by editor | Mar 9, 2018 | Articles, Writer to Writer
By Jen J. Danna The questions I get most as an author center around the fact that I write with a partner. I’m certainly not the first author to team up with a partner, but I know that my relationship with Ann is a little different than many writing partnerships. Many...
by editor | Mar 8, 2018 | Articles, Writer to Writer
By Peter Gajdics In the spring of 2004, when I was 39 years old, I started writing a memoir about my six years in a form of “conversion therapy” at the hands of a licensed psychiatrist, and the medical malpractice suit I’d filed against the doctor for treating...
by editor | Mar 8, 2018 | Articles, Writer to Writer
By Nina Sadowsky The index cards start in a tidy pile on my desk. As a writing project progresses, the pile of old-school, variously colored cards grows, forming the arc of the story. I assign each chapter a card, using a color-coded system to differentiate character...
by editor | Mar 5, 2018 | Articles, Writer to Writer
By Joseph Davida For most of us, there are parts of life that are just plain dreadful. A good example is getting invited to, or even worse, being asked to participate in, somebody’s wedding. Despite the fact that it’s almost certainly bound to cost...
by editor | Mar 5, 2018 | Articles, Book Marketing
By Scott Lorenz, Westwind Communications PR stunts get a bad rap because many are either ill-conceived or poorly executed. But I like them and have been involved in many successful ones. One recent PR stunt of note paid huge dividends when Elon Musk sent a TESLA into...
by editor | Feb 25, 2018 | Articles, vegetarian, What's Cookin'?
By Holly Scudero Some people might think that a plant-based diet—what you might call “vegan”—is too extreme for children. But the truth is that pretty much every parent ever wants their kids to eat more vegetables. Conversations between new parents often veer...