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Quick Fire Interviews. Where I ask 10 writers 10 questions…
…and ask them to answer each in 10 words, or less.
Well, writers, being writers…. SOME of them told me straight out, “Not going to happen.” One did the assignment twice— once wrong, once right. Such an overachiver! 
Others, did what most writers do, ignored the damn directions and forged ahead. I love that.
Here are the first 10 writers brave enough to say YES, without even seeing the questions. Oh, so, so brave. Seriously.
Pour yourself a cold drink, or a hot mug of java and read on:
THE QUICK FIRE: May 2012
10 questions for 10 writers… …
Another blog interview in which I wasn’t brief
Oh, I do love my FB pals. Especially the writer chicks. We amuse ourselves when the words are not wexactly at the tips of our fingers, and we post dumb videos and mock cat lovers and poke fun at the sucky world around us… and somehow, that makes us feel better.
Elizabeth Seckman is one of my writer chick pals, and when she asked me to do a blog interview, I made sure I could A. reply at my leisure via email, and B. cuss a bit.
I may have restrained myself.
See for yourself.
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Want to be published, and succeed? Here are just a few things you may need to know how to do.
- write a kick ass book
- land a fantastic, eager, well-connected literary agent
- do all you can to help sell your book through self-promotion
- spend money, lots of money
- get a web presence with blog, facebook, twitter, linkedin, good reads
- hire a publicist
- understand online marketing and advertising
- jump on the e-book bandwagon
- sell… but don’t sell out
- write another book
- and another
Great insight on what publishing is like today from a pro… check it out.…
A short story opening.. should I finish this?
I am Veronica’s ass.
I used to look good in the jeans she’s wriggling into, but that was before Dunkin Donuts opened up down the street. Back when Tony was texting every afternoon and she was taking me to the gym every night, bringing me home all sweaty and slapping that cellulite cream on me. Back when we had an agreement. I was the one constant in her life. I would follow her anywhere.…
First time novelists make good. Oldies don’t move over.
Recently released- then corrected list from Publisher’s Weekly gives the facts and figures behind the top selling hardcover books of 2011.
How nice to see four brand new names on a fiction list that usually sounds like Who’s Who in Publishing.
From the LONG list, Congratulations goes to : The Night Circus, Dollhouse, The Art of Fielding, and The Tiger’s Wife.
I have read one of them, and have another on my short list. ( I will say the one I read was very well done, though lacking true emotion.. it felt exactly how I imagine a piece that has been …
Write or Die?
Isn’t that a bit extreme?
I ran across this advice today, from a twitter feed… yeah, yeah, I should have been finishing that short story, but … anyway, here’s the post, called Eight Simple Tips for Editing Your Own Work.
Most of them, I agree with, and most of the bad things, I do- at least once, like editing as I write, but sometimes, I find a new direction that way.
I had to revisit the Write or Die site, as it’s been a while since I went there- here’s a quote from the site:
“As long as you keep …
Since this is where I’m supposed to be talking about writing…
The Kirkus Review is in for my book. The consensus is…
While I was out wandering the mountains of Georgia, someone was typing up and submitting their review of Not Waving, Drowning for the inimitable Kirkus Review. I am pleased to report, I do NOT suck. I did not star, but neither did I crash and burn. For those of you that have purchased and read Not Waving, Drowning. Thank you, and I hope you agree with all the most wonderful parts of this review, and that you stuck through the complicated parts… because I write for a smart, yet complicated reader, and let’s face it, life is damn messy.
What …
Paint, write, cook, garden. It all means you are a creative soul.
Creative outlets come in many forms. What’s yours? How do you feed it?
