Archive for June, 2011

Navigating a Virtual Book Tour

Kath here. Please welcome guest author Shelly Frome to WU today. Shelly Frome is a professor emeritus of dramatic arts and an author of fiction and nonfiction. His latest is the trans-Atlantic mystery The Twinning Murders. Like any venture, there are certain factors at play before considering a virtual book tour. Assuming, of course, the [...]

Cartoon Caption Challenge: Writer and Cat

Do you have an idea for an appropriate caption for the image above? Feel free to post it below! Then please do give a “Thumbs Up” for any captions posted by others that you like. ONE caption per comment. You can post more than one comment, but please let at least three others post comments [...]

INTERVIEW: Nathan Bransford – Part I

Many of you are familiar with my guest today. I’m willing to bet the majority of you have a link in your sidebar to his popular writing blog, begun in his days as a literary agent for Curtis Brown, Ltd. (When I say popular, I mean 150,000 plus hits per month.) These days, Nathan Bransford works [...]

Why Every Writer Needs a Dog (by Harry)

Howdy, all! Harry here. Seeing how busy Pack Leader (PL) was, I offered to jump in and write this month’s contribution for her. Not that it was easy to get the gig. ‘Harry!’ At my suggestion PL was all surprise. ‘You can write?’ ‘What do you think us dogs do all day while you’re staring at [...]

Been There

“I know exactly what you’re talking about.” “Same thing happened to me.” “Oh yeah, been there.” So nice to know we’re not alone, isn’t it? Shared experience holds together family, friends, community, country, alliances. Don’t you wish folks in conflict around the globe would get together and see how much they have in common? Fortunately [...]