My dear friend, fellow blogger and Canadian, Carol J. Garvin of Careann’s Musings has tagged me with the Lucky 7 Meme. (Merci beaucoup, Carol) The challenge is to go to page 77 of my current WIP, count down 7 lines, then copy the next 7 lines and insert them here on my blog. My first reaction was that I wasn’t …
I joined my first online writer’s group in 1994 and submitted Dead Witness for critique. Three writers read my manuscript and gave me great suggestions and comments. They also had some big criticisms. The first one told me that she had to stop herself from hurling the book across the room. Lucky for me she was reading it from her …
Q: Is blogging no longer worthwhile? For a writer I believe blogging continues to be very important. Remember, we authors are NOT targeting the world. We are targeting people likely to be interested in what we write. And the operative word is WRITE. Therefore, to continue to demonstrate to our target readers the value of what we write, we need …