I’m reeling. I was at a cell phone service store today, chatting with the staff while waiting to deal with a billing question and my guy noticed my email address. “Are you a writer? Carlos is a writer,” says my guy, “Well, not exactly a writer. A publisher.” “Carlos” (name changed, obviously) is a heavyset, laughing, youthful […]
[ 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...]Announcing a winner
Like most of the rest of the world (at least the ones who still have electricity) I have been following the Olympics. It has been brutal to watch the few judging glitches: Japan regaining a few points in gymnastics and bumping the Ukraine down a notch, or the Greek racisim disqualification bumping people up (“I […]
[ Read More...]10 things I never thought would keep me from writing…until I had kids.
Need a laugh? Here are ten things I never thought would keep me from writing…until I had kids: 1) Laundry. What the hell? I used to pile laundry to the ceiling of my dorm room. I used to buy new underwear rather than washing my clothes. Now? I am stuck on how to get a […]
[ 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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