Something interesting for Friday…  Have kids? Live far away from the grandparents? They can still participate in the time honored tradition of the bedtime story. As somebody who does frequent webcam visits with loved ones far away, I thought this was pretty cool. Click here for the Galleycat article and video. Also…don’t forget! Next Tuesday [...]

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Please mark your calendars! Next week, on Tuesday March 2nd, I’ll be kicking off a weekly series featuring various writers and authors. So far we have a great line-up! I’m hoping to introduce you to some exciting new voices in the writing and publishing world. Next week, I will be featuring Garry Graves, author of [...]

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Writer, Lynne Kelly Hoenig, recently signed with an agent. She shares her journey with photographs. Click here to check it out.

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Yesterday, Galleycat published an article about sf/fantasy imprint, Pyr, accepting unagented manuscripts. You can see the article here. First of all, YAY!!!!!!!  Yay, obviously, because I don’t have an agent, yet. I’m not alone in that boat. Lots of us don’t have agents, for various reasons, so this is a unique opportunity to strike out [...]

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Thank you to Weezel at What Scares You? for presenting me with this annoying prestigious blog award. In a few moments, I will be bestowing the honor on a few of you per the rules below. Here are the rules: 1. Thank the person who gave this to you. 2. Copy the logo and place [...]

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People get into writing in all different ways. Some people know from the day they’re born (or so they claim) that they wanted to be a writer or artist. Some people don’t figure it out until much later. In school, I always enjoyed reading and writing, but “writer” was never a career path I ever [...]

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My neck of the woods is about to get hit by possibly the worst snow storm since the 70′s. Fun! Not. So right now I’m in scramble mode, with the rest of my friends and neighbors, all zillion of them, to try and get ready for the storm that in some areas, is already here. [...]

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Julia Cameron is the author of, “The Artist’s Way.” The book/program is supposed to help unblock the blocked and discover the undiscovered artist in each of us. It may sound a little woo-woo for some people, but oh well. I’ve started and stopped this program about twice now. However, I have restarted it and am [...]

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