Colleen Oakes & The Black Coats Colleen Oakes says there were many points of inspiration for her novel The Black Coats. In fact, she says, the came out of a “giant cauldron” of inspiration. There was a vision in her head of a group of girls holding baseball bats, a black pea coat lying on…
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Your Authentic Voice
Novelist, news reporter, biographer, stand-up comedian, ventriloquist…so many professions rely on the performer to find their voice. But what does voice mean for a performer? And how do you find it? The answer is frustratingly vague…and so simple that it’s kind of hard to understand. The vague answer is that your voice is the manner…
Write like…
Write like your best friend just called to say she read the first fifty pages of your latest/greatest and she thinks it’s your best work yet. Write like tomorrow’s schedule is breaking rocks with a sledgehammer. Dawn to dusk. Write like you don’t care. Write like you understand, deep down, how much fun it is…
Rocky Mountain Writer #157
Sandra Murphy – The Voice Mama Sandra Murphy says she has one goal when she’s recording an audio book – to tell the truth of what her authors have written. In fact, Sandra brings many years of acting experience to her production process—an acting career that began at the ripe old age of two with…
Do you suffer from post-book depression?
I just finished a book. When I reach this milestone, I always think I should feel happy and excited, or at least satisfied. Instead, my mood seems to turn gloomy and anxious. Maybe it’s the panic of knowing I now have to send my baby out into the world to face criticism and potential rejection….