The Successful Failure – My Oxymoronic Publishing Journey – Part 12

In my freelance career – pitching articles and essays to various publications – I have discovered that some writers and editors don’t really want to hear, see or discuss the…

The Successful Failure – My Oxymoronic Publishing Journey – Part 5

After deciding that I would proceed on my own, without an agent, without a publisher, I needed to get my manuscript “out there” for the world to start reading. I…

Review of Forever Family by Deanna Roy

Forever Family is the last book of the Forever series by Deanna Roy. The series explores the lives of three twenty-something friends – Corabelle, Jenny, and Tina – as they…

Writers Helping Writers…

I’ve recently tried very hard to become part of the author community.  I try to support both indie authors and traditionally-published authors in any way I can.  I’ve decided a…

Writers: You Are Not Alone…

If you’re a writer,  you’re probably quite familiar with the struggles of not only finishing your manuscript, making a gazillion revisions, getting feedback from beta readers, and then making more…

The Writers’ League of Texas 2015 Agents & Editors Conference…

I’ve never been interested in attending a conference before; never really been interested in chit-chatting with strangers. As I previously said, I’m not a mingler; the cocktail party thing is…

Writers’ League of Texas – Agents & Editors Conference – Day One

My first day at the Writers’ League of Texas 2015 Agents and Editors Conference was awesome. It’s amazing what a mix of writers there are here – from poetry to…