Everything that’s moved our world ahead, and some events that have moved civilization backwards, began with an idea. One night, sitting beside a campfire on a grassy savannah, a caveman had an idea to make bringing home the sabre-tooth-tiger-bacon easier. Refining his idea several times, he experimented with chipped rocks, laced one to a straight stick, […]
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How to Excite Local Writers
How do you excite local writers? You offer resources to help them write, publish, and promote their work, a fun group of people supporting each other, and a lagniappe of author, editor, and agent appearances for motivation. And you make it free to the writing community. Finally, I get to tell you about the exciting […]
Thinking About Writing
I’ve been thinking a lot about writing. Have you? Have you spent time mentally creating a story, holding plot lines to the light, shifting them here or there, looking for the best fit? Have you focused your attention on where you’re going? Don’t be in a rush to whip through your manuscript. It takes time […]