a.k.a. Good Food

One of the most exciting, and most pleasant, parts of writing is celebrating the success of fellow scribes. Lamentably, I’ve yet to break into the big time (or small time), but I have friends who now appear on the shelves of Barnes & Noble, Borders, Amazon, and our local libraries. Knowing just how [...]

Do you tweet? If so, I wish I’d met you before I began. The whole idea of a social network of unknown, unseen “friends” was alien to me, but I decided to give it a try. Now, several months later I’m beginning – just beginning – to figure out how social networking can be [...]

I hate to admit it, even to myself, but now the easy part is over. The book, such as it is, is written (analogous to being pregnant and giving birth); now comes the hard part (raising the off-spring and sending him/her off into the world). Disclaimer: I’ve never had a child, so this is entire [...]

For those of you who don’t subscribe to RSS feeds (and you should – there are some very good ones out there) I thought I’d pass along a question raised yesterday by Nathan Bransford: When do you start calling yourself “a writer?” And what about “author?”

I’ve procrastinated as long as I can — and I’m a master of the art — but now it’s time to take the next step and actively seek an agent. At least that’s what I’ve been told.

I applied for the NYC Pitch & Shop Conference with hope, trepidation, and a total ignorance of what to expect.  After 4 days I left with a finely honed pitch, 2 reads and 14 new friends with whom to celebrate successes, commiserate on rejections and share advice, opinions, and tips.  Pretty good bang for my [...]

There’s a statistic that gets thrown around in the publishing industry — editors purchase only 2% of the manuscripts they solicit/read. This is a higher probability than being hit by lightning and significantly lower than the chance of rain tomorrow.
But who cares? Not me. I got offered TWO reads at the [...]