Barbara Abercrombie's Blog, page 10
July 26, 2012
July 24, 2012
The Hot New Book in Hawaii
In Hawaii everyone is reading: A Year of Writing Dangerously! They can't put it down! Most popular read on every island in Hawaii! Everyone loves this book. A real page turner! TRUTH IN ADVERTISING: Family members were coerced to take...
July 21, 2012
Finding Story: Blended Families
I'm on vacation with part of my family in Hawaii and we're all staying in the same house. Everything is soft, warm air, ocean and sun. R. is here, and his daughter and grandson, and one of my daughters and...
July 18, 2012
An Interview, A Prompt, and A Retreat
Here's a writing prompt I found on the beach early this morning as two young women jogged past me. The one with a blond pony tail said to her friend, "You know my brother threw him out of the house.."...
July 16, 2012
Book Trailers: The Brave New World of Book Business
Once upon a time when you published a book that was about it. Maybe you’d do a few luncheons in your home town and make an appearance at the local library, but unless you were famous not much else happened....
A Thank You
Thanks to all of you who came to to Flintridge Bookstore and Coffee Shop last Thursday night. It was a wonderful turnout and I'm so grateful.
July 9, 2012
An Evening of Dangerous Reading
If you live east of downtown Los Angeles, please come to the Flintridge Bookstore and Coffee House in La Canada Thursday night at 7:30.(July 12th) I'll be reading from A Year of Writing Dangerously and talking about two of my...
July 6, 2012
Figment - A Site for Writers
Thanks to Katie Robbins for featuring three days of my writing prompts on Figment.com It's a great site for writers - check it out: Figment.com FIGMENT DAILY THEMES As the award-winning author of 14 books and a distinguished writing instructor...
July 2, 2012
How To Market Books
It's really a shameless business, all this self-promotion and marketing of books. I just sent emails out to hundreds of friends and colleagues. (If you didn't get one leave your name and address in the comment section and I'll send...
June 27, 2012
Shadow Tag
I just read Louise Erdrich's gripping novel, Shadow Tag, about an out-of-control marriage that reads like a literary thriller - which it really is. You can't put it down. I always tell my students that fiction is fiction, period. If...
