What’s The Point (of Art)?
I was going to write about something else, but the news of Sinéad O’Connor’s passing hit me a bit hard,[…]
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Category: Writers habits
Five Tips for Aspiring Writers
For those of you just starting out in this bizarre world of self-expression/self-promotion, here are a few tips.
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A Week in the Life of a Self-Published Author
I may be a full-time writer, but that doesn’t mean I can write full time. Here’s an overview of some of the stuff I had to do this week to keep my writing career going.
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What’s in a Name?
A. A. Milne, J. K. Rowling, J. M. Barrie, G. K. Chesterton, E. B. White, C. S.[…]
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Help! I’m Think I’m Becoming A Pantser
Most of us in the reading and writing community know the terms plotters, writers who plot everything out in an outline (some quite detailed) before they begin writing; and pantsers, writers who begin and usually finish a draft without any outline at all. They “fly by the seat of their pants.” To understand the difference, think of someone planning a car trip between Boston and San Diego.
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Words! Words! Words!
So sings julie Andrews as Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady, complaining about too many words said to her that[…]
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What do old books smell like?
There’s an important scene in my new novel that takes place in an antiquarian bookstore. I was working on the[…]
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Writers Habits–Who Knew?
You might have heard Amy Lowell and George Sand both smoked cigars while writing. I thought it would be interesting[…]
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Meet Ellen Byron, Award-Winning Author of Cozy Mysteries
The second in a fantastic new cozy mystery series with a vintage flair from USA Today bestselling and Agatha Award–winning author Ellen Byron.
It’s hurricane season in New Orleans and vintage cookbook fan Ricki James-Diaz is trying to shelve her weather-related fears and focus on her business, Miss Vee’s Vintage Cookbook and Kitchenware Shop, housed in the magnificent Bon Vee Culinary House Museum.
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Likeable Characters–In The Eye of The Beholder
I’m on a mission to find a set of common denominators that make characters generally beloved.
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