I keep hearing about how writers are introverts. I know there are lots of introverted writers out there. I’ve met many. But, I think there are also many of us who are extroverts. Think about Mark Twain. Would you call him introverted? or Charles Dickens or Hemingway? Indeed the list of extroverted writers might not […]
Spotlight on Author Penny Lockwood Ehrenkranz
Today we are lucky to have an author Penny Lockwood Ehrenkranz visiting with us. She has published more than 100 articles, 75 stories, a chapbook, and her stories have been included in two anthologies. She writes for both adults and children. Her fiction has appeared in numerous genre and children’s publications, and nonfiction work has […]
What Brahms Teaches Us About Creativity
I attended an incredible concert in which Joshua Bell played the solo violin in the Johannes Brahms Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D Major, Op. 77. You might ask, what was so wonderful or different about this concert? Little did I know that when Brahms created this piece, this was the first time […]
10 Time Author–DL Rogers–Talks about Marketing
Today I’m excited to welcome author DL Rogers to talk to us about the business of marketing. DL is a prolific writer who has released ten books. She will share her unique marketing experiences with us. But, before we get to that, DL, let’s start with telling us what attracts you to the wild west. […]
Blog Hop–Do Writers Write Everything? Nope. . .
Some writers write fiction. Some write nonfiction. Some write poetry. If you’re a writer, you write everything, don’t you? Absolutely not! Few writers enjoy writing across genre. Most of us like writing some things and not others. I was recently tagged by Kat Hawthorne, a fabulously creative artist and writer of dark fiction for young […]
Tips to Help Writers Open the Floodgates Using Social Media
How can writers use social media to open the floodgates? What can writers learn from what businesses have done to make the most out of the social media? According to an editorial in Selling Power Magazine, Gerhard Gschwandtner said we must stop selling in the old way. He wrote, “. . . selling has fundamentally changed” […]
Where Do Your Creative Ideas Come From?
As I was swimming laps this morning, I was struck with the thought: Where do creative ideas come from? Not simply themes for a book but various creative plot points. For me a lot of those ideas do not come when I’m poised in front of my computer screen. Here are some of my experiences […]
What’s Bibliotherapy?
Okay, I admit it, I’m a reader and a writer and to make matters worse, I’m married to a psychiatrist, but I’d never heard of bibliotherapy until today. Listening to an episode of To the Best of My Knowledge while walking my dog on this glorious spring afternoon, I learned of the practice of using […]
Where Writers Write
Recently my editor asked the writers to post photos that show where they write. All of us have various work spaces–some neat, some not so neat. My guess is most people don’t think about where their favorite writer writes. Indeed, I have images of Rosamunde Pilcher ensconced in a beautiful room with an antique desk […]
What is it with Antiheroes?
As a writer I’m fascinated by the trends in popular entertainment. Recently I’ve noticed the plethora of antiheroes. First, there was Walter White of the Breaking Bad ilk. As an avid viewer, I sat their gnawing on my nails, fearing our hero (or anti-hero) would be captured by his brother-in-law, DEA agent, Hank. What was […]
