Sometimes I love blogging. Sometimes I hate it. Today I hate it. I’d rather be pulling weeds. I’d rather be cleaning house. I need to get my rear off the chair and get some exercise. This once fine-tuned body is turning into jelly. How can I speed up this writing process so it won’t take […]
For Writers
Copyright in the Work You Create
During a writers’ conference workshop sponsored by Friends of Elk Grove Library, Renee Morgan-Hampton, a litigation paralegal and author of Misrepresented, talked about getting a copyright in your work. Did you know that the moment you start writing your novel you have a copyright in the work you create? © All Rights Reserved. The Copyright […]
Secrets Cause Writer’s Block / Create a Memoir #3
Dorothy Ann Skarles is back with another lesson on how to create a memoir. Yes, concerning secrets. Welcome Dorothy. Warning! Secrets will cause writer’s block. The telling of a secret may make you feel guilty, but it is the knowledge of family discovering what has been concealed over the years that will stop you from writing your life […]
Email Subscription Box for your Blog
It took me a while, but I finally figured out how to put an email subscription box onto my site so my subscribers can receive my blog posts in their inbox, similar to an e-newsletter. First, I had to sign up for a free service called FeedBurner to publish my own feeds. (To sign […]
Inventing from Place / Alto Angel
The following scene was written in response to an “Inventing from Place” assignment given in my Tools of the Writer’s Craft class through UCDavis Extension. It was later included in Between Yesterday and Tomorrow, book three of my “Enter the Between” visionary fiction series. We were asked to think of a place that we found either particularly […]
Dash Off a Memory / Create a Memoir, Lesson Two
Once again, my friend and critique partner, Dorothy Ann Skarles, is sharing one of her lessons on how to create a memoir. Here’s hoping she will continue to share her lessons, maybe even start a series. Dorothy taught memoir writing at Lodi Adult School until her retirement. She is the author of two novels and one non-fiction book—Learning To […]
