Tagged: Blue Ridge Conference

  • You May Need a Writer’s Facelift

    By Tammy Karasek @tickledpinktam If you’re a writer and have articles, blog posts and the like out on the internet, it’s time to clean your face. Not literally, but have you looked at the locations you have your bio, headshot, or about me information lately? As we get ready to…

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  • Writing at a 98°Angle

    By Heather Kreke @HKreke I saw a meme of a picture of a ninety-eight degree angle. It read, “This is a 98° angle… You’re welcome, perfectionists.” The point of the meme was to annoy perfectionists who’d insist upon a 90° angle. Now, I don’t really consider myself a perfectionist (although…

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  • CHRISTMAS GIFTS FOR WRITERS

    By Debb Hackett @debb_hackett Let’s be honest because friends tell each other the truth. Writers are weird. They people watch but many avoid engaging. They drink too much (coffee, mostly), and mutter to themselves or their characters. Writers tend to get way geeked out by particular storylines if they’re fiction…

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  • Writing Timelines

    By Aaron Gansky @ADGansky While there are a variety of ways to organize the events in your story, some work better than others. I’ll give you a quick sampling of options that you have as well as a few benefits and potential drawbacks of each. For each example, let’s assume…

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  • Literary Festivals – The What and Why

    by Ane Mulligan  @AneMulligan What is a literary Festival? Quite simply, it’s a time when readers and authors congregate for their mutual love of books. Each author has a table to display their books. They might have author panels for Q&A.  Some festivals are GIGANTIC with miles of booths and…

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  • Are You Rushing Your Writing Journey?

    by Lynn Blackburn @LynnHBlackburn  As I ran a few errands last week, a car pulled out in front of me. He could have waited, but it wasn’t close enough to warrant laying down on the horn, so I let it go. (As if I could do anything about it in the first…

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