Yesterday while driving to the farmer’s market to pick up my meat (I’ve belonged to a meat CSA since last fall) I was treated to a NPR interview with M.J. Rose on marketing and promotion. I haven’t read any of her books but I do recall seeing The Hypnotist recently on several book blogs. Rose… Continue reading M.J. Rose on Promotion
Tag: Writing
May 2010
These statistics are all for short stories, poems, or contest entries. Book reviews (and interviews) are not included. Sales in May: 0 Rejections in May: 0 Submissions sent out in May: 0 Total stories/poems/contests pending responses: 1 Nothing was submitted this month but that doesn’t mean I wasn’t still working and writing. In fact, even though I wasn’t… Continue reading May 2010
MayNoWriMo 2010
Throughout May I’ve written about some of the community events that allow me to keep up with other writers. They include Coyote Con, Writo de Mayo, and the Muse Online Writers Conference. May was a busy month with Coyote Con, Writo de Mayo and MayNoWriMo. MayNoWriMo 2010 was the brain child of Joely Sue Burkhart. … Continue reading MayNoWriMo 2010
April 2010
These statistics are all for short stories, poems, or contest entries. Book reviews are not included. Sales in April: 0 Rejections in April: 2 Submissions sent out in April: 1 Total stories/poems/contests pending responses: 1 So the poetry contest winner reading came and went around tax day. Guess who wasn’t there? I did send an entry this week… Continue reading April 2010
Cumberland
On the drive back from Washington, D.C. we passed through a little town. Cumberland, Maryland would be an easy place to pass without ever knowing a thing about it. My husband was a little bit hungry and saw a Roy Rogers sign at that exit. Going down the ramp were some incredible looking buildings and… Continue reading Cumberland
March 2010
These statistics are all for short stories, poems, or contest entries. Book reviews are not included. Sales in March: 0 Rejections in March:Â 0 Submissions sent out in March:Â 0 Total stories/poems/contests pending responses:Â 2 Normally I would say no news is good news… but the contest I sent my poems to has a reading of the winners… Continue reading March 2010
February 2010
These statistics are all for short stories, poems, or contest entries. Book reviews are not included. Sales in February: 0 Rejections in February: 1 Submissions sent out in February: 3 Total stories/poems/contests pending responses: 2 I’m restarting with new numbers. Let’s be honest… the market that I sent something to in May 2009 still hasn’t gotten around to… Continue reading February 2010
Kicking My Behind
I started writing a short story earlier this month for a 2/28/2010 deadline. It was about half way written and (unbelievable for me) somewhat plotted out. Then I realized (1) I shouldn’t be including characters who aren’t in the story more than once. This reduced the current number of characters from four down to three and… Continue reading Kicking My Behind
Write Your @ss Off Progress
I made this a little bit harder then it should have been. Or maybe it didn’t occur to me to break up the 8 hours over the entire weekend instead of shooting to get it all done in one day. I checked on what other people were doing and found a few that took a… Continue reading Write Your @ss Off Progress
January 2010
These statistics are all for short stories, poems, or contest entries. Book reviews are not included. Sales in January: 0 Rejections in January:Â 0 Submissions sent out in January:Â 0 Total stories/poems/contests pending responses:Â 3 I’ve been working on a new poem to submit to the annual poetry contest held at an Ohio art museum. No new updates… Continue reading January 2010