Happy Halloween

Trick or treat, smell my feet… Happy Halloween to all my readers. Ever wonder where the holiday got it’s start? Look no further than the Celtic peoples. I could tell you more but the Library of Congress has a great history in their American Folklife Center. So let your thoughts tumble and turn tonight. Dance with the restless dead……

Guest Post: Location, Location, Location

Guest Post from Leanne Herrera author of Mirror Bound When I think of a location for the stories that I write, I generally pick somewhere I have lived or make up an area. In the three books I have completed, only one is centered in a real location. The location I choose, is near and dear to……

Avondale Writers’ Conference

I wanted to share a write-up about the Avondale Writers’ Conference from Examiner.com. I will be giving a talk on using Point of View to enhance your writing. I am looking forward to attending some of the other workshops and mingling with the writers. I even snatched up a chunk of time with an agent to pitch my Steampunk……

Got Writer’s Block? Let Your Readers Help

I have already written a post about author Silvia Hartmann and the Naked Writer Project. Holly McDowell has taken her writing process for King Solomon’s Wives to the web in a different way. As reported by the Huffington Post Ms. McDowell has engaged her readers before the book ever hits the shelf. The concept here is to have readers……

E-book Price Gouging

After my last post on e-books looking at the no to low end I thought this post which I am borrowing from American Libraries Magazine, The Visible Hand of the Market?, might complement it. Libraries would love to provide their patrons with all the digital content their devices could contain. Sadly that is just not in their hands. To counter that,……

E-booking on the Cheap

The other day I came across a review for J.K. Rowling’s new work, Casual Vacancy, interested I clicked on over to Amazon to see about getting a copy. Well any thought of that happening went away when I saw the price. Really, J.K. now I know you’ve been hitting the butter beer hard. $17.99 (update:……

Looking at The World of Literary Agents

I came across this piece by Michael Bourne, “A Right Fit”: Navigating the World of Literary Agents,” in my RSS feed from Nathan Bransford’s Blog. You may have read similar pieces that looked at the world literary agents operate in, but this one is a little different. This one comes from a man who was on the outside and……