I hope your NaNoWriMo is going well. I’ve finally finalized the writing classes I’ll be teaching for 2024. I’m trying to offer as much variety as possible. Fiction, nonfiction and also promoting your books. Here’s the list and I’ll be adding more details about each class and links to sign up as we get closer…
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What’s On My Bookshelf-Stein On Writing
Thought I’d give you another glimpse of what’s on my bookshelf…books that I consider keepers for writers. This time it’s Stein on Writing by Sol Stein. This is a book I wished I’d had from day one but it came into my possession late in my career…years after I was first published. However, I always say an…
Get To Know Your Characters before You Write Your Novel-Part Two
Here’s the second part of Beth’s guest post… Interview Your Characters Imagine one of your characters is sitting across the table from you, sipping a beverage, and looking at you. Keep your story in mind as you ask questions. Interview them and take notes. If you don’t know your story at all yet, all the…
Get To Know Your Characters before You Write Your Novel by Beth Barany
Beth Barany is back with us and here’s the first of her two part blog about creating great characters for your story…. Many authors want to get to know their writers better before they write their novels but don’t know where to begin. One way to get to know them is to interview them. I love…
New Teaching Schedule for 2019
I don’t usually put my workshop schedules on here as a post but instead have them on a separate section of the site(they’ll still be there), but as next year I’ll be teaching exclusively for one chapter of Romance Writers of America (RWA), I thought I’d make a post about classes I’ll be teaching and what’s…
First Student Showcase-Shoutout-Barbara James
Here’s the new feature I told you about in my last Ramblings. A student showcase/shoutout. I’m always so proud of my students whether they be ones in my workshops or ones I tutor. They work hard and I’m lucky to have some dedicated students. I always end a class by telling them if they get something published…
Friday Ramblings From An Author-Win an Audio Book and My New Business is Launched
Another busy week and I have two things to share with you. First piece of news is my non-fiction book How to Write a Romance Novel is now an audio book and on sale at audible.com but you can win a copy. All you need to do is leave a comment telling me why you’d…
Writing Workshops-Suggestions Needed
I know we’re not even half way through 2015 but I’m putting together ideas for workshops I’ll be teaching in 2016. I’ll be giving the old ones facelifts and hope to create some brand new ones too. Once again many will be taught through one of the chapters of the Romance Writers of America and some…
Friday Ramblings From An Author-It’s Freebie Friday
I’m calling today Freebie Friday because my first book in the Writing Genre Fiction series is free on Amazon. Here’s the link if you want to download a copy- Today’s been a beautiful sunny day and after a couple of hours writing, I went outside to do some raking and cleaning up the flower beds,…
Writing the Winning Tagline, Blurb and Synopsis
I didn’t plan to publish the second book in my Writing Genre Fiction until next month, but I got ahead of schedule and published it through Amazon KDP Direct yesterday. Once again it’s just 99 cents and here’s the link if you want to pick up a copy-