Tag: Writing

Inspiration, Writing

Is blogging a waste of time for writers?

Author L.L. Barkat thinks so: https://janefriedman.com/its-time-for-many-experienced-writers-to-stop-blogging/ I will not lie. I have not heard of L.L. Barkat until I came across her blog post. So, is it a waste of time? I looked at her Amazon page, her twitter account and even saw that she has a lifecoaching business and website. She wrote a blog about blogging being a waste of time, yet it exposed … Continue reading Is blogging a waste of time for writers?

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Inspiration, Reading, Short Stories, Submitting, Writing

Why write short stories?

The short answer to this is because all the bad asses of the literary world have: Flannery O’ Conner,  Joyce Carol Oates, Hemingway, Raymond Carver and the list goes on. But why ask this question? Because I like the short story. I like writing them and I like reading them, but the problem is that they don’t really sell. Sure, don’t write because you want … Continue reading Why write short stories?

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Published Work, Writing

Native Moments First Mention in the Press

My publisher asked for us to send any press mentions we’ve had regarding our upcoming releases and I didn’t have anything to send her. I did a Google search to see if anyone by chance had mentioned my book and sure enough something came up. The Lumberjack, a student paper of Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, AZ wrote an article about anticipated books for 2016 … Continue reading Native Moments First Mention in the Press

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Inspiration, Published Work, Writing

An Excerpt from Native Moments

I’m reading the entire manuscript aloud in my garage. This is my last chance to get it right before I send it back to my publisher on Sunday to leave it forever unchanged. Here is a little excerpt, a couple sentences, that I would like to share. This is the first night that Sanch is sleeping in his tent in Costa Rica, only two months … Continue reading An Excerpt from Native Moments

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Published Work, Writing

First Round of Edits are Finished.

I finished the 150 pages of edit suggestions from editor #1. I agreed with about 99% of them. Amazing what I missed. I thought I knew every word of that manuscript. I left out words, misspelled words, misused words and had some jumbled sentences that she helped me clarify. On top of her suggestions, I had some really great and brutally honest feedback from a respected … Continue reading First Round of Edits are Finished.

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