Next week is another writing conference — Women Writing the West’s Climbing Higher: Endless Vistas, Unlimited Vision. This looks like a very useful conference — not quite as much to […]
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Query Letters
So my query letter got chosen out of the slush pile for Jericho Writers Slushpile Evaluation session next week – w00t! I’ll be learning whether my query letter is effective […]
Free Virtual Conference
The Colorado Writers’ Collective is hosting a free virtual conference over on YouTube – head on over and look them up! I’ve enjoyed all of the virtual conferences I’ve attended […]
Proofs Are Out
Got the proofs back for Under the Western Sky. Why do you always catch those repeated words and phrases when you get those back, instead of when you do your […]
Writing a Short Story
My alter-ego is working on a new story for a competition – the Insecure Writers’ Support Group‘s Annual Anthology. It’s science fiction with a theme of “Dark Matter.” When writing […]
Work in Progress
I’ve got the Character Chart up and running. Now I’ve had another idea for a writing book … only this one’s going to be a YA how-to. Should be interesting […]
Surgery Success!
The ankle surgery this morning went very well – once I actually got back to the operating room, it only took him a little over an hour. Back at home […]
Jericho Writers Summer Festival of Writing
I am really enjoying The Summer Festival of Writing! We’ve talked about revision and plotting, talked with agents and editors, and just generally had a great time chatting with other […]
Summer Festival of Writing
So I found a new (online) conference — The Jericho Writers Summer Festival of Writing. For around $40 a month, you get 3 solid months of writing webinars and mini-workshops. […]
At the Movies: Chance & Kye
If Outlaw Security were made into a movie, who could play our heroes? Of course, I wouldn’t have a snowball’s chance in Hell of picking any actors, but I did […]