Programmer, Writer, Mom
Posted in Writing/Reading on Jan 29th, 2010
I noticed that there seems to be a bit of talk on the Internet about how a writer of fiction is trained for the business end of the industry. There has also been a lot of talk about where the elite of the market wind up: control, points, quantity of books released a year. I’ve [...]
Posted in Personal, Writing/Reading on Jan 21st, 2010
October 2009
At the end of October, I spent 3 days at the Surrey International Writers Conference. The one thing I heard over and over was to write every day. Most writers agreed it wouldn’t be great writing or even something they would use in their final manuscript. The idea was to get in the habit [...]
Posted in Writing/Reading on Jan 14th, 2010
I picked up Misa Ramirez’s first book in her Lola Cruz Mystery Series: Living the Vida Lola. The book was suggested on a “Like Janet” list. I was doubly excited to read it when I realized Misa Ramirez had an article in the most recent RWA magazine about marketing plans for writers: “How to Write [...]