I’m reluctant to post this, because it is about making money. It is not about art. It will not feed your soul. (It might feed your family, however.) But here goes: As the parent of two kids, I’m always worried about college and other extremely high-cost future ticket items (not to mention the expensive current […]
[ Read More...]Ghost writing, blogging, and writing a novel in a year
As writers who have to support little hungry mouths, we are (well, like everyone else) always searching for a way to make money. So what about ghost-writing? Articles like this one from the BBC, make it sound so easy – write two or three books a year, put your kids through private schools. Live in a […]
[ Read More...]How to balance a creative career and an active family life
I was asked to guest-blog on Kidville’s blog on the topic of balancing a creative career and parenting responsibilites, and I share with you the post. One day, perhaps we will also be fancy here with images and so forth. But for now: stay creative. Balance your life. Please comment on their blog in response […]
[ Read More...]What AWP taught me
This is going to be an unusually personal post – I went to AWP (the massive, twelve-thousand writers in a single event space dance-with-your-editor party that the Association of Writers and Writing Professionals puts on annually in various cities). First let me say that it was….amazing. There were thirty panels for every time slot – […]
[ Read More...]Guest Blogger: Birgitte Rasine, Preparing for Colombia
Hope everyone has their tickets or reservations to Tuesday’s Andaz Pen Parentis Authorfest! It’s going to be a great time! If you haven’t yet reserved: click here and please note, it’s standing room only at this point! In the meantime, please read on for the first guest blog from Pen Parentis member Birgitte Rasine who is leaving […]
[ Read More...]The post-hurricane blog
Remember that old thing you learned in English class about the “types of literary conflict” where one was Man vs. Nature? Yeah. We’re losing that one. I suppose you’ve heard by now that the November 13th Pen Parentis Literary Salon was canceled. Our lovely host, the Andaz Wall Street, is not yet open for business […]
[ Read More...]Want help? Give it. Part 2.
Face it, there’s a reason you’re not getting an agent: it’s not because your writing sucks. If your writing sucked, you wouldn’t be getting encouraging emails from agents saying they are sure it will find a market at some point. You would be getting only standard boring-as-hell, form-rejection letters that probably don’t have your name […]
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