I was reminded by a friend today that in order to write successfully you need to be persistent. Since I’ve been in the middle of a dead spot, I needed that reminder.Persistence has nothing to do with dead spots. It has everything to do with plugging away, even if you’ll tear most of […]
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Book Signings
Most mystery authors travel from book store to book store to meet their readers at book signings. If you’ve never heard the term, then I encourage you to go to a book signing and find out what it’s all about. Book signings are where the author and reader meet. Muy Simpatico! […]
My bookshelf
Like many readers, I have a bookcase full of books, read and unread. The bookcase is floor to ceiling. My paperbacks are two deep on the shelf. That’s nice. However I also have other bookcases, shelves, books tucked away all over the house.
For me, that’s good too. I love to […]
What’s in an Independent Bookstore?
I’ve always liked independent bookstores because they have character. The owners put their own tastes and their own love of books into their store. It must work, because I can’t think of an independent bookstore I didn’t like.
There is an independent bookstore in San Diego’s touristy Seaport Village called the Upstart Crow where […]
Writing a Book
How many people do you know who say they are writing a book or have a book in their head that they will write someday? You may know several. I’m one of them. I’m in the process of writing a book. I have high hopes for that book even though I […]
Writing a Book
I’m writing a book. So what? Half the world is writing a book or intending to.
I’ve heard that you haven’t really got a book until an agent is willing to represent you to a publisher, or a publisher is ready to buy it. When you have the money in your hand, you’ve got a book. […]
Writing - How I do it
I am a sprinter when it comes to writing. I write like crazy, then put off writing, then don’t write, then come back again and write like crazy.
Blogging is easier.
Someone recently said, “Just write like crazy. Don’t look back until you’ve finished your book.”
I believe that. I do, but I can’t do […]
Writing in air
I feel at times that I’m just writing to the vapor. Even my words don’t seem real. They are there, or maybe they’re not. A blink on the internet and what I’m writing at the moment disappears into the vapor. If I want them to be, I have to key them […]
Following Your Dreams
I just posted the following to Druanna, then decided to share it with everyone. It began by Druanna asking if I drew my profile picture.
Marilynne
To Druanna
I did draw my profile picture. It’s the head of a much larger painting that I copied because I loved it. Because it’s a copy, I don’t post the entire […]
