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Just as I thought, others have already proposed instant book selling or pitching. Don’t know if it’s exactly like a QR code, but a colleague tells me about a “Digital Book Card” workshop at this year’s Willamette Writers Conference. Say what? Writing Tip for Today: What’s a digital book card, anyway? Whether you are pitching or you’ve […]
Readers and writers often tell me, “Gee I’ve got a novel in me! How hard could it be?” Pretty darn hard, that’s how hard. Just ask any published author. The journey (I’m beginning to hate this word as much as “sharing”) isn’t for the weak-willed. It’s a sport I’d liken to the Tour de France […]
I’m quite caught up in historical research–my first fictional foray into the genre. My era is post-Civil War, but just before many of the touchstones of the late 19th century.The advice to “junk it through” slows considerably when you’re not sure about attitudes, objects or other details in your work-in-progress (WIP). What to do?Writing Tip […]
One of the most exciting things I’ve done lately has been to mentor Peggy Roloff, a woman I met at a summer writing conference. She’s “Huny,” mom to Matt Roloff, star of TLC’s “Little People, Big World” program, now going into its fourth season. It’s exciting to work with a celebrity, but more than that, […]