The 5 Year Plan

Morning All!
I woke up feeling refreshed and ready to tackle some things today. One thing that I’ve been meaning to do is write a 5 Year Goal/Plan. I picked up a book recently about the founder of WalMart and he says having a 5 year plan is important. It’s not like that’s the first time [...]

Advice to Young Writers by Cindy K. Green

Many thanks to Cindy K. Green for this wonderful post. Learn more about Cindy at www.cindykgreen.com.
I haven’t been a professional writer of fiction for too many years. Non-fiction, sure, as I’m a trained historian. But on the fiction writing front, I still feel like I’m learning something new every day even though by the [...]

YRW Online Workshop: PR Boot Camp

**Permission to forward granted and encouraged**
Yosemite Romance Writers is proud to present their online workshop for August.
Date: 08/03/09 – 08/28/09
Workshop title: PR Boot Camp
Gone are the days when a good book was all an author needed to build her career. Today, authors need to master the art of self-promotion to build the buzz that leads [...]

YRW Online Workshop: How to Createa Classic Tough Heroines

**Permission to forward granted and encouraged**
Yosemite Romance Writers is proud to present their online workshop for August.
Date: 08/03/09 – 08/28/09
Workshop title: How to Create Classic Tough Heroines
As martial artist, Jacqui Jacoby is interested in self-defense and how women are portrayed in the media. At first, it seemed as if it was only Hollywood showing women [...]

YRW Online Workshop: Plot Doctor: Fixing Your Story Problems

**Permission to forward granted and encouraged**
Yosemite Romance Writers is proud to present their online workshop for August.
Date: 8/10 – 9/4/09
Workshop title: Plot Doctor: Fixing Your Story Problems
Do you create wonderful, three-dimensional characters who then stumble around blindly in your book, trying to find a story? Are you a “pantser” who writes yourself into a corner? [...]

LEGAL ISSUES FOR WRITERS

Instructor: Teresa Bodwell
Dates: January 19 – February 1st, 2009
Registration Opens: January 5th 2009
Registration Deadline: January 18th 2009
Fee: $15 Non-Chapter members. RWAOL Chapter #136 members; free.
Payment method: PAYPAL is recommended!
It’s safe and fast! Check and money orders also accepted.
Registration: www.rwaonlinechapter.org/campus.htm
NOTE: -Use your real First and Last Name & Choose Pay Option.
ONLY Chapter #136 members choose the [...]

Are you new to writing?

Happy New Year! So you’re ready to begin writing, huh?

Have you always wanted to write a book?
Desire to become the next Great American Novelist?
Want to be the next #1 New York Times Bestseller?
Wonder if you have what it takes to become an investigative journalist?

If you’re new around these parts, welcome to our Saturday Screening, where [...]

Day 18

Here are a few nuggets to get you through the day.
I’m not a very good writer, but I’m an excellent rewriter. ~James Michener
Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart. ~William Wordsworth
Julie Leto has another interesting article about writing the book of your Voice rather than the book of your Heart. Read [...]