A Reluctant comment about Covid-19 Pointing up the fact that authors are small businesses too, and equally affected by the sudden collapse of economic activity due to fears of contagion, pandemics, and the like, I’ve been affected by cancellations of book signing opportunities in the near future. Unfortunately, my next three scheduled appearances have all …
Please note the corrected time for Sat. March 2–Ten a.m. until NOON. Thanks.  Event Schedule for Straight River (subject to change and updating) THU, Feb. 28, 2019. Official Book Launch Celebration. 4-6 p.m. at Central Park Coffee, 113 N. Cedar, Owatonna MN SAT, Mar. 2, 2019. 10 am- NOON. Little Professor Book Center, 110 W. Park …
 Event Schedule for Straight River (subject to change and updating) THU, Feb. 28, 2019. Official Book Launch Celebration. 4-6 p.m. at Central Park Coffee, 113 N. Cedar, Owatonna MN SAT, Mar. 2, 2019. 10 am- NOON. Little Professor Book Center, 110 W. Park Square, Owatonna MN TUE, Mar. 5, 2019. 4- 6 p.m. Owatonna Fitness Fresh …
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This is What Motivates Me the Most to Write (the Happy News) Exciting News I’ll be attending the University of Wisconsin Writers’ Institute (UWWI) conference in Madison, WI next month. That in itself is not earthshaking, although it’s a great conference for writers. This will be the seventh consecutive year I’ve attended. I’m looking forward …
I was going to write about the 2015 University of Wisconsin-Madison Writers’ Institute I attended this weekend, but my mom sent me this and I just had to share it. I’ll save the UWWI post for later.
I had the pleasure of taking three writing workshops from John Vorhaus at the recent University of Wisconsin Writers’ Institute (UWWI) in Madison. John is brilliantly funny and taught us much about comedy and voice and how to put them into our writing. As he is fond of saying, “I love the sound of my voice.” and will …
I just returned from the University of Wisconsin Writers’ Institute conference in Madison, WI over the past weekend. This was my second year attending. I went back for three reasons: First, I got great value for what I spent in time and money. Second, I vowed to pitch my novel to agents. I felt wasn’t …
It’s been an interesting month and will soon get “interestinger” next month. Gorgeous Wife and I took a trip to Arizona to visit the Sedona area and then drive down to Green Valley to visit my Dad, his wife, and Dad’s brother and wife and son and daughter-in-law. Sedona was beautiful, not as big or …
I attended an excellent workshop at the University of Wisconsin last weekend with the aforementioned title. Designed to give you a jump-start on your work no matter what stage of creation you are at—just starting, ready to publish, or somewhere in between. I thought I’d share some of my impressions, hopefully encouraging you to attend a …
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Reflecting further on the University of Wisconsin Writers’ Institute I attended in early April, another workshop that made an impression on me provided a second “I wish I had known that before I wrote 100,000 words” moment. Angela Rydell did an excellent job of presenting “Enticing Openings: Hook Readers (and Editors) from the Start”. Since the first …
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