By Patricia Stoltey This afternoon my geeky husband had a breakthrough (after a visit to the even geekier guys at our favorite BB store). Just in the last two hours he has retrieved all of my missing files from the bad hard drive and put them on both his computer and my external hard drive….
Tag: the writing life
Clever ways to boost your luck!
by Janet Lane Is there a way to improve your odds for publishing success? It’s likely you’ve learned about other writers’ successes and wondered, “When will it be my turn?” or “How did he finally get so lucky?” There are ways to improve your luck, and reading about others’ success stories gives clues about ways…
A Writer is One Who Writes … by Linda Berry
When asked when I knew I wanted to be a writer, I usually say it was about fourth grade. That’s when, as a big fan of the feature called “Life in These United States” in The Reader’s Digest, I realized it made a big difference how a story was told. I began to appreciate humor,…
What’s In Your Bucket? … by Kay Bergstrom
Many writers have Bucket Lists of the good stuff they hope to accomplish before they kick the aforementioned bucket. It usually starts with “write a book” and ends with “#1 NYT Best-Seller Five Years in a Row.” Take that, Harry Potter. “Write a book” is an appropriate listing because it’s within your power to do…
“Murph” On Writing
By Mark Stevens I’m turning this month’s blog over to Murph, The Asphalt Warrior. Denver cab-driver and wanna-be-a-famous-writer Brendan Murphy, a.k.a. “Murph,” has collected some of his favorite commentary on being an unpublished novelist. (What is below is just the tip of the iceberg of insights.) I thought you could—relate. And maybe grab a laugh. These…