Are you doing your own thing? Listening to your own voice? Or are you a back-up, following someone else’s vision and script?
Category: General Interest
RMFW Spotlight on Susan Brooks, Colorado Gold Conference Chair
Susan Brooks has been conference chair since 2011. She is an editor with a small traditional publisher and has an MA in Publishing from George Washington University.
Beware of the False Hook
By Tiffany Lawson Inman What do most writing craft books say about openings? A lot of don’ts and dos. Am I right? Don’t use a lot of description. Don’t open with back story. Do try and start with action. Do introduce the story theme and problem. Do establish character and setting. Do excite your reader. Do show the promise of your novel in the first…
The Sound of One Hand Clapping by Rebecca Taylor
By Rebecca Taylor Yesterday, I uploaded my most recent book, The Exquisite and Immaculate Grace of Carmen Espinoza, to Kindle—Yes, I self published it. And as I, only hours later took it down to make changes (I suspect it won’t be the last time) I wondered: Why don’t more writers make the leap into self-publishing?…
How to Make a Damn Good Living as a Writer
By J.A. (Julie) Kazimer With a title like that you’d think I’d have an answer, right? Well I do. Just not one writers like to hear. So let’s get the nasty part out of the way now. Here goes: Only a very small percentage (under 8%) of working writers are making a living strictly…