Hello and welcome to another exciting episode of DIY MFA Radio! Today I’m so excited to be interviewing Beatriz Williams. She is the author of the international bestsellers Overseas, A…
…dark times, kept at it. Making comedy specials. Doing stand-up. Writing comic novels. The wheel kept turning. And as a result, so did we. Now we have this new comedic…
…of the written word. In addition to creating her own stories, Pamela is active in multiple writing communities. She is a member of the DFW Writers Workshop and is in…
…that there are many other writing contests, too. Some are run by writing organizations and their chapters. Writer’s Digest runs a well-known set of competitions. Other contests are geography-specific, like…
Hello and thank you for joining me today! In this episode–titled Outlining Demystified–we’re going talk about outline techniques particularly geared for writers who hate outlines. When I first started writing,…
…Sarah Wendell and Candy Tan (Smart Bitches, Trashy Books) give us a great quote from romance author Lisa Kleypas: “But after twenty-two years of being published, I’ve come to realize…
…should not give your story away. Coming Up In the follow-ups to this article, I’ll be looking more at how to find professional markets and also take a look at…
…definitely believe that we writers should be compensated for our work, but I also I think we need to see beyond just getting a paycheck. We’ve all heard the saying…
…and felt hopeless a lot, silly even. I’d come to regret telling my friends that I was trying to publish a novel. But during that time, I kept writing and…
…the website KidLit.com where she shares tons of excellent information for writers. While her primary focus is children’s books (affectionately called “KidLit” by those in the know), much of her…
