Stuck in the house with nowhere to go, the pandemic should have been a great opportunity for me to get the creative juices flowing and write. That didn’t happen. My writing was as stuck as I was. Cooking shows, game shows, and predictable Hallmark mysteries filled my afternoons. I … Read More
I was stuck. I needed something to energize my writing practice. Maybe I needed a review of the basics. Some strategies for marketing. Maybe meet a publisher or agent. Talk with others who write in my genre. At the Florida Writers Association’s conference in Altamonte Springs, October 19–21, I experienced … Read More
If you’re a member of one of WAG’s Critique Pods, you’ve already discovered the many benefits of sharing your work with a group. But, wait (as the commercials say), there’s more! If you’ve never tried a writers’ group, poet Bruce Niedt outlines his “7 Reasons Why You Should Be in … Read More
With glee, you crack the spine of your brand new book. You meet a poor, unsuspecting lass going about her daily business. The next thing you know, she is confronted with a challenge far above that which she thinks she can handle. She runs away, but because of circumstances beyond … Read More