by Kate Sullivan |
Here’s a paradox about writing for a living (no matter what kind of writing you want to do): It’s easy to make a living once you get your foot in the door, but it’s hard to get your foot in that door. Getting started as a professional writer is a goal that many of us...
by Kate Sullivan
The Halloween season is upon us again, a time to celebrate the spooky in all of our lives. Time to dig out your favorite short story by Poe, Lovecraft, Bloch, or King and read it by candlelight with “The Monster Mash” playing in the background. Time to print a hundred...
by Jason Brick |
This is going to sound like bragging, but there’s a point to it. Bear with me. I went to my first writing conference as a keynote speaker. I’d already been making a full-time living as a writer for three years, and I had come to that after more than 10 years of owning...
by Kate Sullivan |
Remember the Amtrak Writers Residency program? If you don’t, it was pretty awesome. Amtrak judges (yes, that Amtrak: the US train service) picked a handful of writers from 600 applicants. The winners were given a free sleeper car with a desk and a window for a round...
by Kate Sullivan |
With apologies to Paul Simon. The problem is all inside your head You said to me The answer’s easy if you Take it logically I’d like to help you in your struggle to break free There must be fifty ways To sell your writing You said it’s not really my habit To make...
by Deb Childs
So, you’re finally ready to pull all those journal entry notes off the closet shelf or out of your mind and get the content organized onto the pages of your intended book. But where do you begin? Maybe you’ve heard this before, but the same good advice applies to book...
