Saturday afternoon Las Positas launched their 2017 anthology called, Beyond the Window. Two of my stories are published in it. A fiction piece called, “The House Lived” and a memoir essay called “Dancing”. I enjoyed reading an excerpt from my story in addition to reading two of Eloise Hamann’s poems […]
Carole MacLean from Fuzzy Red Socks Retreats Has An Essay in New Book
Carole MacLean’s essay, “A New Season”, is in my book, Captivate Audiences to Create Loyal Fans that will launch on May 31st. She uses football as a framework for her story about her parents. She begins with the Super Bowl and ends with a reference to coaches. Loyalty on many levels flows throughout the essay […]
J.K. Royce Author of PILZ has a Life Experience Published in Captivate Audiences to Create Loyal Fans
J.K. Royce’s essay, “Writer’s Slump” is featured in my book, Captivate Audiences to Create Loyal Fans. Presenters and authors can look for the sensory details Royce included, for example: her husband regards her with the “worried eyes of a deer sniffing the scent of a hungry wolf.” She laces the essay with snippets of subtle […]
How to Create an Emotional Bond with Audiences and Readers
Gary Lea’s essay called “Too Small” is published in Captivate Audiences to Create Loyal Fans, which will be launched May 31st as an eBook and later a print book. His story is about grief, resistance, and emotional growth. Lea created scenes and bookended the essay with sensory details. It’s a good example of how to […]
Meetings With Writers Linda Todd and Peter Dudley And Trading Books
Trading books created Friday Fun today. I met Linda Todd, my patient editor, writer, and dear friend at Panera’s in Alamo where we discussed writing, editing, critique groups, traveling, and recuperating among other topics. She turned over one of the proof copies of Captivate Audiences to Create Loyal Fans, which she used for our […]
Award-Winning Comedian Stacey Gustafson Is Featured In Captivate Audiences to Create Loyal Fans
In my new book, Captivate Audiences to Create Loyal Fans, # Stacey Lowrey Gustafson‘s story “Five Minutes as Stand-Up Comic” is featured with nineteen others. She published a book ranked #1 Amazon Best Seller in Parenting & Family Humor, called Are You Kidding Me? My Life With an Extremely Loud Family, Bathroom Calamities, and Crazy […]
Author Chat: Jenna Barwin – via 5 PHOTOS on Mundus Media Ink
Michelle Rene Goodhew at Mundus Media Ink posted an author chat with Jenna Barwin. Click here. I liked how the five photos emphasized the chat responses, for instance, the prompt: “Something that represents something unique about you.” Barwin’s answer, “I shoot underwater photography. Recently, I considered whether there was a link between the sea […]