W.Somerset Maugham
Okay, I’ll preface this whole thing by admitting that I am a pantser. (Dang MS Word keeps wanting to change that to punster. Hmmm…) I do not outline, I do not do chapter synopses, I do not like gre…
Nikos Kazantzakis (Feb. 18,1883 – Oct. 26, 1957), Greek writer and philosopher, author of 'Zorba the Greek'.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Boris Pasternak
Harold Pinter.
Welcome! Please introduce yourself. During the day, I’m a teacher’s aide in a special education preschool classroom. I babysit for multiple families throughout each week and I’m also the director of my church’s Sunday school program. In the early hours of the morning and at night, I’m a writer working on my mystery novel…
As a newbie here at IU, I’ve developed a list of questions over the past few weeks. I had a virtual sit-down with the woman in charge to quench my curiosity about dealings with authors, feedback ab…
Life is Like a Mosaic - Random Fragments in Harmony, Poetry by Sally Cronin Our Legacy Writers seek to inspire those of us not yet great to leave behind a legacy of worth. Fame and fortune are not required if we are remembered for our acts of kindness. Sally Cronin “Life is Like a Mosaic:…
This is my contribution for Ronovan's weekly haiku challenge - a three-part haiku flash fiction. Note - in the UK, we refer to the bridegroom's pre-wedding "celebrations" as a stag night/ party/ weekend/ do. The groom is called the stag. My stag weekend took place in Brighton, on the same weekend as Gay Pride. I…
Sally Cronin: Life is Like a Mosaic... It is fair to say Miss Lavinia Lloyd was not the most popular teacher in the girl’s grammar school she had taught in for over thirty years.
Kate Tilton has been in love with books for as long as she can remember. A relatively new voice in publishing, Kate has been serving authors behind the scenes since 2010. Founder of Kate Tilton’s Author Services, LLC, Kate works as an author assistant, social media manager, and speaker with the mission of connecting…
With his new novel, the Nobel Prize-winner reaffirms himself as our most profound observer of human fragility in the technological era.
A biography of Emily Bronte, the author of Wuthering Heights. A family tree, a timeline, pictures and some of her poetry.
by Josh Funk I know it’s only Day 2, but I want you to get all your BAD ideas out today. I want you to think of THE WORST idea you can. Right now. What would NOT make a good children’s book? Maybe …
The English writer was the author of a series of novels featuring detective Manon Bradshaw.
Welcome to the Cow Pasture's, You Asked, the Experts Answer. First up, a question from a recent Twitter chat. "What are hashtags and how do I use them? " I'm definitely not the expert on Twitter. So, let's ask the experts. Hashtags Defined by Twitter "The # symbol, called a hashtag, is used to mark keywords…
As a writer who has extensive tech writing experience, I admit that I sometimes have a difficult time with scene description. I blame it on my Technical Writing training. Tech writing is all about “just the facts, ma’am.” It’s all about the who, what, when, where, and how of an action. And pretty much nothing…
