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I attended the RWA Conference in D.C. last week. This was my first time at Nationals and I had an excellent time. I met some new authors (both aspiring and published), caught up with some friends I hadn’t see in a while (or ever as the case with my online critique group), picked up a […]
There were 3 keynote speakers at conference this year, Janet Evanovich, Linda Howard and Eloisa James. All three ladies gave excellent speeches and I brought back 1 main piece of advice ( pearl of wisdom) from each of their talks. Janet Evanovich: Janet opened the conference with a witty and inspirational Q & A session. She spoke […]
This has been a recurring question I’ve seen posed in various online groups, workshops, and in my talkings with fellow writers over the past year. According to Wikipedia, theme is: Theme is a broad idea, message, or lesson that is conveyed by a work. The message may be about life, society, or human nature. Themes often […]
I came across this article by Dean Wesley Smith via the message boards on the FF&P site. Now, I’m a newbie to this industry, but I found this article very interesting and conversation starting. Mr. Smith’s article takes a look at what life would be like if the role of agent just dissappeared one day. He provides bits of history on […]
Today when I got home, my autographed copy of LOVER AVENGED by JR. Ward was sitting on my desk. Can you say “Woo- hoo”, because I know I did. I’ve been waiting on this book’s release for more months than I care to remember. I sooo want to tear into this book right now, but I […]