I want to tell you more about the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers Colorado Gold Conference I just attended in Westminster, Colorado, September 11-13, but I’m having trouble deciding where to start. So before I begin…. Please stop by on Thursday and meet my guest blogger, Jason P. Henry. Jason is the conference director for the …Read More
I’m Back from Conference!
But when I got home yesterday afternoon, my brain was ready to explode from information overload and I was so exhausted and so energized and so excited that I couldn’t even take a nap. It didn’t help that some goofball had tried his room key in the wrong slot at 2: 00 a.m. Sunday morning, …Read More
One Writer’s Tools … by Bailey Cates
Thanks for inviting me to guest, Patricia! It is a rare book event where some version of the question, “What is your process?” doesn’t come up. Heck, I want to know how other writers create stories out of nothing, too. Alas, I still haven’t discovered the magic formula. So instead I thought I’d share a …Read More
I’m Hobbling Off to Colorado Gold This Weekend
Yep, my cane and I are going to give it a try. Some days this bad knee behaves and other days it balks. I’m keeping my fingers crossed the darned thing lets me attend all the Colorado Gold workshops and panels I want, enjoy the Friday night book signing, work my way through the buffet …Read More
That Laptop Upgrade to Windows 10 Didn’t Go So Well
On August 29, 2015, I posted the sad story and hoped-for recovery of my laptop, a December 2014 purchase that seemed okay the first few months and then turned into a nightmare that could only be caused by gremlins, or a curse, maybe voodoo….whatever. Or Windows 10…. With the help of a nice computer company …Read More
My Book Addiction is Getting Out of Hand
At the moment, I don’t have a lot of time to read for fun. That hasn’t stopped me from adding more books and e-books to my collection. Here are the latest. From the library, I have a physical copy of Fangs Out by David Freed. Via Library Overdrive, I have a copy of the e-book, …Read More
Is There a Magic Spell to Get Rid of Computer Gremlins?
I just went through another round of glitches, this time with the laptop I purchased last December. The only good news about that — it’s still under warranty. So anyway, all these glitches and snafus culminated in a blue screen with a message about my boot process — it was missing or corrupted. How in …Read More
Odds and Ends and a Rant About Phishing on Social Media
First the odds and ends: Here are a couple of free ebooks for your Kindle — I’m not sure how long the first offer is available, but Marilyn’s will be free until the 28th of August. Wicked Game by Sasha White — this one is a thriller with romance and the plot sounds great. No …Read More
Five Tips for Improving Your Writer’s Platform … by Liesa Malik
Whoo Hoo! Colorado Gold Conference is coming. I’m very excited to be a first-time speaker there. One of the sessions I’ll be presenting is an introduction to Author Platform building. How do you teach someone to “be popular?” The answer to that is as elusive as it was when we were vying for high school …Read More
Recent Blog Posts I Recommend for Writers
I spend a fair share of my social media time each week reading blog posts. Links with interesting titles or from interesting people show up on Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and in my own email Inbox. Here are a few of my recent favorites: “Why Social Media is Still Your Best Path to Book Visibility” by …Read More
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