Barbara Abercrombie's Blog, page 9

West Coast Writers

Thanks to Laura Hoopes for asking such interesting questions in her interview about A Year of Writing Dangerously. Here's the link to her blog, West Coast Writers and our interview: http://westcoastwriters.blogspot.com/... And the introduction to her blog: West Coast Writers...

A Working Weekend

I just got back from a terrific weekend teaching at the Central Coast Writers Conference in San Luis Obispo. Hundreds of enthusiastic participants and a whole bunch of writer friends who were conducting workshops. Old friends, including Victoria Zackheim and...

Finally Getting Facebook

I used to make a lot of snarky comments about Facebook, comparing it to Junior High and only good for one thing - marketing. But finally I'm starting to get it - it feels more like hanging out with other...

Writers Conference, Bookstore Parties etc.

If you live near the central coast of California please come to the Central Coast Writers Conference September 21-22 at Cuesta College. I'll be there talking about writing the stories of your life (the genres, the fears etc.), and also...

A Writing Exercise: Goldilocks

Our house was broken into last week and though my silver jewelry was stolen I can't help but think that this is one of the great writing prompts of all time. Here's what happened: We were in Montana and our...

Making a Deadline

I got Kicking In the Wall off to my editor in time for my deadline. (I love deadlines - they organize the mess of writing.) When I pushed the Send button I felt very optimistic about the whole thing. I'd...

Remember This....

Writing Regularly - or Not - and Good News

Let's face it. Sometimes we can't work, we can't get our writing done every day. I'm always saying you have to write regularly, but sometimes life just sweeps over you and the best you can do is to write field...

Best Books for Writers

Some happy news this week: A YEAR OF WRITING DANGEROUSLY has been chosen one of the Best Books for Writers by Poets & Writers Magazine. Other news of the week: The Night of Packing Dangerously. As I was packing up...

Thoughts When Moving

And why did I ever think a moose candle holder was a good idea? The move out of my old cabin in Lake Arrowhead and into the new one is almost completed. And then this blog will go back to...