I recently discovered Paperback Writer, the blog of Lynn Viehl, who has written 38 novels in 5 genres using 4 pseudonyms in the last 10 years. Apparently Lynn has posted more than 60 sessions of questions and answers about writing and publishing on her blog. She has now created an index to all the questions with links … Read more
I’m sharing the story of how I developed a long-term relationship with a hypothetical client, Susan, who is really a composite of several clients. As in the previous post, I’ll share my client experience and intersperse comments about how a long-term client relationship developed. Now that Susan’s book was edited, we discussed the next steps. … Read more
Perhaps I should title this series “How I Build Long-Term Client Relationships.” Many of my methods will not be appropriate to everyone. If you are interested in writing for magazines only, you won’t be interested in my advice on expanding your services. However, I hope you will find some helpful tips that you can adapt … Read more
This month, the topic for the What I Learned From … Group Writing Project at Middle Zone Musings is What I Learned from Odd Jobs. This project is a two-for-one: High Callings Blogs is also hosting a similar group writing project, and this post is an entry in it as well. Today is the deadline … Read more
On Martin Luther King Day, I wrote about Martin Luther King, Jr. and Uncle Big Bud. Today, the anniversary of Dr. King’s assassination, is a good time to reflect on the changes that have happened in the last 40 years, and a book by one of my clients is an excellent way to see the … Read more
Joanna Young at Confident Writing has challenged us to write about My Love Affair with Writing. She said: It might be a love affair that’s lasted many years, a brief flame of passion or the heartbreak of unrequited love. My love affair with writing began nearly a half century ago, but it’s been an on-again, … Read more
I didn’t intend to write a series on magical thinking. I planned just one post on the subject, my entry in What I Learned From People. However, this has been a learning experience all on its own. Because I used words that many people consider positive in a negative context, my message apparently didn’t get … Read more
You know you have to do several rounds of edits – both content and copy edits. What do you look for each time? Here is a list of things to look for in all your edits. You can decide for yourself what to focus on each round, and you will look for many of these … Read more
Several weeks ago, I wrote about a post about roundups, themes, and link love posts. I mentioned that I intend to write one series each month and asked for input on subjects readers would like to know more about. Word vixen left this comment: I’d personally like to know more about editing. Particularly whether it’s … Read more
I have been tagged by both Opal Tribble at Addicted to Writing and Misti Sandefur at Life of a Writer for the Roar for Powerful Words meme. The post originating this award at Shameless Lions Writing Circle says recipients are to… … accompany the image with three things they believe are necessary to make writing … Read more