Category Archives: The Writing Life

Back to paper and pen

Posted on October 9, 2014 by

A week after the writer getaway, I’m still in the pre-planning stages for the novel. I’m feeling increasingly confident that I’m on the right track. Nudged by the confluence of a post on a writer friend’s blog  and a seriously … Continue reading →

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Writer Getaway, Day 2.5

Posted on October 1, 2014 by

This morning I watched another of the online classes I’ve been auditing, and suddenly something that has eluded me for months became blindingly obvious. To rescue my WIP from the mud it’s currently stuck in, all I have to do … Continue reading →

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Writer Getaway, Day 1.5

Posted on September 30, 2014 by

I’m in Day 2 of three-day writer getaway with a friend (we’ll call her Marcia). We’re at an old inn about an hour from each of our homes. It’s our second visit; we came here this past spring for a … Continue reading →

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Fun with the Apostrophe

Posted on June 23, 2014 by

I was right. It is Dan and Kate’s Rehearsal Dinner, not Dan’s and Kate’s Rehearsal Dinner. And it only took me 40 minutes paging through three reference books to find the rule so I could quote it to the person … Continue reading →

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Authors & Book Festivals: Is the ROI worth it?

Posted on June 10, 2014 by

Last week author Hope Clark suggested (in print! in public!) that book festivals might not really be all that great for authors. Having worked a couple of festivals myself, I’ve thought the same thing. Book festivals obviously are fun for … Continue reading →

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