I have a couple of blog post recommendations for you. First is this humor post from Jenny Sundstedt, a local author and active member of Northern Colorado Writers. The post is on the Hot Chocolate Press website’s blog. Jenny is the co-author with Kerrie Flanagan of Write Away: A Year of Musing and Motivation for …Read More
No Such Thing As “I Can’t” … by Amy Rivers
When I was in 2nd grade, I was diagnosed with Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis, which caused severe visual impairment. Up to that point, I was your typical scrawny urchin. I grew up in the desert of Southern New Mexico and I spent most of my childhood playing in the dirt. But after the diagnosis, many things …Read More
Notes, Recommended Blog Posts, and Politics
First of all, you still have time to leave a comment on Carol Van Natta’s Monday post (I Got Hit by the Cross-Genre Bus) to earn a chance to win a copy of one of her books if you get it done by midnight tonight (Mountain Time). I’ll be picking the winner tomorrow. Here’s the …Read More
The Rainbow Connection … by Katherine Valdez
Last April, I entered the gates of Santa Monica High School in California – along with 20,000 teenagers, librarians, teachers, and parents – for YALLWEST, the young adult book festival. The main reason I attended for the second year in a row was because the event featured my favorite author, Rainbow Rowell. She wrote Fangirl, …Read More
“The Ultimate Writer’s Shortcut: From Wannabe to Pro in 90 Minutes.”– a Webinar from Teresa Funke
Here’s a great opportunity from Teresa Funke and Laura Backes at Children’s Book Insider. The webinar is for all writers, not just those who write for children: On June 21 at 5:00 p.m. PST/8:00 p.m. EST, award-winning author and writer’s coach Teresa Funke will present “The Ultimate Writer’s Shortcut: From Wannabe to Pro in …Read More
Your Writing Journey Through Oz … by Rich Keller
Patricia, an infinite amount of thanks for allowing me to step onto the yellow brick road known as your blog. I have to apologize for all the apologies I’ve written in this space over the last few years. The blackmail, the threats … I’ve turned over a new leaf with this very post. By the …Read More
Sometimes We Need to Walk Away from the To Do List and Chill
Today I set a lawn chair out on the sidewalk, fixed a tall glass of iced tea, and took a load off. Sassy Dog flopped down in the grass nearby. For at least 15 minutes, I enjoyed the sun to get my daily dose of Vitamin D. When it got too hot, I moved my …Read More
Writing to Publish … by Trai Cartwright
Between us writers, do you write to publish? For those who do, I’m jealous. You seem to have connected with the fundamental reason why we write: to tell others things, important things, playful things, things that entertain and challenge and change us. You’re an Author. And if you don’t write to publish, why not? Is …Read More
Learning e-format Publication … by Rex Burns
One of the most pervasive beliefs in American publishers has been that readers will not be interested in humorous novels or in novels about Latin America. So I wrote The Better Part of Valour, a comic novel set in Columbia. Again and again, American publishers turned it down; in fact, few if any of them …Read More
Saying Good-bye to the Grapes and the Trellis
The wind broke the main post of my grape trellis off at the base this winter. It’s leaning precariously, but tied to the aspen tree to make sure it doesn’t collapse across the sidewalk. Poor broken thing. I’ll be taking it down piece by piece as soon as the rains stop and the ground dries …Read More
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