The Call!

Posted at Jun 18, 2014 3:47 pm in , , , , , , , , , , ,

A funny thing happened to me on April 30th – I lost my phone.  I don’t usually do this.  Like almost never.  Okay, I do lose my phone inside my purse, but who doesn’t?  (I really need to replace my current purse, just for this reason.) But on April 30thmy phone went missing for hours.  […]

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Making Conferences Work for You

Posted at May 19, 2013 3:14 pm in , , , , , , , , ,

I love conference season.  It’s a chance to escape my writing cave, meet other writers, learn my craft, pitch my books and just have fun.  But more important, as an unpublished writer, a conference is a professional opportunity.     Here are my suggestions to make your next conference—work for you.  A lot of these suggestions […]

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A modern day fairytale — waiting on a happy ending

Posted at Jan 23, 2013 8:56 pm in , , , , ,

Once upon a time, there was a clueless writer who loved telling stories, but didn’t know what she was doing.  She wrote five hot-mess novels before realizing she needed to learn her craft.  She meet some lovely fairy godmothers in the form of Kathy Eagle and Mary Bracho who guided her to the path of […]

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The Great Agent Search Fiasco

Posted at Jan 30, 2012 6:00 pm in , , , , , , ,

One of my 2011 goals was to get an agent. Now this isn’t something I can actually control, but I can control my query and submission activity. Being a Golden Heart finalist seems to give a writer a leg up on agents requesting manuscripts. At a panel discussion, Laura Bradford likened Golden Heart finalists to […]

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