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How Writers Can Use Pinterest for Marketing
Pinterest has quickly become one of the fastest growing social networks and is turning heads in marketing circles. It’s time writers get on the train. Last month Brandy gave us a great piece on why writers should NOT use Pinterest. Anyone who has visited the site can tell you how quickly a few minutes turn…
Novel Idea to Premise
by Ron Estrada Your Big Idea You wake up at 1 am and say “Aha! I’ve got an idea!” Though your spouse is probably annoyed with you, you’re thrilled. You reach for your handy journal on your nightstand and write something like “A young girl meets her true love on Ellis Island.” You smile at…
Flashback Friday: Writing Dad: Author Mike Dellosso
Welcome to Flashback Fridays! For the summer and beyond, I’m going to run some nostalgic posts on parenting and writing from writing wannabes, newbies, and published authors. Many of these prepublished writing interviews are now published. So I encourage you to visit their sites and see what they’re up to today. 2008 I don’t know…
Why You Need a Crtique Partner: Seeing What’s Not There
by Ron Estrada Someone far more musically adept than I once told me that you recognize a great bass player when you don’t even realize he’s there. Take him out of the music, though, and you’ll know something’s wrong. Anyone who’s ever attempted to write a novel probably thought they had the greatest story ever…
Letting Go of My Writing… The Post That Started Me Blogging
Today I am in mourning. I’m grieving the loss of a love. The loss of an idol in my life. My writing.
Flashback Friday: Author Lisa Samson
Welcome to Flashback Fridays! For the summer and beyond, I’m going to run some nostalgic posts on parenting and writing from writing wannabes, newbies, and published authors. Many of these prepublished writing interviews are now published. So I encourage you to visit their sites and see what they’re up to today. 2007 The first Lisa…
One Bite at a Time
by Ron Estarada The old adage gives explicit instructions on how to eat an elephant: one bite at a time. Anne Lamont’s outstanding writing how-to book Bird by Bird follows the same line of reasoning. In fact, just about any book on the craft begs and pleads of the beginning novelist not to sit down…
Writer…Interrupted By Summer
School has been out for a couple of weeks and I’m THRILLED that for a short season I’m free from all the trappings of the school year. For the next couple of months, I won’t have to: help with any Algebra homework drag any children out of bed scrounge through the kitchen to find something…
Tension–the Writer’s Gorilla Glue
by Ron Estrada Well Super G is back, so I can’t talk about her like I did for the past two weeks. Most of the stuff I said wasn’t true. At least it couldn’t be proved. Speaking of tension, that’s our topic of the day. Last weekend I read Brandilyn Collins latest, That Dog Won’t…
Flashback Fridays: Life’s Little Interruptions
Flashback Fridays: March 2006 Almost six weeks ago I signed up for a Bible Study with some home schooling friends. I really didn’t feel like committing to another night out of the home especially since my family was already over scheduled with activities, but my husband encouraged me to go, and I knew I needed something…