A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world. ~ Oscar Wilde
Anthology Help from Barbara Santos
I had lunch today with Rich and Barbara Santos, friends from the San Francisco Writers Conference. Barbara co-authored the anthology, Practice Aloha, with Mark Ellman. It includes stories by Wayne Dyer, Mick Fleetwood, Gov. Neil Abercrombie, Hawaiian spiritual leaders, musicians, and lots of chefs. redroom.com/member/barbara-santos. She had several suggestions for my anthology that I hope […]
Writers Listen to their Characters
In my Tuesday writing class, we discussed how characters push writers to write their stories. Although I’ve been revising Hada’s Fog for the last six years and the fifteen-year-old in that novel nudges me to write her story, called Lilli, another voice has popped up. Her name is Jill. She’s a CPA who wants to […]
Cara Black’s Aimee Leduc Series
Cara Black was the moderator for a session at the San Francisco Writers Conference in February called: Finding the 411 You Need: Doing Research for Fun & Profit. She writes the bestselling and award nominated Aimee Leduc investigation series that is set in different districts of Paris. Her next novel, Murder Below Montparnasse comes out […]
Character Paradox
All people are paradoxical. No one is easily reducible, so I like characters who have contradictory impulses or shades of ambiguity. It’s fun, and it’s fun because it’s hard. – Edward Norton Actor
Bella Andre Best Selling Author
Bella Andre has sold more than 1.5 million books. She’s been called “One of the top digital writers in America” by The Washington Post. February, 2013, she was a keynote speaker at the San Francisco Writers Conference where she talked about how she went from midlist to bestseller list.Her enthusiasm was inspiring to the attendees. […]
Beware Free Coupons
Check out Stacey Gustafson’s blog: “Beware of Free Coupons, Strangers Bearing Gifts.” Click on my link to release the laughter, www.staceygustafson.com I am also thrilled to announce that my story, “War in the Skies,” will be published March 26 in the anthology series, Not Your Mother’s Book…On Travel. This is my second story in the Not Your […]