Your Research is Showing
Everyone has to do research from time to time. When one reader exclaimed of my early sprawling draft, set in the 1930s and ‘40s: “You sure know a lot about a lot!” I did not take it as a compliment….
Category: The Writing Life
When Social Media Lead to Real Life Engagement
By Guest Contributor Anjali Mitter Duva In September 2015, I finally had the experience most authors dread. I was surprised that it took a full year post-launch, and to be honest I’d been hoping it would come earlier so I…
Craft on Draft: Lessons in setting
During last month’s Craft on Draft event three authors were on hand to discuss how they developed their unique settings. In addition to sharing their own work, Stephanie Gayle, Anjali Mitter Duva, and Patricia Park selected the event’s contest winner,…
Friday Feast: NaNoWriMo Check In, Social Media Break Up, 38 Steps to Become a Successful Novelist, and Not Working for Free
The first full week of NaNoWriMo is coming to a close. How’d you folks do? Did you stay hydrated? Well fed? Well caffeinated (or not, for all you crazy kids who can’t stand the stuff)? No matter what your word…
REV YOUR PENCILS: On Writing and Racecars
I once thought I’d make a pretty good racecar driver. This isn’t like my other delusions, kickboxing or ice-carving, as I had a reason to believe in my driving skills. After all, my brother is a talented semi-pro racecar driver,…
Friday Feast: Halloween NaNoWriMo Sandwich
I don’t “do” Halloween because I’m too lazy to think of a costume and like to go to bed at 10pm. I’d rather stay home in my pjs, drink wine, and watch The Great British Baking Show. I do “do” NaNoWriMo,…