Are you baking anything lately? Surely there’s a place in heaven for bakers who have worked out the kinks of no-knead bread baking and share their secrets. No-knead recipes are yeasty home-baked goodness — but take a fraction of the usual time and effort. […] Read more …
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Grammar and Books and Toes + “I am a Tulpamancer” by Dr. Bob Newport August 17, 2021 da-AL Books, Definitions, Fiction, Flamenco & the Sitting Cat, Gender, Guest Posts, Magic, Novels, Paranormal, Psychology, Publishing, Reading, Uncategorized, WritingAuthors, Book Review, COVID-19, self-publishing Grammar Matters: “He told him that he loved him.” (Add “only” between the different words […]
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COVID Hair and Writing Life by da-AL + Pamela S. Wight’s New Memoir by da-AL “What do writers do when they’re not writing?” That question kinda flabbergasted me when I saw it on Quora, an interactive “ask and answer site.” In my case as a novelist, I wish I was outside-the-box enough to warrant such an inquiry. […]
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Please Snail-Mail a Recruit + Willow Croft on Writing and Animals July 30, 2021 da-AL Animal Husbandry, Animals, Books, Bravery, Career, Challenge, Compassion, Courage, Family, Fear, Goal-Setting, Guest Posts, Heroine, Kindness, Motherhood, Mothers, Motivation, North America, Parenting, Poetry, WritingAnimals, Authors, daughters, Letter Writing, Marines Justice… I’m in the middle of continuing writing from here and here […]
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Self-Publishing in S. India: A Guest Blog Post by Nadira Cotticollan Traditional publishing, the kind that engages literary agents and monolithic publishing companies, has always been a challenge for writers. In my quest to find either for my soon-to-be-released novels, “Flamenco & the Sitting Cat” and “Tango & the Sitting Cat,” it feels akin […]
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Transgender Rights, Coyotes, Girl Scouts, and Gaslighting: with Videos I was in the middle of working out some particularly knotty bits of writing my novels when sweet K-D doggie dropped a ball at my feet. Her message was loud and clear: it was time for a walk. A couple of blocks into our stroll, we […]
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Coyotes, People, Girl Scouts, and Gaslighting with Videos I was in the middle of working out some particularly knotty bits of writing my novels when sweet K-D doggie dropped a ball at my feet. Her message was loud and clear: it was time for a walk. A couple of blocks into our stroll, we encountered this […]
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From Novel to Big Screen: how Gabriel Constans turns novels into movies! Are you a novelist? I’m working on “Flamenco & the Sitting Cat.” Wait — let me start over — regardless of whether you’re a fiction writer, have you ever wondered what it’s like to complete a book and then see it made into […]
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Author Reality + Charles Sterling on Marketing and Author Platform Marketing, building a platform as a writer… There’s more to being a novelist than most people assume. I’m no expert on how to market fiction writing. Although I’ve produced video documentaries, radio news, published non-fiction articles and a short story or two, I’m still editing […]
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