Finding My Footing
I fail being alone. Camper in the woods – just my dogs and me. The fates occupy all members of my immediate family with business trips and family trips. My mother Keep Reading...
VIDEO: Learn How to Add Soundtracks to Your Books with Booktrack
It's true! You can use Booktrack to add soundtracks to your books. Not only does this create a new and compelling way for readers to experience books, but gives authors Keep Reading...
Do I Really Have to Move Today? Crafting Challenge in a World of Comfort
I am a runner, so are so many other writers. Perhaps we run for clarity, or concentrated problem solving, or even for the lovely void of thought that may open Keep Reading...
Authors: Learn How to Add a Soundtrack to Your Book with Booktrack
How cool would it be if your readers could listen to thoughtfully crafted soundtrack perfectly aligned to your book as they read? Booktrack makes this possible! Join me in a Keep Reading...
Two Contemporary Authors Helping Me Fall Back in Love with Science Fiction
Funny how the science fiction writers of my youth are now classified as literary. I'm talking Kurt Vonnegut, Ursula K. LeGuin, Margaret Atwood and Madeline L'Engle. I love science fiction, Keep Reading...
Aliens Killing Humans AGAIN? Memes in Science Fiction Writing
This is a guest post by award-winning author Terry Persun, who happens to be teaching a science fiction writing workshop next month. I know that Stephen Hawking has been quoted saying he thinks Keep Reading...
Six Lessons about Memoir Writing
This is a guest post by bestselling memoirist and friend Abigail Carter. Abigail attended a writing workshop in Sonoma hosted by Theo Nestor, author of Writing Is My Drink. What follows are the lessons Keep Reading...
Manufacturing Authority for Fun and Profit: Three Moments of Misplaced Belief
My daughter’s recent and traumatic first day of seventh grade has me again pondering how we accept authority. My perspectives on this topic have been shaped by three distinct epiphanies. Keep Reading...
Fear, Loathing and Writing a Memoir
Perhaps you love to write. Perhaps you dream about writing a memoir. Before you begin, the fear sets in. What will my mother think? Like two writerly super heroes, Anne Lamott and Keep Reading...
In SIX WORDS or fewer, write a story about a man with a plan.
In SIX WORDS or fewer, write a story about a man with a plan. (Leave your story in the comments below.)
In SIX WORDS or fewer, write a story about a place you can't forget.
In SIX WORDS or fewer, write a story about a place you can't forget. (Leave your story in the comments below.)
In SIX WORDS or fewer, write a story about a life well-lived.
In SIX WORDS or fewer, write a story about a life well-lived. (Leave your story in the comments below.)
