Another good session at the Quills Conference was “Short Story Prep & Submission” by President-Elect John M. Olsen. Polishing Your Text – when it comes to writing tools to polish […]
JES Hays
JES Hays is the author of the Devon Day and the Sweetwater Kid stories: Down the Owlhoot Trail and the upcoming Outlaw Security.
Quills Conference
The League of Utah Writers recently had a hybrid convention. I “attended” virtually and, though I’d have liked to have been there in person for some of the sessions that […]
Historical Novel Society Conference Part 6
This might be the last of the conference reports! Today I’ll go over “The A to Z of Your Indie Author Business” by Anna Castle. First of all, you need […]
Historical Novel Society Conference Part 5
I’m still (yes! I told you it was a great conference) watching HNS webinars and videos. Today I’ll share “All is Not Lost: Making the Most of Your Research” by […]
Historical Novel Society Conference Part 4
I’m still enjoying the recordings from the Historical Novel Society Conference. Today let’s look at “Ten Tips for Researching and Writing Historical Fiction” by Susan Meissner. “The best historical novels,” […]
Historical Novel Society Conference, Part 3
Still watching the recordings from the conference and still learning a lot. I’ve especially enjoyed Sara Wigal’s session on creating your brand. “Building Your Brand Before You Query” was an […]
Historical Novel Society Conference Part 2
I’m still watching the recorded conference for the Historical Novel Society, and am learning a lot! In Jane Freidman’s Self-Publishing class, we learned that self publishing is a good fit […]
Historical Novel Society Conference
I didn’t actually get to “attend” this virtual event in person, as the sessions were mostly while I was at work, but I’m rewatching the highlights on the website and […]
Women Writing the West Conference Coming Up
Our WWW Conference is coming up soon. I’m going to enjoy the (virtual) conference and am looking forward to chatting with my fellow Women Writing the West! This year I’m […]
New Historical Anthology
I’m working on a new historical story that’s sort of a collaboration between JES Hays and EJ Murray. It’s a “weird history” detective story, with one of the velyr who […]