Help Jennifer Derilo fight Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
My friend Christine Zilka’s friend Jennifer Derilo is undergoing treatment for Hodgkin’s Lymphoma WITHOUT HEALTH INSURANCE. To help defray Jennifer’s medical expenses, Christine is holding an eBay...
View ArticleKatie Crouch Reads at the Grotto Open House
This week and next I’ll be posting a series of videos from the San Francisco Writer’s Grotto Open House, which took place Thursday, September 16. Oscar Villalon, former book review editor for the San...
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Guest Post—Janice Hardy
Today we have a guest post by author Janice Hardy, whose novel, BLUE FIRE, the second in the fantasy trilogy THE HEALING WARS, hit stores last week. A long-time fantasy reader, Janice always wondered...
View Article11 Twitter Tips
Because I’m going to be teaching a class on Social Media at the San Francisco Writers’ Grotto next month, I’ll be blogging more about social media in the coming weeks. Today: 10 Twitter Tips. 1. Choose...
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Email Marketing For Cool People
Today my good friend Alta Peterson over at Alta Peterson Communications has written a wonderful guest post about e-mail marketing. If you think e-mail marketing isn’t for you, think again. Every writer...
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Stress Reduction for Writers
I’ve had insomnia for the past couple of years. Sometimes I’m up from 2-4 or 5 a.m., reading until I fall back to sleep. Other times I sleep through the night but wake up at 5 or 5:30. For a while I...
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How To Be A Little Less Introverted
Last week in my Blogging for Beginners class at the San Francisco Writers’ Grotto, a student declared that she doesn’t feel comfortable putting her photo on her blog, something I strongly encourage...
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Is Your Writing Good Enough?
Do you ever wonder if your writing is good enough? Like, every day? Do you sometimes wonder whether it’s not the publishing industry but YOU that is the problem? That maybe you don’t have it in you to...
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7 Tools for Blocking Distractions
Photo courtesy of Audio-Technica via Creative Commons Today, social media are an important component of a writer’s life, but it’s equally important to know when to turn them off. For some of us, this...
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