All authors should be readers. Any author who aspires to excel at writing should be an avid reader. I don’t know if there is a definition of “avid reader,” but I consider myself to be one. I just received this email from Goodreads about my reading activity to date in 2017, and I thought I’d …
ONE OF MY BIGGEST EVENTS OF THE YEAR I’m excited to announce I will participate in my first arts festival in the beautiful, vibrant city of Austin, MN. It’s the Austin ArtWorks Festival, now in its sixth year and growing steadily. I’ll be speaking at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday at Sweet Reads Books. I’m one …
Meet Me Saturday, Aug 26 at the Austin ArtWorks Festival Read More »
(cross-posted from chrisnorbury.com) https://chrisnorbury.com/2017/06/01/just-announced-book-signing-appearance-village-bookstore-gifts-grand-rapids-mn/
(My next blog post will start toward the new direction I’m taking this blog–A Neo Renaissance focus for us specialized, compartmentalized, 21st-century Americans.) Keep those suggestions rolling in! 😉 *haven’t had a single one yet* For the third consecutive year I attended the University of Wisconsin-MadisonWriters’ Institute. It’s a weekend full of writers, agents, instructors, workshops, …
After attending the Tucson Festival of Books last month, one of the biggest nuggets of information I gleaned from the various workshops was Kristin Lamb’s idea that authors of fiction shouldn’t blog about how to write fiction. Particularly if they are not experts in teaching fiction to newer writers. The reason: my target audience for …
Hi guys, check out Joe Warnimont’s blog for a chance to win a free Kindle Fire. Pretty easy to enter, and he writes a good blog for writers. http://writewithwarnimont.com
With due respect to Professor Henry Higgins and Eliza Doolittle of My Fair Lady and Pygmalion fame, I’ve figured out how to get published as a writer: GET BETTER! “Well, duh-h-h!” I hear you blurt, as if I had made the stupidest proclamation in the long-suffering history of the “Aspiring Writer,” henceforth known as the …
I think I’ve got it! By George, I think I’ve got it…well, at least some of it. Read More »
As 2013 begins, I realize I am suffering from sensory overload. I blame the internet. Possibly the most wonderful, useful, time-saving, inspirational tool I’ll see in my lifetime, the dark side of the internet is the conundrum of having too much information at one’s fingertips too easily. The title of this post sums up my …
It’s not hard to write 2000+ words a day. When I’m really rolling, I wrote that much in a few hours–maybe three. Having a self-imposed deadline made it easier to write. Reaching that concrete goal gave me added pressure but increased my motivation. Plot, outline, and create characters first, then write. Don’t sweat the small stuff–typos, bad grammar, …
Six things I learned from my first National Novel Writing Month participation Read More »
Warning: mild political commentary disguised as someone else’s opinion … with which I agree wholeheartedly. What the heck does Louis Armstrong have to do with the Cheesecake Factory and Obamacare? I’m not sure. I think nothing, but the video is entertaining although kind of silly. Read, listen, and expand your thinking. The Cheesecake Factory Takes …
