Resurrecting Your Books with Reviews
by Megan Haskell This is a repost of my November, 2016 post: Finding and Interacting with Reviewers: An Overview. I thought this would be a good review (haha, get it?) in Continue reading
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Resurrecting the Brand of You
by Bonnie Taylor I have to admit when someone suggested that I should do a live Facebook video, I thought they were crazy. Live video. What does that mean? To Continue reading
Bringing Your Life Story to Life
by Jennifer Silva Redmond I recently read an article in the Spectator called “Biography is a Thoroughly Reprehensible Genre”. The writer commented on the amount of pointless detail in most Continue reading
We’re Going Live!
Winter is officially over. Now is the time to emerge from our caves, crawl out of our burrows, and resurrect our writing lives. AT O.C. Writers, we’re celebrating this resurgence Continue reading
Growing Your Audience at Book Fairs
by Sven Davison Since this month is all about growth, I’d like to discuss growing your audience through attending book fairs. Book fairs are a great way to meet new Continue reading
Monstrous Writing Growth
by Cary Christopher and Lisanne Harrington Growth. Like the Boogeyman, it’s all around us. Our gardens are filled with growing flowers and, if we have a brown thumb like Lisanne, Continue reading
Cultural Center Seeks Essay Submissions For Live Event
Sheer egoism, aesthetic enthusiasm, historical impulse, and political purpose. According to George Orwell in his essay “Why I Write,” these are the four motives for writing. Inspired by this essay, Continue reading
Growing Your Craft with Writing Workshops
by Ara Grigorian Learning: A Life-Long Part of the Writer’s Journey Years ago, when I decided it was time to get serious about writing, I bought Writer’s Digest magazine, because Continue reading
Hiking through a Sestina: Rethink Your Process to Grow Your Writing
by John Brantingham I write formal poetry for the same reason that I hike. Both help me to reach a higher level of understanding of the self. Hiking is essentially different Continue reading
How to Grow Your Characters: Nothing But a Spark to Fully Realized People
This post first appeared Feb 14, 2017, for our Valentine’s Day special. However, I thought the lessons were worth repeating. Here’s to growing your characters from nothing, to well-developed “real” Continue reading