Enjoying local people art their heart out is one of my favorite self-cares for the solitary writer lifestyle. It’s also a great balance to the times we’re living through.
Surviving that First Reading – Updated
Revised and expanded – Karin Kallmaker’s advice on how to prepare and survive reading from your book to a live audience.
Getting Published – Panel in Castro Valley on Saturday
Panel for new(er) writers on Getting Published, this Saturday January 7 at 11 a.m. at the Castro Valley Public Library. Local writers share their journeys to publication.
Why I Love the Editing Phase
Karin Kallmaker’s Writer Brain and Editor Brain duke it out for supremacy, then a real editor shows up.
Why Change? 3 Things I Learned from Melissa Brayden Plus a Sneak Peek
I learned more than three things from Melissa Brayden at #gcls2015 – now to put them to work! Plus, here’s the current opening of Captain of Industry I read at the Con.
How “Strong Female Characters” Still End Up Weak And Powerless – Reblog from « terribleminds: chuck wendig
Comments on and links to Chuck Wendig (Terrible Minds) blog on real agency for female characters, and Ada Hoffman’s excellent Twitter series about agency in plot, not character.
Two Weeks for Self-Doubt
How can something that happens with every book always come as a surprise? Even in the throes of self-doubt I don’t recognize it.
All Endings Have Beginnings
A problem with ending a story starts at the beginning.
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