The California Creative Writer’s Conference continued through the week and ended yesterday. In addition to more great panels, there was an Editor Happy hour. This was an informal Zoom gathering where attendees could speak and ask questions of editors Deanna …
My education as a writer continues with the California Creative Writer’s Conference http://www.wcwriters.com/ccwc/ this weekend and through the week. This conference, like the last, is virtually done via Zoom. So far there have been two full days of panels, …
Genre LA ended yesterday. It was the 30th conference put on by West Coast Writers Conferences. Being virtual, it started Friday, October 22nd, and ran through Saturday, October 30th. On the weekends it was a full day of programming. On …
As a member of GLAWS, Kris and I were invited to this year’s Writers and Illustrators of the Future awards dinner. This is a worldwide contest for new writers and artists with the quarterly winners being published in the yearly …
In GLAWS there is always a lot of talk about different paths to publishing: Traditional, Indi, Self-Publishing, Print-on-Demand, Kindle, etc. Ways of getting you work out there have become more diverse. Self-publishing used to be known as vanity publishing, but …
There’s the stereotype of writers sitting alone in their basements, tapping out their novels on their typewriters, but that is not the case. Southern California homes don’t have basements. Oh, wait, there’s more to that. Cheri Tree of Quattro University …
My wife is an entrepreneur. She has a web design business, a jewelry business and an Etsy store. About ten years ago, she got involved with Quattro University, an entrepreneurial college. After a while, I got involved with her. In …
I created this blog and the associated Facebook page to promote my writing and to let people get to know me. That’s why I write on all kinds of subjects that interest me from cooking to Star Trek and My …
I had my ProCritique with an Editor. I signed up for this before the last conference. I also signed up for a ProCritique with an agent. I wanted to get the point of view of both an editor and an …
Two Cool Things Happened Last Weekend. Here’s Number Two: Read more »
As I’ve been writing, I’ve been attending the California Creative Writing Conference for the past two weekends, February 26th to March 6th. Yesterday I attended Debra Eckerling’s panel, “If you are an Author, Why Aren’t You Blogging?” I’ve been blogging …