Note to Reader: My friend and critique partner, Dorothy Ann Skarles, has generously offered to share one of her lessons on how to create a memoir. Dorothy taught memoir writing at Lodi Adult School until her retirement. She is the author of two novels and one non-fiction book, Learning to Write the Easy Way, published by Twilight […]
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Zero-Second Blog Clickers, Love Them, Hate Them
I call them zero-second blog clickers, the follows your blog picks up in a “I’ll-follow-you-if-you-follow-me” trade or at a follower traffic exchange. I love them. I hate them. Sure, as a new blogger writing at least three posts a week, I’m in the market for readers who will follow my work. The more the better. In some cases, […]
Final, Final Read-Through. Again
I’ve just finished the final, final read through of my novel, Between Now and Forever. Again. But at least this read through only took seven hours, a record, since the last one took ten, spread out over two visits to Starbucks instead of one. Final Read Through And now I’m done. Really. When I tell my critique partners this, […]
Dash Off A Memory / Create A Memoir
Are you trying to decide if the writing life is for you? Today, my friend and critique partner Dorothy Ann Skarles introduces her book, Learning to Write the Easy Way for Fun, Posterity and Money, in which she helps you discover your hidden writing talent. As she says in her introduction, “Connecting with your own past in a […]
Link Field for Beginners
When I first started blogging, I wondered how I could link my posts to other blogs, articles, or Web sites, to give my readers the opportunity to simply click and go there for more information. Not that I wanted to send readers away from my blog, but just offer them a service. Then I discovered the Link field. You’ll […]
Identifying a Niche Specific Audience / Cultural Creatives
I’ve heard that writers need to find a niche and then directly address a niche-specific audience. But in order to do so, the writer must first figure out who that audience is. Each of us, of course, hopes our work will enjoy universal appeal, when more than likely it will attract one segment of the population over others. With this in mind, […]
