Posts by Gina Conroy
My Writing Opportunity for My Son’s Publicity
Seems like I’m starting to get busy with my son’s publicity and his book isn’t even published yet (say a prayer that it will if you think about it.) He won a homeschooling contest with Sylvan Dell for his book Jumping Bugs and he’s been written up recently in the Washington Times. Then the education…
Read MoreWriting til The End
It’s hard to believe when I started my cozy mysery over a year ago that I’d actually reach the end. I’m not really good at finishing WIPs, mainly because I get so caught up in getting it perfect, but this time I was determined to plow a head to the end no matter how awful…
Read MorePitching Your Novel
So you’ve finished your novel and your ready to set your baby loose. But if you were asked to describe your novel in a few sentences, would you be able to do it? Some people call it an elevator pitch. The little sound bite that will catch an editor’s attention, if you were…
Read MoreI Just Have to SHOUT!
It is finished!!! 51, 383!!! THE END!! And 52 days to spare!!!
Read MoreAre You Ready for Conference Series?!?
I’m starting a new series called Conference Confidence in an attempt to get myself ready and others motivated for ACFW in September (but my tips will work for any writer’s conference.) I won’t claim I know it all, or know much for that matter 🙂 But what I do know is that everything I’ve…
Read MoreOf Books and Faith
My good blogging buddy, Beck over at Frog and Toad are Still Friends has an interesting discussion going on about Christian fiction, some say a must read for Christian writers. I went over and couldn’t deny the truth to her post, yet it still saddened me to see that Christian fiction is still getting such…
Read MoreStifled Momentum
Yesterday I was on a writing roll. After a week of emotionally bland writing, I found my grove. My characters let loose on their emotions and I sailed through the black moment, quickly and passionately. Today the momentum has stopped. I feel like I’m just coughing up words on a blank page again, devoid of…
Read More*****REVIEW: Violet Dawn by Brandilyn Collins
From the Back Cover Something sinuous in the water brushed against Paige’s knee. She jerked her leg away. What was that? She rose to a sitting position, groped around with her left hand. Fine wisps wound themselves around her fingers. Hair? She yanked backward, but the tendrils clung. Something solid bumped her wrist. Paige gasped.…
Read MoreConference Confidence Series!
I’m starting a new series called Conference Confidence at Portrait of a Writer…Interrupted on Mondays and Saturdays in an attempt to get myself ready and others motivated for ACFW in September. I will address subjects like: Why are you a going to conference? Perfecting Your Pitch What’s a One Sheet? Know Your Editor Getting…
Read MoreBarbie…Interrupted
An apple-scented breeze provided a second’s relief from the humidity enveloping the pond. Barbara’s waist-length hair hung heavy and damp, she wished she’d had time to braid it, but Ken’s recent cell call had been insistent. He’d be waiting in the orchard, with news too good to spill over the phone. Or so he’d claimed.…
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