Clik here to view.
A Writer’s Weekend
Back by popular demand, we’re reprising our Nuts & Bolts Workshop for Authors. Saturday, from 1:00 – 5:30 PM, we’ll cover publishing basics from submissions to industry trends, followed by...
View ArticleClik here to view.
What Makes A Good Editor?
By Guest Blogger Jami Carpenter Every editor needs a good toolbox. Photo by Stitch. I was once asked what – or rather, who – makes a good editor, which raised a good question, one that took...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Fifty Shouts of “I Don’t Get It”!
By Guest Blogger Jami Carpenter I’m not a fan of the romance novel, but as an editor, I’m always interested in literature (I use this term with trepidation here) that break through and become...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Literary Las Vegas
by guest blogger Jami Carpenter, aka Redpengirl Las Vegas typically conjures up images of showgirls and slot machines, neon lights and all-night parties, mega-bucks and mega-resorts. What might...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Books on Parade
by guest blogger Jami Carpenter, aka Redpengirl For all the talk that traditional print books are on the way “out” and that reading in general is on the decline, you’d never know it from the activity...
View ArticleClik here to view.
An Abundance of Authors!
by guest blogger Jami Carpenter, aka Redpengirl What’s more wonderful than a bookstore during the holiday season? Why, a bookstore filled with authors meeting avid readers and busily signing their...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Feeling Rejected?
You’ve written the great American novel and have sent it off to one publisher after another, getting rejection letters again and again. Well … you’re in good company. From guest blogger Jami Carpenter...
View ArticleClik here to view.
With Six You Get Eggroll
Reprinted from the Redpengirl’s February 3, 2013 Blog: Writers often ask how long their novel should be … if there is a magic number of words or pages - Unfortunately, there is no set “rule”; a classic...
View ArticleClik here to view.
One-Liners
The following is reposted from the Redpengirl’s blog of February 23, 2013: ~ Good writing doesn’t always have to be serious! A paraprosdokian is a figure of speech in which the latter part of a phrase...
View ArticleClik here to view.
What a Concept!
Reprinted from the March 28, 2013 posting on Redpengirl’s Blog: While writing the great American novel is not easy - if it were, everyone would do it – getting published is no longer impossible, as...
View Article
