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Dharma Buds: Revision Road with Buddha and the Gecko

Lisa Birk / November 18, 2014 / 6 comments

I have just spent two-and-a-half years revising my novel.* The odds on getting it published feel, well, long. My writer friends (published and in-the-queue) tell horrific tales of editors** who do not buy the manuscript, but offer advice, “What if…

Friday Feast: Syndromes, Solitude, Psychological Comforts and More

Kelly J. Ford / November 14, 2014 / no comments

As the holidays draw near, the days grow shorter, the nights colder, the calendars more full. Waistlines expand, and walls close in with people and conversations and music playlists that tax the ears. Draw a bath, grab some champagne or…

How to Start Building a Social Media Presence: An Interview with Crystal King

Kelly Robertson / November 13, 2014 / 2 comments

Crystal King is a 20-year marketing and communications veteran. Currently she leads social media for Keurig Green Mountain and has directed global social media programs for companies such as CA Technologies and Sybase. Crystal is also a freelance writer and Pushcart-nominated…

Happy Indie Story, Part Seven: Enrica Jang and Erica Schultz

Jennie Wood / November 11, 2014 / 2 comments

After “What’s next,” the question I’m asked most often is, “What drives me, what keeps me going?” One major source of inspiration is other writers carving out a way of their own. It doesn’t matter what genre they’re working in,…

Friday Feast: SweetN’ Low, NaNoWriMo Success and Storytelling Tips

Kelly J. Ford / November 7, 2014 / 1 comment

Halloween sugar crash. Daylight Savings Time. Wacky weather. Election overload. Oh my people. This post alone took me 23.5 hours to compile. Maybe some artificial sweetener, NaNoWriMo success stories and other sweet links will energize us after this long week….

An Interview with Heidi Durrow, Author of The Girl Who Fell From the Sky

Margaret Zamos-Monteith / November 6, 2014 / 1 comment

Heidi Durrow grew up as the middle child of an African-American enlisted Air Force man and a white Danish woman. Raised in North Carolina, Turkey, Washington state, and Germany, she spent summers and holidays in her mother’s Danish hometown. A…

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