Here is a repost from Paul Levinson’s blog on March 31, 2015. I enjoyed “The Other Car” as an inspiring break from working on my taxes. Since I’m writing a novel about alternate realities, Levinson offered another view of how characters/people could become aware of them. The story is available on Amazon for $.99. The […]
Meet Your Happy Chemicals by Loretta Graziano Breuning, PhD
I ordered this book, Meet Your Happy Chemicals by Loretta Graziano Breuning, PhD. The following is a summary of what the back book cover states about four brain chemicals. I thought learning about the chemicals would be useful in showing how our POV character or the antagonist could be deficient in one or more of […]
The Missing Place by Sophie Littlefield
On Monday afternoon, our reading group will discuss Sophie Littlefield’s book, The Missing Place. It was my turn to choose a book. I had met Sophie during our Women’s National Book Association event in San Francisco a few months ago, and we met again at Town Center Books in Pleasanton for her book signing. The […]
Art is Not Only a Piece of Heart
Thanks to Ann Winfred’s friend, David, for sharing this quote with her and thanks to Ann for letting me share it too. I dedicate this quote to Ron Toryfter and all his and my artist friends..
A Wolf Called Romeo by Nick Jans
National Geographic has an interesting article about a friendly wolf in Alaska. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/03/150322-romeo-wolf-dog-animals-wildlife-alaska-ngbooktalk/ Romeo appeared in the Alaskan community near Juneau, and “was a bit of a flirt, and like Shakespeare’s Romeo seemed to fall in love with”…Juliet, a yellow Labrador. Normally wolves fight with canines or eat them, but Romeo wanted to play and […]
Pitch-O-Rama: Meet the Agents and Editors March 28
Women’s National Book Association’s 12th Annual Pitch-O-Rama: Meet the Agents and Editors is set for tomorrow morning. Saturday, March 28, 2015, 8:00 am – 12:30 pm For men and women Women’s Building, Auditorium, 3543 18th Street (b/t Guerrero & Valencia Streets) San Francisco CA 94110 Continental Breakfast Free pre-pitch coaching and ongoing mentoring Two one-hour […]
Writer’s Digest Boot Camp
Writer’s Digest University’s “How to Find and Keep a Literary Agent Boot Camp” is half-way finished for this week. I’ve learned a lot about query letters. We’ve viewed two videos, had two days of two hour discussions, and tomorrow we submit our query letter, first five pages, and synopsis for our agent’s critique. I choose […]