Tagged: Edwina Perkins

  • Sensitivity Between the Lines, Writing Diversity with Authenticity

    By Edwina Perkins @EdwinaPerkins Consider the world you live in. Your cultural experiences, likes, dislikes, fears, and even biases are based on your community. As an author writing about another culture, how can you best represent a group of people who are not like you? One way is through help…

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  • Mentoring Moments

    by Edwina Perkins @EdwinaPerkins At my first conference, when someone asked about my elevator pitcher, I couldn’t figure out what an elevator had to do with writing. I quickly learned writers speak a foreign language! I went to the first timers meeting ready to take notes and gather all the…

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  • Saturday Six ~ Fourth Edition

    Welcome back! On this week's edition of Saturday Six, we have agents and editors galore. And have they got some fun facts about themselves for you... [tweet_box design="default" float="none"]Which faculty member was almost shot by Secret Service? Which one watched for UFOs with her father? Find out in this week's…

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