My first book, Kids in the Biz, was picked up by a major publisher, Heinemann. I had a wonderful experience with the New Hampshire company and had two editors there who were passionate about the line of theater books and craft of acting references they had grown. A couple of years later, my main editor [...]
[Continue reading...]On Writing and Creating
Posted on August 6, 2012 Written by
My friend CC Chapman wrote a blog post last week titled “How To Be a Writer.” In it he merely said: ”write.” Simple enough, right? But this one truism of being a writer has all but escaped me the past several years. It is easy to blame the rigors of “real life” when it comes [...]
[Continue reading...]Book Review: Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Posted on August 5, 2012 Written by
Getting my young adult (YA) novel published has been a goal of mine since I wrote it back in 2005, but being an adult, my reading of literature in the genre has been limited to an occasional Harry Potter book. I picked up a few YA books at the bookstore to get a feel of how they [...]
[Continue reading...]From NaNoWriMo to Published Novel
Posted on August 4, 2012 Written by
Several years ago I wrote a 50,000 word novel for National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) and it has sat on my computer’s hard drive untouched. I always thought I would “one day” go back and clean it up, edit, and self-publish it on either LuLu or Amazon. Years went by. In June, I decided to [...]
[Continue reading...]7 Tips to a Successful Kickstarter Project
Posted on July 19, 2012 Written by
After projects started by Seth Godin and Marc Scott Zicree gathered tens of thousands of dollars on their way to successful funding, many authors and filmmakers are turning a new eye towards Kickstarter with hopes of funding their next project. Here are some tips to help your chances to get fully backed on the popular [...]
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