Teresa Funke & Bursts of Brilliance for a Creative Life Teresa Funke embodies the modern artist/entrepreneur. She is the owner of Teresa Funke & Company, Victory House Press, and Bursts of Brilliance. She is the award-winning author of seven novels for adults and children based on true stories from WWII, and the author of the…
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The Excitement and Terror of Deadlines
Since small publishers don’t usually offer for your book until it’s finished, I haven’t had a deadline in years. Now, after signing with a new publisher, I have one, and I’m a little unnerved. With 17 books published, you’d think I would take this all in stride. But having a deadline (two, in fact) is…
How to Write When You’re Not Writing
For the last 12 months, I worked in a sort of creative fever on my latest novel. When I wasn’t at my day job, I was writing. When I couldn’t be writing, I was brainstorming. When I stopped writing to sleep, I felt like I was still trapped in the fictional world, not really resting…
Scraping Your Plate
When I first signed my book with a small press, I knew I was being slingshotted into fame. When it did not happen, I blamed myself, my marketing efforts, even my talent for not becoming an overnight sensation. The duty to get my name out there sapped all joy I once found in crafting a…
Rocky Mountain Writer #147
Marc Graham & Runes for Writers Futhark, the Runic aplphabet, is a key component in Marc Graham’s process known as Runes for Writers. The ancient system helps storytellers more easily access the realm of ideas, the world of the Muses, the Source of Story. By integrating left- and right-brain activity, Marc’s process seeks to open…