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Trials and Tribulations of an Author Newsletter

writerswhokill ― On Monday I sent out my second quarterly newsletter to everyone who signed up to receive it. I haven’t harvested email addresses; everyone had to click on a link and sign up with Tinyletter (a free service to manage newsletters), so the list ...

Tags: Writing Life, Jim

Dee Gatrell ― 6 hr ago

Intermediaries (with an emphasis on Literary Agents)

writerswhokill ― After church yesterday, a member caught me and asked for help on a financial matter. He had intended to purchase a CD and name the church as its beneficiary. A financial advisor at his bank suggested a “better investment” with...

Tags: Publishing, Writing Life, Jim, Agents

Dee Gatrell ― 2 weeks ago

Lessons From My First Book Reading

Lessons From My First Book Reading

writerswhokill ― We have a number of authors at our church and the minister thought it would be an interesting idea to start a series of author readings and conversations on Sunday afternoon. Given the recent release of BAD POLICY, I was a natural guinea pig....

Tags: Writing Life, Jim, Book Promotion, Book Signings

Dee Gatrell ― 3 weeks ago

Clean Closet, Uncluttered Mind

Clean Closet, Uncluttered Mind

Destinations Detours and Dreams ― One Cupboard : Before and After ∙ This week I'm rearranging and cleaning kitchen cupboards. It's got me thinking about habit, change, accomplishment, and creativity. ∙ I'm not exactly sure what motivated me to tackle the cupboards ...

Tags: Life In General, The Writing Life

Donna Janke ― 3 weeks 3 days ago

Farewell

writerswhokill ― Today will be my last regular blog here at WWK. I have an interview scheduled for June, but aside from that, my only capacity here will be as a commenter on future blogs.I was approached in December 2011 to join this group, and to say that I was...

Tags: Writing Life, Good-bye, Alyx Morgan

Dee Gatrell ― 4 weeks 4 days ago

Time Management for Writers

Time Management for Writers

Nancy's Notes From Florida ― How do you balance writing with online promotion? Marketing efforts take hours on the Internet. How can you keep up with tweets, Facebook posts, Pinterest, and more? I am always asked this question whenever I give talks. It’s not easy to ...

Tags: Business Of Writing, The Writing Life, Marketing, Nancy Cohen, Nancy J Cohen, Self-promotion

Nancy J Cohen ― 5 weeks 2 days ago

Stealing Stories

Stealing Stories

Destinations Detours and Dreams ― Imagine this. You and I meet for coffee. During the course of the conversation, you tell me a story about your grandmother, a special memory from your childhood. Months later you read a story I've published. It features an old woman. She is very...

Tags: The Writing Life

Donna Janke ― 6 weeks 3 days ago

Ten Days in the Life of a “Non-writer”

Ten Days in the Life of a “Non-writer”

The Intrinsic Writer ― A few weeks back, in a post titled “Today I Resign from Writing (well, maybe),” I unabashedly vented my grievances with the written word, or more notably, my desires to be a writer. I knew at the time that my … Continue reading...

Tags: Breaking Through, Inspiration, Self Discovery, The Writing Life, Why We Write, Danielle Steel

Katie Checkley ― 6 weeks 4 days ago

Persevering with the Dragon

Persevering with the Dragon

writerswhokill ― Today's Salad Bowl Saturday blog by Sara Hoskinson Frommer was first published in 2012 on www.getitwriteblog.wordpress.com, the Perseverance Press authors’ blog. Since that time Sara has continued to use the Dragon voice recognition software...

Tags: Salad Bowl Saturdays, Writing Life

Dee Gatrell ― 7 weeks ago

Shine On Blog Award

Shine On Blog Award

Nancy's Notes From Florida ― Thanks so much to David Fernandez for nominating my blog for the Shine On Award. David discusses writing, sports, movies, and more at his entertaining site, so stop by for a visit. Thank you, David, for the nomination. It’s always nice to ...

Tags: Business Of Writing, The Writing Life, Bloggers, Blogging, Nancy Cohen, Nancy J Cohen

Nancy J Cohen ― 7 weeks 4 days ago

What's in a Name?

What's in a Name?

Destinations Detours and Dreams ― “A rose by any other name would smell as sweet” William Shakespeare ∙ How do writers choose names for their fictional characters? Are the names obvious when they create the characters? Do the writers pour over the meanings of ...

Tags: The Writing Life

Donna Janke ― 7 weeks 6 days ago

Writing and Running: 6 Lessons Learned from Jogging

Writing and Running: 6 Lessons Learned from Jogging

writerswhokill ― Today on Salad Bowl Saturday we welcome author Kris Bock who syas that writing with jogging should have a number of similarities. See if you agree. ~ Jim ∙...

Tags: Salad Bowl Saturdays, Writing Life

Dee Gatrell ― 8 weeks 1 day ago

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