Elizabeth Gilbert on Creativity
I'm late to this party, but in case YOU haven't seen this inspiring TED talk with Elizabeth Gilbert (author of Eat, Pray, Love), then watch it here. It's for anyone who creates. Enjoy!
Theme Song for My Main Character
Lately, I've been in the weeds, feverishly working on the draft of my next book. It's messy -- very, very messy -- and I'm not entirely sure I'll be sticking with it. But! A song has emerged, the video for which I've been watching over and over.
I…
Facebook Timeline for Authors – Part 2
Many of you know that I'm a marketing copywriter by day. I actually do a lot more than just writing -- I help clients with strategy and program execution. And I also help with social media, specifically Facebook.
I'm an admitted FB junkie,…
Facebook Timeline for Authors – Part 1
As many of my regular blog readers know, I'm a Facebook junkie. I spend waaay too much time on the social medium, but it's fun, and I love engaging with readers, friends, and family alike.
In the past, I've always resisted Facebook's changes,…
Blogs I Read Religiously
I'm an old-school blog reader, meaning I subscribe to blogs via email (I've never taken to RSS readers, although if I had an iPad, methinks my blog-reading methods would change).
Note to bloggers: add email subscriptions to your blogs. There…
Love is in the Air…But Not on My Page
I've had some readers who wanted more heat in both Forgotten April and What Happened in Granite Creek. I prefer -- as a reader -- the less-is-more approach, since I have an extremely vivid imagination.
As a writer, I find it challenging to…
All Things Granite Creek
I dedicated last fall to posts around What Happened in Granite Creek. I'm creating a one-post repository here for fans. Pick and choose what you want to read. I'm noting which posts contain spoilers. And I just realized this is an appropriate…
Where I Get My Ideas From
I get this question a lot from readers and fellow writers. For me, ideas are everywhere: websites like Post Secret. Snippets of overheard conversations. Weird stories on the news. "What if" questions. Real-life situations, like the other day,…
Interview/Guest Post Roundup
I was creating a list of places I "appeared" last year and then figured I should share some of the highlights here.
Highlights from 2011:
On Being a "Real" Writer - Guest Post on Tahereh Mafi's blog
How It Took Me 10 Years & 7 Versions…
Dear Writerly Dream: RIP
I recently emerged from a textbook case of the five stages of grief.
I’d been grieving my dream of writing fiction full time by the end of 2011, a goal I had set for myself in the late fall of 2010.
I can honestly say I gave this dream my…