If you’ve decided to spruce up your blog with some “goodies” in your sidebar, you’re in for a treat, as long as you keep in mind that too many widgets decrease your load speed. Not good. For a refresher on how to add third-party tools (widgets) to your Blogger blog, go to Adding a Gadget to […]
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End of Summer, You Reap What You Sow
I woke up Tuesday morning to fog, a surprise, since it was the last day of August in California, still summer as far as I was concerned. At first I panicked, thought there was a fire nearby and that we were surrounded by a huge cloud of smoke. But that idea fizzled quickly enough. No […]
Book Review, or Book Talk?
My original intent was to post a Book Review every Friday. However, after some research, I realized I wasn’t writing Book Reviews, but Book Talks. There’s a difference, you see. A Book Talk is a sharing to motivate someone to read a book. It’s informal and upbeat, and is not a book review, book report, or book […]
Flickr / Creative Commons Favorites
Since this post was published, I have found a new site with stunning free images & royalty free stock called Pixabay. Welcome to my Flickr / Creative Commons Treasure Chest. To start, I want to thank the artists who share their images under a Creative Commons license, allowing people like you and me to copy and distribute […]
Upmarket Fiction – Commercial and Literary Fiction
It’s important for fiction writers to be able to categorize their work, if for no other reason than to help agents, publishers, marketers, and retailers match it to what readers want. One of the first fiction category breakdowns is easy, since it’s determined by word count: Flash fiction, for instance, is usually 1500 words or less; short stories under […]
Wild Edges: Manzanita Poetry and Prose
In Monday’s blog, I wrote about the Manzanita Writers Press book launch celebration for Wild Edges: Manzanita Poetry and Prose of the Mother Lode and Sierra, Volumne 6, published by Manzanita Writers Press. Now, let me tell you about the volume itself. Editor, Monika Rose, gives a lovely introduction to Wild Edges, calling it “a collective voice and […]
