CataUniversity | 2008 April

Ignite Your Muse 2008

By Alice ⋅ April 30, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

When: May 30 – 31Where: Holiday Inn
201 Washington Ave.
North Haven, CT 06473
More Information: ctrwa.org/guest_book.html

Please welcome Gail, Leila, Nicola, Isabel, and Linda!
These wonderful ladies are going to be Co-Hosting the challenge. You’ll see them around, cheering on challengers, giving advice, and lighting fires and cracking whips. And you thought this challenge would be easy. Hah. :rotf
Seriously, it’ll be fun. We promise. Right ladies?
A big thanks to our Co-Hosts for [...]

Pre Challenge Check-In

By Alice ⋅ April 28, 2008 ⋅ 22 comments

Hello Challengers!
Happy Monday. Hope you had a great weekend and I hope you’re looking forward to your May Novella in a Month challenge. It’s almost here! You’ll find a countdown in the far right column.
I just wanted to give you a quick heads up on how this challenge is going to go down. It is [...]

Lynne Marshall’s call story

By Lynne Marshall ⋅ April 27, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

I’ve recently celebrated my three-year anniversary first book sale, and I still can’t believe it! After ten months of waiting to hear about my submitted manuscript in 2004-2005, I received revision suggestions on my medical romance, HER BABY’S SECRET FATHER. I quickly made the suggested changes, and returned the manuscript by the end of October [...]

New Site… New Challenge

By Alice ⋅ April 14, 2008 ⋅ 68 comments

We thought we’d jazz things up a bit. Just because we’re writers doesn’t mean we can’t be fashionable after all. What do you think of the new design?
We’re still working on it and comments are welcome. This is your site to use and experience, so let us know what works for you.
Now, for the exciting [...]

Do you have a plan? by Renee Knowles

By Alice ⋅ April 11, 2008 ⋅ 6 comments

So, you’ve mastered the art of dialogue. You can recite the rules about point of view in your sleep. And the grammar gods have nothing on you. But do you have a career plan? Have you figured out where you’re going?
Writing is first and foremost a business. Sometimes, it’s easy to forget that when we’re [...]

An interview with Nora Roberts

By Alice ⋅ April 9, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

She’s telling it like it is. www.bookbrowse.com/author_interviews/full/index.cfm?author_number=296

Inspiration

By Alice ⋅ April 8, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Good morning! A dose of inspiration…
Highlight:
“Anyone can write fast – it’s a matter of practice, and trust me, if you make yourself write four hours, at least, every single day, you’ll write a LOT faster. If you don’t write for a month, then sit down and expect it to flow out of you, it won’t.”
Read [...]

Let’s talk money…

By Alice ⋅ April 7, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

An article on money to go with your morning coffee. Rise and shine…
“MONEY With A Capital M-O-N-E-Y
Let’s talk about getting paid.
As writers, we’re often so grateful that someone would actually want to publish our words that we may devalue them. Hell, sometimes we pay others to publish us.
This mentality won’t help you make a living.”
Keep [...]

Interview with Cynthia Eden

By Alice ⋅ April 4, 2008 ⋅ 3 comments

How long did it take for you to get published and what was the journey like?
CE: I wrote my first story when I was 18. Um, it didn’t sell. Flash forward about nine years-I sold my first novel to ImaJinn Books, a small paranormal press. After my sale to ImaJinn, I [...]

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