Making of a book launch with Jessica Bell, author of String Bridge

Today my special guest is Jessica Bell, whose much anticipated fiction debut, String Bridge, releases officially on November 1. Jessica generously agreed to share a bit about...

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The power of a name

Giving a name Since I last posted, I've had some pretty weird stuff happen. One I suppose is mostly positive--I at last know WHY I've been so run down for the past seven months....

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Validated by...fear?

Busy day today, folks, so this is going to be a quickie.In The War of Art, Steven Pressfield says:"The more scared we are of a work or a calling, the more sure we can be that...

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How many eyes?

My critique group meets tonight and it was really tough for me to not send bits of my rough draft in progress off to the gang for feedback. But I had to ask myself whether feeback...

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Thanks and joy

I've been reading this book about gratitude called One Thousand Gifts by Ann Voskamp. It talks a lot about thankfulness as a key to living more fully with joy in the difficult...

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Living forward

As I write this, a work colleague is losing her year-long battle with lung cancer. Her son had written last night to say she was unresponsive and likely to pass on in the next...

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Building a publication history: where to start

Whether your ultimate goal is to secure agent representation or to simply get paid for writing (even a pittance), establishing a publication history will help you.The best way...

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Chat with Angela Felsted, author of Cleave

Today my special guest is Angela Felsted, a fellow crossover writer of fiction and poetry who blogs at My Poetry and Prose Place. Her poetry chapbook Cleave is forthcoming from...

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