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Meet the Real Life Characters in THE MONEY BIRD

Special Dog Days edition of Write Here, Write Now to celebrate release of The Money Bird! Please pass it on! ~ Sheila


Characters for Good Causes

 



Do you know any pet owners who wouldn't like to have their own pets appear in a a novel? When I asked myself that question a year and a half ago, I couldn't think of anyone, so I pitched an idea to two organizations whose causes I strongly

A Synergy of Image, Text, and Dogs, Part 1

If you've been following my blog, you know that in August we're celebrating dogs. Today's post is the first of two about how images and text about our best friends have been combined through the ages. This post is adapted from a paper I wrote while working on my MFA in Creative Writing in the Stonecoast Program/University of Southern Maine. Special thanks to my friend and mentor Cait Johnson,

Dog Days with Linda O. Johnston

Dog Days continue! Welcome to today's guest, Linda O. Johnston, author of mysteries and romances, including the Pet Sitter and Pet Rescue series. Join Linda and her dogs and be inspired. ~ Sheila


Dog Days and Me

Linda O. Johnston





I’m really happy to be blogging here at Write Here, Write Now, especially with the focus on August’s Dog Days! 

 

I love all animals, but most especially dogs

Guest Author Richard Brawer Asks "What If Your Publisher Goes Out of Business?"

We live in what the Chinese curse "May you live in interesting times" might mean - chaotic, changing, even scary - and for those of us involved with publishing in one way or another, "interesting" barely gets us started. Many new opportunities are opening, but the ride to whatever our future may be is rocky at times. My guest today is Richard Brawer, who wrote here recently about fiction becoming

Dog Days with Guest Author Terry Shames

As I mentioned on Monday, Write Here, Write Now is celebrating dogs during the dog days of summer, and author Terry Shames and her best friends Lucy and Sparky are leading the pack today. Welcome, Terry!  ~ Sheila



Thank you to Sheila for allowing me to blog
here about my Dog Days.

Being from Texas, I know a lot about “dog
days,” those days when it’s so hot you can barely drag yourself from

Mr. Washington's Hounds

We're quickly approaching the end of July, which I dubbed "history month" (more or less) on this blog. I thought I would wrap up the theme with a little bit about Mr. Washington and his hounds. After all, who can think of American history without thinking of George Washington?

Many portraits of General Washington show him on horseback, and there's no doubt that he was an excellent horseman. Not

Taboo Words with Guest Author Lois Winston

Welcome back, author and agent Lois Winston! If you follow my blog, you know that Lois has been here before. (If you missed her previous entries, check them out here and here). Today Lois addresses a grammatical issue - but hold on! It's interesting, and important. ~ Sheila



Taboo
Words

By Lois Winston



No, this guest blog isn’t about what
Paula Dean said, nor does it have anything to do

Books, Writers, and the Beautiful State of Maine

by Sheila Webster Boneham


I'm in Maine! I'm on my way home today, so because I'm traveling, I'm rerunning this post from last July. I think it's particularly apt because I've just completed my Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in creative writing from the fantastic Stonecoast MFA Program. Enjoy!  ~ Sheila





When I was a child, my father traveled several times a year to Maine for work. He was an

Cozies, Craftmans, and More with Guest Author Judy Alter

Stretching
the limits of the cozy



by Judy Alter



Writing
across genres is a big deal these days. Writers worry about the non-traditional
novel, the one that doesn’t quite fit in any of the standard sub-genres but has
touches of all—cozy, thriller, supernatural, whatever.

I
have always been comfortable writing—and mostly reading—cozies. I think it
harks back to my Nancy Drew introduction to

Friendships as Fodder for Writing with Guest Author Pat Hale

Friendships as Fodder



by Pat Hale







In my novel, In the Shadow of Revenge, three nine-year-old girls experience a horrific event that binds them together until many years later when revenge sets them free. In writing the relationship between the girls, I often drew on my own experiences with Lee, how we interacted with the world and with each other at nine-years-old and how our