Penny Warner has been nominated for the 2013 Agatha Award in the Best Children’s and Young Adult Novel category for THE CODE BUSTERS CLUB #3: MYSTERY OF THE PIRATE’S TREASURE. Her CODE BUSTERS #2: THE HAUNTED LIGHT HOUSE was the winner of the 2012 Agatha Award last year. Penny presented with Rhys Bowen on Friday […]
Penny Warner at The San Francisco Writers Conference
Long time friend, Penny Warner and me. I had a chance to go to two of Penny’s sessions this year at the San Francisco Writers Conference and enjoyed her humor as usual.
Wired for Story by Lisa Cron
In the morning writing class I teach, we are using Wired for Story by Lisa Cron as a text book for discussion in class. The subtitle is The Writer’s Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence. In the Introduction, page 2, Cron states: “Our neural circuitry is designed to […]
Written Across the Genres Interview
I will be interviewing the authors who contributed stories, novel excerpts, essays or poems to Written Across the Genres. Here is the first one: Author Interview with Gary Lea “Countdown” by Gary Lea, appears in my anthology, Written Across the Genres. It is the story of a day in the life of a computer technician. It […]
San Francisco Writers Conference Anthology Panel
The San Francisco Writers Conference begins Thursday, February 13th. I’ll be volunteering at the registration desk again and this year I will be speaking on an anthology panel with Barbara Santos, Kate Farrell, and Camille Cusumano. I’ll have Written Across the Genres with me to talk about the experience of putting that book together.
Written Across the Genres Book Reading Event
First book reading event for Written Across the Genres will be at Towne Center Books the end of February. I have four people signed up to read so far. I hope to schedule more readings at local bookstores the end of March.
Quote about Pavlov
“If Pavlov tested his cat he would have failed.” _Patrick H.T. Doyle