Christine Otis

November 11, 2014March 23, 2022Dialogue, Flim, & Script Writing, What's going on

The Life and Mind of Mark Defriest

The Naples International Film Festival celebrated the independent film circuit by providing this gem, which won the Audience Award for documentary: The […]

October 10, 2014March 23, 2022Interviews, What's going on

Author Interview: Harry Dolan

HARRY DOLAN is the author of the mystery/suspense novels BAD THINGS HAPPEN (2009), VERY BAD MEN (2011), and THE LAST DEAD GIRL (2014). […]

September 30, 2014March 23, 2022What's going on

Outsourcing Editors?

Publishing Executive wrote that Time magazine wants to outsource their editing jobs abroad. The Newspaper Guild of New York alleges that Time […]

August 21, 2014March 23, 2022Creative Process, Dialogue, Flim, & Script Writing, Interviews, Marketing, Writing Process

Author Interview: John Scalzi

JOHN SCALZI is one of the most popular and acclaimed SF authors to emerge in the last decade. His massively successful debut […]

July 27, 2014March 23, 2022Interviews, What's going on, Writing Process

Author Interview: Laird Hunt

Laird Hunt is the author of several works of fiction and a two-time finalists for the Pen Center USA Award in Fiction. […]

July 6, 2014March 23, 2022Creative Process, Interviews, What's going on, Writing Process

Author Interview: Lin Enger

Lin Enger is the author of two novels, The High Divide (Algonquin, September 2014) and Undiscovered Country (Little, Brown, 2008).  He received […]

June 8, 2014March 23, 2022What's going on

Book Expo America

I highly recommend attending Book Expo America. The annual event held at the end of May in New York City is full […]

May 23, 2014March 23, 2022Creative Process

Building Creativity

How do I build creativity? Discipline Adapting and Defying Odds Surrounding Yourself with Talented and Skilled People Problem Solving Taking Risks Failing […]

April 21, 2014March 23, 2022Interviews, Marketing

Chuck Sambuchino Interview on Marketing

Chuck Sambuchino of Writer’s Digest books has one of the largest blogs in publishing. His Guide to Literary Agents Blog is a […]

April 15, 2014March 23, 2022Creative Process

The Importance of Social Media

I have found social media to be a time consuming process; but it’s worth the time, so don’t snub it. I’ve created […]