted to be a […]
This Week, Author Interview Specials
This week I’ve scheduled some authors with new books to be my guest here. On Tuesday May 24, debut novelist Meg Moseley will be our featured author. Her book, When Sparrows Fall (Multnomah) is contemporary fiction. She’ll talk about her writing journey.On Wednesday, May 25, Kathi Macias will be the featured author. Her novel People of […]
Freebie offers: Bestsellers No More?
Publisher’s Weekly announced yesterday that from now on Amazon will no longer group “freebie” Kindle offers with regular Kindle offers when formulating their bestseller lists. Will this development alter the numbers of publishers who run free Kindle download campaigns? If shoppers still use Bestseller categories as the starting point, probably. But perhaps there will be […]
Simple Christmas Givings
I couldn’t allow Christmas to go by without wishing everyone a merry, happy, calm, no-drama holiday. I wish you, writers, you, editors, you readers, a terrific Christmas and a prosperous, critically acclaimed and even well-published New Year. Most of us toil in obscurity. Authors I admire greatly are unknown to most people. If your name […]