Find Your Writing Niche
Find Your Writing Niche: “Dear Lucky Agent” Contest
October 14, 2014So many contests, so little time! Here’s a contest that is ideal for those who have a completed novel in the women’s fiction genre, and there are plenty of you out there. The contact info ...
Find Your Writing Niche: 5 steps to starting a blog
October 7, 2014Writers want to write—all the time. Beginning writers can start with a blog. Step 1: Choose a topic Write 25 things you are interested in doing, e.g., traveling, swimming, jogging, se ...
Find Your Writing Niche: Get published: Volunteer your services
September 30, 2014Beginning writers have a built-in way to hone their writing skills: volunteer their services in any number of ways: Write press releases for nonprofits. Post book reviews on Goodreads an ...
Cut, cut, cut to get published
September 16, 2014Beginning writers often say they couldn’t possibly cut one word from their story, novel or nonfiction piece. Not true. NOTE: Every story whether fiction or nonfiction, be it a novel, histo ...
NFPW is Pro Communicators
September 9, 2014NFPW is Pro Communicators NFPW, National Federation of Press Women, was founded in 1937 and has galloped into the 21st century accepting everyone in the field of communicati ...
Find Your Writing Niche: Take Pictures to go with the Story
September 2, 2014Editors may ask writers to submit pictures with their stories, so there are a few pointers beginning writers should remember. 1)Get a “real” camera. Sure, cell phones can take clear pictu ...
Find Your Writing Niche: Enter my Contest
August 26, 2014Many people avoid entering contests for fear of not winning. Bury that attitude for several reasons: 1)You learn to write on deadline. 2)You learn to follow instructions. 3)It can motivate you t ...
Find Your Writing Niche: Captions, The lifeblood of Pictures
August 19, 2014A picture is worth a 1,000 words, but the purpose of the caption is to clarify the scene. I try to make the caption as short as possible, which can be a challenge. Things to remember when writi ...
North Carolina Press Club moves forward
August 5, 2014North Carolina Press Club reconstructed its Web site and has a new look at www.ncpressclub.com. It also developed a Facebook page at ...
Blog Tag: The Writing Life
June 24, 2014My thanks to Joan Leotta for inviting me to participate in this blog tag. Joan is a story performer and a versatile writer with published works and awards in a variety of genres: essays, feature ...