Tag: writers
member name: Patry Francis
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March 02, 2007 04:17 PM EST --
For the first three years I owned a computer, the phrases most logged into the search engine were “literary agents” and “how to find one.” Occasionally I dropped . . .
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March 30, 2007 02:59 AM EDT --
Sometimes I'm embarrassed by the number of how-to-write books I've accumulated in my life, and by how often I still consult them. Shouldn't I have graduated by now? Do I still need to turn . . .
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January 26, 2008 04:42 PM EST --
I promise to stop wriitng about "my trip to the hospital" soon. Very soon! But apparently, I'm a classic case of a writer who doesn't get out much. It's not that I don't see . . .
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September 15, 2007 03:47 PM EDT --
The muse and I have struggled mightily this summer. In the spring, things were looking great! I wrote up a synopsis to a new novel and sent it around to a few friends. All agreed (as friends . . .
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January 17, 2008 10:20 PM EST --
For most of my life, the view from this writer's window was a lonely one. Though it wasn't without its magic, it was distinctly lacking in human warmth.
As a professional waitress . . .
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March 23, 2007 01:29 AM EDT --
One thing no one ever warned me about Gather is that it’s addictive. As soon as I returned from my book tour, I plunked my heavy suitcase in the hallway, and kissed my kids and my dogs and . . .
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January 18, 2006 01:13 PM EST --
<h3>Wednesday, January 18, 2006</h3> <h2>
</h2>I wanted to use the blog photo taken last year in pre-Katrina New Orleans, but I didn't think the hair across the face look quite . . .
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February 15, 2007 11:14 PM EST --
One of the most famous lines in all of fiction was the opening of Charles Dickens classic, A Tale of Two Cities, “It was the best of times; it was the worst of times...”
As a debut novelist, . . .
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January 15, 2006 10:36 AM EST --
One of the most disturbing thing about the whole James Frey brouhaha this week is that the book that sold 3.5 million copies was turned down by nearly every major publisher when it was offered as fiction. . . .
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