by MKMarketing | Jul 29, 2010 | Best Writer Tips, For the love of writing, Guest posts
140 characters: part treasure map, part scavenger hunt. I’ll admit, I prefer Twitter over Facebook. My friends (the real ones, not merely FB “friends”) faithfully post to Facebook, which to a self-absorbed writer working from home with little more...
by MKMarketing | Jul 28, 2010 | Fiction Novel Writing, For the love of writing, Guest posts, Who is Writing What?
It’s difficult to say “how long” I’ve been writing Radio Head. What’s that, now? Aren’t I writing a fiction novel about a “hopelessly dysfunctional Orange County family unraveling at the seams”? Why yes, but the truth of...
by MKMarketing | Jul 18, 2010 | Best Writer Tips, Fiction Novel Writing, For the love of writing, Guest posts
Have you ever read a book on the writing process that could not simply be read, savored and applied to your practice? Unable to sit quietly on your bookshelf amid other volumes of writing advice, certain publications stir your inner creative force and cry out to be...
by MKMarketing | Jul 12, 2010 | Best Writer Tips, Fiction Novel Writing, Freelance Writing, Guest posts
As I regrettably procrastinate over writing my novel synopsis, cherished writing time slips through fingers that ought to be on the keyboard. There simply isn’t time for procrastination, either. This summer ought to be my most incisive lesson on focus; with my...
by MKMarketing | Jun 30, 2010 | Fiction Novel Writing, For the love of writing
OK, my writer and reader friends, I need your help. I’m attending an exciting event in July, the Pen on Fire Speaker Series at Laguna Beach Books. On hand will be literary agents Barbara DeMarco Barrett, Jamie Weiss Chilton, Jill Marr and Sally van Haitsma who...