Archive for May, 2008

Day 31 – The End

By Alice ⋅ May 31, 2008 ⋅ 22 comments

Dear Writers,
We’ve made it!
It’s day 31 of our challenge. Our last day. Just enough time to squeeze in a few more pages. Or if you work hard, a few thousand words. It’s like the last 400 meters of the race. The sprinters are lining up behind their team, ready to swing out and race for [...]

Instinct or Fear? by Isabel Sharpe

By Alice ⋅ May 30, 2008 ⋅ 12 comments

This is not going to be an article with a satisfying ending. Because, really, I don’t know the answer. But it’s something interesting that most if not all authors bump into at one time or another in their writing lives, and I think it’s worth being aware of.
You’ve probably all heard writers whining [...]

PREPARE TO PITCH Conference

By Alice ⋅ May 30, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

When: MAY 1-3, 2009
Hosted by: The Silicon Valley Chapter of RWA
For more information: www.svrwa.com/news/conference-2009

2009 Fun in the Sun Conference

By Alice ⋅ May 30, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

When: January 22-24, 2009
Where: Royal Caribbean Cruise on the Navigator of the Seas
Sails from Port Everglades, Fort Lauderdale
For more information: www.frwriters.org/conferences.html

CR-RWA 2008 CONFERENCE

By Alice ⋅ May 30, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

WWhen: June 14, 2008
Where: Desmond Hotel & Conference Facility, Albany,New York
For More information: www.cr-rwa.org/conference.html

Put Your Heart in a Book Conference

By Alice ⋅ May 30, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

When: October 24-25, 2008
Where: The Sheraton at Woodbridge Place Hotel, Iselin, NJ
More information: www.njromancewriters.org/conference/conference.asp

Emerald City Writers Conference

By Alice ⋅ May 30, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

When: October 10-12, 2008Where: Hilton Bellevue Hotel – Bellevue, Washington
More Information: www.gsrwa.org/conference.php

The Art of Writing Blurbs by Sapphire Phelan

By Alice ⋅ May 29, 2008 ⋅ 2 comments

Thanks to CataNetwork for letting me be a guest Blogger today.
Today I will talk about pitching a blurb at a writer’s conference or convention to an editor or agent. I have done this now a few times. It’s how I got to submit Beast Magic to Phaze. How I pitched a novel to an agent [...]

Day 28 – The Home Stretch

By Alice ⋅ May 28, 2008 ⋅ 10 comments

It doesn’t look like I will finish!
Now what?
What if I don’t win the challenge? What if I don’t make it to 25K words in a month?
Don’t worry this challenge was designed to get you going. Yes it would be nice to finish a novella in a month but just in case you didn’t finish the [...]

May I introduce… RSS?

By Alice ⋅ May 27, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Hi friends,I have someone new to introduce to you today. His name is RSS and you’re just going to love him.
Who is RSS?
Okay, so he’s not a handsome hunk. In fact, RSS stands for Real Simple Syndication. But here’s what you need to know about it.
Think of your favorite websites. Got it? Yeah, [...]

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