Subverting Expectations
Each month during the Atlanta Writers Club meeting, they offer a writing challenge to the participants. The rules are that the entry must include the one word prompt and has …
A Masochist’s Guide to Self-Publishing
Do you want to see your book in the window of every bookstore? Right between stacks of the latest Washington tell-all and yet another Stephen King bestseller? You know. The one …
Productivity for Writers
Appearances Are All that Matter Writing is a creative pursuit. Creative pursuits produce art for art’s sake. This sounds good but doesn’t pay the rent and rarely pays the cable …
Abusing Social Media
My new essay is in the August issue of the eQuill.Two months in a row so it must be a series. For writers and readers alike. If the link does …
Everything You’ve Ever Wanted to Know About AWC
Even if you have no idea what AWC is. AWC stands for the Atlanta Writers Conference which is the writing conference that received more votes than any other writing conference …
Writing Tip #1
Grammar checking software does not always get it right.
My Identity Crisis
In an earlier life, I worked for a major corporation that seemed intent on becoming a minor corporation. As they slid down the charts in numerous rankings, I decided I …