Ready to market your book? Check out J.A. Konrath’s blog entry titled “Do Something.” His pithy, timely suggestions are a welcome change from the usual “How to Sell Your Book”
Many of the comments my Goddard MFA advisor, Aimee Liu, made on my manuscript (working title: Memorial) apply to any piece of writing. I thought I’d share them with you:
Lest you think my writing life is any easier than yours, here’s a glimpse of what actually happened this week as I attempted to quickly get back to writing after
. . . just more [expletive deleted] rewriting it seems. Yesterday I received the thirty edited pages of my memoir, Memorial: Our Last Year on the Links, from Aimee Liu,
My latest secret weapon is music. When I get to the coffeehouse and I’m all settled in, laptop on, edit pages out, ready to rock and roll, I put on
. . . so little time. I spent the afternoon at a multi-generational in-law and out-law family birthday party. Once you’re a writer, family gatherings are no longer boring. Stay
For today, just one truth from Annie Dillard: When you are writing full-time (three to four hours a day), go in the room with the book every day, regardless of
The good news is that I’m feverishly rewriting my memoir, Memorial: Our Last Year on the Links. The even better news (which the faithful readers of this blog already know)
In baseball you only get three swings and you’re out. In rewriting, you get almost as many swings as you want and you know, sooner or later, you’ll hit the ball. – Neil Simon
Even writers need a day of rest. I met my deadline for sending my first packet of grad school materials to my Goddard College advisor and tomorrow is publication day
