A fellow writer once told me, “You’re a better writer than I am, but I’m a better story teller.” Guess who’s published today? While I fretted over writing the perfect sentence, she concentrated on story.
For Writers
Kill Your Darlings. Bury Them In Your Blog
Not only does the following story snippet serve as an example of how to kill your darlings, but it might also entertain those who grew up near a river similar to the Cosumnes River in California.
Stephen King’s A Memoir of the Craft On Writing, Got Talent? Plot Not!
Most writers, according to Stephen King, will not become great writers, but they can become darn good story tellers. And good stories are what the public – and therefore book-buyers – want. They always have, and they always will.
Something to Crow About – Website Header
Edger Allen Poe’s “Raven” symbolized darkness and death, with it’s repeated answer, “Nevermore,” but I bet Poe also selected the raven for his poem because birds of the crow family are the most intelligent of the bird kingdom. Even Alfred Hitchcock discovered while filming “The Birds” that crows remember faces and have minds of their own.
A Next Big Thing Blog: Ten Questions About My Book
Blog Hop: easier agreed to than done A Next Big Thing blog hop is a giant game of tag to help readers discoverauthors who are new to them. I said yes, of course, but it has taken me until now to actually answer the 10 questions involved. Believe me, this project is easier agreed to […]
Writing, Publishing, and Marketing tips from Shawn Hansen
Sometimes, out of the blue, someone comes along at the perfect moment to point you in the right direction when you come to a fork in the road. For me, that someone was Shawn Hansen. A friend told me about Shawn’s weekly Teleseminar Tuesday, and after only one session, I was hooked. Eleven one-hour, information packed classes later, I […]
