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How I became a bookworm, an author, and generally obsessed with creative fashion
I outwardly said I didn't want, didn't care about, wasn't interested in. While inwardly, I think a lot of it was actually doubt that I could do it up to my own or anyone else's standards. So I gave up. Until...
GUEST POST: Five minutes in the mind of a writer by Megan Fatheree
Sometimes you wake up with your mind completely blank. Other times, you wake up with a serial killer in your head. Welcome to five minutes in the mind of a writer.
In Defense of Ghostwriters
Awhile ago Olivia J. guest-posted on my blog about concerns with the idea of ghostwriters, while I posted my defense of ghostwriters on her blog. Check out Olivia’s reservations about ghostwriting, and then see why I think ghostwriting has an important place in the literary universe: What makes ghostwriters the bomb-diggety: Ghostwriters aren’t quite… Continue reading In Defense of Ghostwriters
Would an email newsletter by any other date smell as sweet?
If my monthly email newsletter goes out on the: 1st - wouldn't the 1st be when everyone sends out their monthly newsletters? So then that bogs down people's inboxes and they only read their top 2, right? Let's see, I have 5 emails from December 1st...did I read them all? Would I read another? … Continue reading Would an email newsletter by any other date smell as sweet?
13 tools for editing your book
When a character stalks an author…
Julia. I have neglected Julia far too long and she’s appearing everywhere. Haunting me in the people I meet, the clothes I wear, the stories I hear. It’s funny how the pieces of a person just fall into your lap when you’re busy attending to other things. It started with Julia. No, not… Continue reading When a character stalks an author…
When a murderer won’t shut up at 3am
Have you heard of “If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler”? by Italo Calvino. Very interesting book, written in the second person. Saying “You do this, you do that.” Not “I” or “he”, it’s about “you.” And “you” pick up a book at the bookstore, start reading and get enthralled in the tale, then suddenly… Continue reading When a murderer won’t shut up at 3am
What the L’s in a PenName: Cont.
What other factors do writers think of while considering a pseudonym? Last week I wrote a brief synopsis of how I came up with my pen name. Inspired by a couple great questions from Josh in the comments, this week I wanted to bring up 3 things writers think about that we have little or… Continue reading What the L’s in a PenName: Cont.
What the L’s in a PenName?
To pen-name or not to pen-name - for any writer, that is the question. There is a lot of factors that go into choosing between one's own name or a pseudonym, and I thought I'd give you a brief sneak-peek at the process. (Writers: Kristen Lamb has a post discouraging use of pen names in… Continue reading What the L’s in a PenName?