Archive for September, 2009
Our last meeting in our writer’s group brought some interesting questions and answers from the myriad of would-be authors. Some are stay at home mothers, who need to squeeze in the time to sketch plots and weave words amid the chaos of child rearing. Naptimes and bedtimes became necessary to get any time to write.
Others [...]
I joined Helium based on the many lists online suggesting that writers try their skill at publishing (and earning money) through the site. I soon discovered how much I really hated the site.
My biggest complaint is they own the copyrights once you publish. You can’t move, remove, delete, or do anything with your own articles [...]
You can run then from these handy portable drives, and I found a number of them particularly helpful for the would-be author.
As an organizer to a writer’s group, we have a number of would-be authors share their work for the review of their peers. We’re no expert by any sense of the word, but we all love reading. I compiled a few tips I thought might help writers who want their work critiqued to keep in [...]
I only have one child, not counting my husband. My son turns ten years old in November, and shows a remarkably calm attitude for a boy his age. There are evenings, such as these, where I can hear the gunfire of Nerf guns and strategies of pretend warfare just outside my office door. Even the [...]
















