My favorite type of writing subverts my expectations. It takes a twist that’s completely unexpected, yet so TRUE. Here’s an example that shows what I mean: Leave Me from Ryan Dunlap on Vimeo. You can follow this very talented writer on Twitter. So now you tell me: what’s your favorite type of writing? Share in […]
I discovered this on the Kindle Boards and did a little research in Google. Sure enough, May 2011 is the inaugural International Chick Lit Month. I love chick lit, and I’m not ashamed to admit it, even though the genre gets a bum rap. I think, unfortunately, too many people associate chick lit with “light […]
When I first met Larry Starkey, he scared the bejeezus out of me. It was the fall of 2003, and I’d just started teaching a writing course for first-semester students at Massachusetts School of Law. I was greener than green; it was the second time in my life I was hired without a lick of […]
I’m excited to announce the launch of my debut novel, Forgotten April. It’s available on Nook and Kindle. Use Kindle and Nook apps for iPads. And if you have another e-reader, like Sony, you can buy the ePub here and side load it to your device. I started this novel back in 2001. It’s seen […]
A friend/fan/colleague of mine named Gretje Ferguson approached me a bunch of weeks ago about taking my photo for an author series she’s putting together. First, I was flattered that she thought of me. How nice of her! Second, I was honored because Gretje does awesome work at Gretje Ferguson Photography. I said yes, despite […]
I’d be remiss if I didn’t do a shout-out to all the poets out there. Happy National Poetry Month. And did you know this week is also Cowboy Poetry Week? Stick around, kids. You’ll learn lots of useful gems like this from me. 😉 Seriously, though, I was introduced to cowboy poetry last year for […]
The title sounds a little presumptuous, doesn’t it? As if I’m some sort of big-bad publicity machine from a Big 6 publishing house. I’m not, as you know. But I am a marketing copywriter by day, so marketing is something I live and breathe anyway. I decided to make a list of all the marketing […]
As my regular readers probably know, I’m a marketing copywriter by day. Writing punchy, pithy copy is my THING. Except, apparently, when it’s for myself. In this post, I talked about my struggles with book titles. Finally past that hurdle, I had to tackle the all-important book description. Writing a good book description is one […]
I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention all the wonderful, talented people who are helping to bring my little book to life. I highly recommend these folks. Here they are, in no particular order: 1106 Design: I’ve mentioned them before, but they did the cover art for Forgotten April (as well as all of my […]
In no particular order, here are some of my crutch words and phrases: Just Actually And with that Really Studied/Peered (my crutches for “look”) Snort (less so now, but it was a bugger in some earlier work) Starting sentences with “and” (nothing wrong with that, but I do it a lot) Motherf*cker (okay, this is […]