Start your morning with a poem. Houndbite offers poems from The Other Journal read out loud.
Ten Rules for Writing Fiction contains gems like: Get an accountant, abstain from sex and similes, cut, rewrite, then cut and rewrite again – if all else fails, pray. (Guardian U.K) I’m excited: Neil Gaiman, PD James and Margaret Atwood are quoted. Do they mean sex and similes at the same time?
The best part about conferences are the people you meet there. Lorie Ann Grover, Dia Calhoun, two of the Readergirlz divas, and I share a lunch at the Atomic. Check out their fine YA novels and other books to love at Readergirlz.
Look who’s coming to the Tri -Cities next week! Cavalcade of Authors is bringing Dia Calhoun, Patrick Carmen, Suzanne Selfors and other outstanding authors to the Red Lion hotel in Pasco. For once, we don’t have to travel to Seattle or Portland for an author event! Thanks to Michelle Lane for brainstorming this event! And if that [...]