Boo Fellow Writers! It’s getting eerily close to my very favorite holiday, Halloween. It’s not just because the stores are stocking (or should I say stalking) candy corn and pumpkins that I mention Halloween before August is dead and buried, but because there are some serious deadlines coming up. Don’t be caught dead missing […]

‹ Hello Fellow Writers and Readers, The AJC Decatur Book Festival, one of the largest independent book festivals in the country, is fast approaching and I wanted to post the presenters and exhibitors that I am particularly interested in, and of course, there are all those reasonably priced books to mull over as well. Don’t feel […]

Procrastinate: to delay doing something; to keep delaying something that must be done, often because it is unpleasant or boring  If you’re a writer, you may be surprised that a picture of your face doesn’t follow that first definition. The latter part of the definition includes the words “unpleasant” and “boring.” What?! We love to […]

You often hear the term page-turner, but in the case of Anne Corbitt’s novel, Rules for Lying, the expression is dead on. The chapters are extremely short (sometimes only a couple of pages long) and rapidly draw the reader into the character’s experience. The structure has the effect of leaving the reader on a cliffhanger […]

Hello my Poet Pals, Here’s a site who is looking for very short sea-themed poems (5 lines of less).  It’s a fledging, but sometimes it better to try out your luck with newer publishers. The deadline is 8/23. Good Luck! Stormy Island Publishing: Submissions