Post-Hiatus
Whew! That was a long break. But I had a lot to do, and I hate summers in general, so if I had posted anything, it would have come off…
Read moreSharing thoughts with Colin Wolfe
I’ve been enjoying a cool email exchange with fellow local struggling author, Colin Wolfe. I know Colin from the Brick Playhouse days, when he was a fellow local struggling playwright.…
Read moreThe pitfalls of self-publishing, part 3
In case you’re wondering, there’s no particular reason I’m attaching a photo of my wife and a chicken, other than I don’t have an image that illuminates the issue of…
Read moreThe pitfalls of self-publishing, part 1
All right, I want to talk about self-publishing, and I have a lot to say about it, so I’m going to break it up over a few posts. I don’t know…
Read morePush to Publish 2015
So, two weekends ago saw the comings and goings of Push to Publish 2015, the annual soiree at Rosemont College that pits writers against agents in a Mad-Max-style battle for…
Read morePush to Publish 2014, Part 3
Now we’re cooking’! Today, I present part three of my Push to Publish misadventures, which will conclude in the nitty-gritty; the stuff that goes down after the conference is over.…
Read morePush to Publish 2014, Part 2
In my last post, I started talking about the Push to Publish conference, and focused on my “speed-date,” during which, I pitched my novel to an agent (or didn’t pitch…
Read morePush to Publish 2014, Part 1
The Push to Publish conference graced the campus of Rosemont College on Saturday, and I had a blast…so much so, that I won’t even try to cram it all into…
Read moreAgents are lizard people
The last post was all about the Pitch Slam at the Writer’s Digest Conference 2014. Today, I want to write around the Pitch Slam and talk a little about the gravity…
Read morePitch Slamming…not as dirty as it sounds
In my last post, I provided an overview of the Writer’s Digest Conference 2014. Now, I want to delve into its various moving parts, starting with its most significant, the…
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