(Just print the the packing list! HERE.) Packing for a conference is a BIG. DEAL. Less of a deal if you're a dude, I suspect. Still, if you're new and wondering what would be good to take along, or a seasoned vet who just needs a list so as to not forget something, maybe this post … Continue reading The Ultimate Conference Packing List
So, while most everyone was at the book signing the 2016 Storymakers Conference, I was sitting out in the foyer, enjoying the company of my friends, alongside Marisa Corvisiero, the founder of the Corvisiero Literary Agency and Senior Literary Agent. I had pitched a story to her and was the last author on her list for the day. … Continue reading AGENT ADVOCATE
I'm exhausted--but there's a reason! In the last two months, I've written two first drafts! My basketball story--which totally needs a title--is complete. In five weeks, I cranked out a 79,800 word story, and boy do I love this one. My "lucky" story--which is tentatively titled PUSHING MY LUCK--is 88% done, and sitting comfortably at … Continue reading As Winter Settles In
When I get this question: Do you ever see yourself self-publishing? Why or why not? This is my answer. I’m a go-big-or-go-home personality, so I HAVE TO TRY for my own sake. It’s a ME THING. I want to know that I am good enough, that an agent looks at what I have and says, … Continue reading I HAVE TO TRY
This past weekend, I attended the iWrite Retreat in Heber, Utah, and to my horror and delight I started a story. OVER. As in, I deleted the whole thing. And started over. And it was so painful and scary and disheartening. And here's why: After I'd read everything I had written, it just felt like … Continue reading The iWrite Retreat, and Why You Should Go To One
