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 […]
Author Jessica Barksdale Inclan Retreat
Jessica Barksdale’s writing retreat starts tonight. I haven’t missed her annual event in about 5 years. It’s close to home so no airplanes, buses, or trains to get there. She’s a great cook, has a lovely home among the trees, and has a great sense of humor. She gives us new writing information and time […]
San Francisco Writers Conference Starts Tomorrow
The San Francisco Writers Conference starts tomorrow, February 11th to 15th. Four days of live sessions and networking with the people who can advance a writing career. Registration for the four days is filled, however, check the following events: OPEN ENROLLMENT CLASSES on Thursday, Feb. 11th and Monday, Feb. 15. Choose from content-rich sessions taught by […]
Happy Holidays
Happy Holidays to all my friends, fellow writers and bloggers. And to everyone, a good night.
Scrivener for Pantsers and Plotters?
As we organized the stories in my anthology, Written Across the Genres, my great assistant, Linda Todd, used Scrivener. I bought a copy, took a tutorial, and realized there are several other tutorials available. How to use Scrivener looked manageable as I watched the video, but I’ve procrastinated because of the time involved with the […]
The Earthquakes in the Protagonist’s Ordinary World
Lisa Cron in Wired for Story on page 130, uses the analogy of earthquake fissures that lead to the big one in the life of the protagonist. The “first hairline crack and its resulting offshoots are like fault lines, running through the center of the protagonist’s world, undermining everything. As with an earthquake, the cracks […]
Ernest Hemingway Quote
Ernest Hemingway said, “A writer’s problem does not change. He himself changes and the world he lives in changes, but his problem remains the same. It is always how to write truly and having found what is true, to project it in such a way that it becomes part of the experience of the person […]