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Merry Christmas

I hope that all of you are having a wonderful Christmas Holiday!   Today is the day that we celebrate with my husband’s family.  What can I say — we like to stretch it out.  After all, you can only eat so much in just one day. I’ll be back tomorrow (Tuesday, 12/27).  In the […]

Fiction: Writing scene by sequel by scene

Way back when I was a fairly new writer, I read something about scenes and sequels and the need for both in your writing.  As I remember it, scenes are where the action takes place.  Your character has a goal, attempts to achieve it and said goal is thwarted.  Sequels are the lull before the […]

Writing Middle Grade Nonficiton

esterday I met my most recent deadline, turning in a piece of middle grade nonfiction on professional gaming.  Yes, that’s people who make money playing video and computer games like Dota 2 and CS:GO.   The funny/ironic/slightly disturbing thing about it is that it really has demonstrated the disconnect from one generation to another. My teen son […]

Step into 2017 with Storystorm

Needless to say, everyone is a little wound up about 2017.  I mean a little worse than the usual year-end angst.  I’d like to invite all you writers to step into the New Year with Storystorm. Back in November you might have missed PiBoIdMo or Picture Book Idea Month sponsored by Tara Lazar.  Unfortunately, as […]

Adaptation

Late last week I was on Twitter reading #MSWL posts and spotted this one by Alyssa Jennette, an agent with Stone Song Literary.  I have to admit it intrigued me. Just discovered Room With A View is in the public domain in the US. Who wants to write a modern update? #MSWL — Alyssa Jennette […]

Goals for 2017

Recently one of my WOW friends wrote a post about resolutions.  One of the things that Jodi wrote about what the reality that the holidays often derail even the best writing intentions.  She thinks that that is the reality behind come up with resolutions or goals for New Years.  It isn’t so much that it […]

Hidden Human Computers Launched Yesterday

Merry Christmas, Sue and Duchess!   Abdo gave us the best Christmas gift ever — our book Hidden Human Computers: The Black Women of NASA launched yesterday. Our book is features the three women in Margot Shetterly’s Hidden Figures but it tells about other women as well, including Duchess’ grandmother Miriam Harris Mann.  That’s why Duchess wanted […]

Online Marketing: Who Has Time to Do It All?

Its no great secret.  I make my living as a writer.  Like a lot of writers, I find the vast array of possible online markting options overwhelming. I know one writer who edits anthologies, spends scads of time on Facebook.  She hosts events on Twitter as well as book give-aways on Goodreads.  I watch her […]

The Balancing Act that Is Nonfiction

Hopefully when you read this I’ll have a full draft done on my next book.  Hopefully.  I’m only about 1/3 of the way through my last chapter and my willpower is more like won’t-power at the moment. In this first draft, I do try to get everything in the right order but I don’t worry […]

Little Pickle Press Becomes March 4th

Little Pickle Press recently announced a name change.  The new name?  March 4th. Since the beginning, the mission of Little Pickle Press was to “create media that fosters kindness in young people and to do so in a manner congruent with that mission.”  Otherwise, to proceed in kindness and generosity of spirit to promote kindness […]