I had one of those conversations this morning where I got teased for the 500th time about something. I laughed the first 499 times, but I didn’t laugh this time, because it just wasn’t funny anymore. I like to think I have a pretty good sense of humor, but sometimes my ability to laugh at…
Month: April 2009
Take an Adventure
All too often, we spend so much time behind our computers that we forget there=s a whole world out there waiting for us to explore it. If you feel isolated and bored, chances are, you=ll lose enthusiasm for your writing. So a little adventure — getting out from behind the monitor — can make a…
How to: 7 Tips for Pitch Sessions with Editors and Agents
It’s that time of year when writers throw themselves into a panic over conference pitch sessions with editors and agents. As a veteran of approximately five million of these sessions, I wanted to weigh in on what has worked best for me. The most important thing to remember is that you’re not going to…
Frames of reference
In a spate of recent blog posts, other bloggers have written about how to hire people for various jobs, and they suggest questions to ask to help determine whether that person will be able to help you. The trend I’m noticing is that these bloggers want to know a great deal of personal information…
Things that make me smile
The other day, I went to tuck my daughter in bed (she’s still young enough that she needs to be tucked) and discovered that she had taken a copy of my romance in with her and was trying her very best to read it. Since it’s a short, sweet contemporary, I wasn’t worried that the content was…
How to ask for blurbs
Recently, a writer approached me about blurbing her forthcoming book. (A blurb is a brief testimonial you often see on the back of a book.) Since her book is in my non-fiction niche, I agreed to take a look. She’s not the first person to ask me to blurb her book, but she is by…