A gathering of those who are interesting in learning more about mystery writing will be taking place in New York City on August 13, 2011.  The MUA (Mystery Writers of America) New York chapter will be overseeing this event.  If you are an aspiring Crime Writer or are an author in this genre already, you [...]

My sister just shared this fun little art meets writing “project”…and I’m thinking it might be fun to be part of. You pay a reasonable fee, have a blank book with a unique barcode on it sent to you, fill the book with writing and art (if I’m understanding correctly) then you send your book [...]

There are so many good resources available for authors, publishers and writers, and I want to share some new ones with you, but in this post, thought it would be a nice refresher to take a look at some of the helpful posts that are already on the blog, including: Publishing Poynters Marketplace -An exceptional [...]

On 3.25.09 I was to be part of a book tour for a wonderful eBook, “Family Folktales, Write Your Own Family Stories“, and didn’t have an internet connection for most of the day because they are doing work on Cable along our street, which then turned into not really being related to the work being [...]

As promised in the previous post, I did a little homework, and found a simple explanation on making your own audio book that someone had posted to a popular article site, very basic information…easy enough for even me to understand This article was written a few years ago, so I don’t know what improvements have [...]

Here is some information that the new (or experienced) writer will find helpful that I received in an author’s newsletter that I receive regularly and enjoy, full credit given at the end of the post, I encourage you to sign up for the newsletter if you aren’t receiving it already. In the following, the writer [...]

Yesterday I noticed that a couple of my internet friends belong to an online network called “Book Event Center“, so I decided to join. This looks like a good place to share book reviews, inform others and gain support for an upcoming book event, and meet and make friends with other authors. You can interact [...]

Writing is something that takes skills that are learned at a young age. Some of these skills are obvious, like reading.  If you can’t read, you can’t write, and don’t develop a feel for how words are put together in a way that captivates the reader…that may sound like a “no-brainer”, but there are many [...]

I was reading one of my favorite daily devotional readings that I receive by email today, and clicked on a link that lead to a site for Christian authors, and spent some time listening to the video presentation they offered.  I am not being compensated to post this, by the way, just sharing something that [...]

It’s time for another blog tour, and what more appropriate theme for a “tour” than “Travel”. Today I’d like to introduce you to an eBook for those who have dreamed of publishing articles for magazines, or writing books, about travel. In my typically over-active imagination, I’ve always thought, wow, travel writers are as lucky as [...]