I keep hoping to find my rhythm in blogging. Sort of Mystery Mondays, as in you'll never guess what I've come up with, Writing Wednesdays, with my thoughts and musings on writing and the writer's life, and leave Fridays for Fun. I mean, you gotta have fun on a Friday,...
Sometimes I think the coolest part of being an author is getting to meet so many other authors—and one of my favorite writers around is Candice Hern. I simply adore her books and the best part is, she's a very smart lady, with a love of history that I admire,...
In all the hoopla and post picture posting frenzy of conference writing seems to get shoved to one side. That's my biggest problem with conference—it can be a total time-suck on the writing. And it is all about the writing after all (though all the party...
If you go to conference and pitch to an agent or editor, by all accounts you are a Sure Thing. Even if you go into your meeting, stutter uncontrollably, toss your cookies all over the table and you discover later you have a big blotch of lunch on the front of your...
Pack light. Why, you ask? Free books. Tons of free books. And goodies. And other tokens. Make sure you have either a large tote bag you can fold flat and tuck in your suitcase, or do my trick: the suitcase inside the suitcase. Yes, you see that correctly. I pack the...
I'm off to conference in less than two weeks and I'm completely unprepared. I haven't done any of the essentials (that is if you believe all the conference chatter going around) that go into conference preparation: primarily shopping for an entire new wardrobe. You...
