By Patricia Stoltey I feel like someone pulled me through a knothole backwards. I took a little time off last week and went to visit family in Illinois. And I went unplugged for five days. The five days was great. Now I’m suffering the consequences. My To Do list is so long I’m as jumpy…
Tag: the writing life
Free Your Writing Soul, and Write Better as a Result
By Tina Ann Forkner My debut novel released in 2008 from a legacy publisher. Sounds like a dream come true, doesn’t it? And it was, for a while. When my next novel came out in 2009, it looked to some people like I was on the publishing journey every aspiring writer wanted. When 2010 came…
The Easy Button
By Terri Benson My day job includes coaching start-up businesses at a Business Incubator, and as a writer, I counsel people who want to write. Recently one of my clients opened the meeting with “I’ve started on a book. What I need is advice on how to find an editor who will give me a…
“Do you as an Amazon director approve of this policy of sanctioning books?”
By Liesa Malik The first post on this topic was published on August 22 (Hachette vs. Amazon–Do We All Lose?) As before…any opinions expressed here are mine as an individual and do not reflect an official stance by RMFW or its members . . . As the battle between Hachette and Amazon continues over the…
Tips for Conference Goers, Especially First Timers — Part II
As promised, we’re back with more great advice for conference-goers from a few of your regular RMFW Blog contributors Liesa Malik 1) Remember that all people at the conference are approachable, but it’s best to have a few questions to ask. Things like “what do you like best about writing?” or “where do you see…