The Turkey Situation
You know how it is when you need to post a blog on Monday (today). But first comes Thanksgiving, which[…]
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You know how it is when you need to post a blog on Monday (today). But first comes Thanksgiving, which[…]
Read moreI always thought that the best kind of writing prompts are those that come from outside of my own mind and that are extremely minimal. Sometimes a single word given to me by a writing partner is all I need to get going.
Read moreYes, it’s great to have a literary agent. But if you don’t have one, or don’t want one, there are[…]
Read more“Words! Words! Words!” Eliza Doolittle sings in My Fair Lady. She wants Professor Henry Higgins to ‘show me’ how he[…]
Read moreWriting takes a toll on writers’ bodies. We slouch over our keyboards. We peer all day at screens. We can[…]
Read moreWhenever I start a new novel, I buy myself a fancy notebook. Then, I spend the next month filling in[…]
Read moreI just turned in the manuscript for A Collection of Lies, Book 5 in the Kate Hamilton Mysteries, and I’m in mourning. The book actually took eleven months to write, but the final three months were intense. I spent almost a year with those people in Devon, England. How can I blithely say, “Goodbye—nice knowing you?”
Read morePlease welcome Kim Herdman Shapiro to Miss Demeanors. Kim’s roots in journalism and poetry, in print, broadcast, and video, took[…]
Read moreI just got back from the Golden Crown annual readers and writers conference where Legacy in the Blood, the fourth[…]
Read moreA. A. Milne, J. K. Rowling, J. M. Barrie, G. K. Chesterton, E. B. White, C. S.[…]
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