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Literary Agent News at The Alley
There's a great post up at The Writers Alley today looking at how to search for the Perfect Literary Agent. Make sure to check it out at http://thewritersalleys.blogspot.com
Contests – and how writers survive them
I started entering writing contests in April 2009 and within the past (almost) 2 years, I’ve filled out about fifteen different contest forms. Some responses were good. Some were not. And some just hurt me like a kick to the gut. But like a masochist, I sent out...
What to forget from 2010?
So, 2010 has been quite a year. Amazing, challenging, disheartening, and exhausting in many ways. Here are a few words of 2010: Wikileaks Health Care Reform Chilean Miners The Duggers Haiti earthquake Oprah Silly bands Facebook Personally, there are probably things...
Sharpshooter in Petticoats by Mary Connealy
Mandy Gray is in a heap of trouble. With a band of murderous outlaws out for her hide, three young children to keep safe, and a castle-turned-prison, there’s not much else she can do but keep her rifle close by and hope for the best. Until Tom Linscott decides to take...
Setting Your Novels to Music?
Do you set your books to music? Are there certain types of songs that are the backdrop for the scenes swirling in your head, or is it just me? All of my novels have songs that I either write or hear that I associate with the story – so, I play the songs while I’m...
Have you hugged a Seeker in 2010?
Okay, for anyone who has followed this blog - or even knows anything about me - I'm a BIG fan of Seekerville. What is Seekerville, you might ask? It's a fabulous, funny, and encouraging site for writers and readers of good fiction. Though most of the authors write...
