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This just in: Bronwyn Jameson and Anne Gracie are offering a 4 week on-line romance writing course to raise money to help pay the massive hospital bills fellow author Jo Leigh is facing after her husband died of cancer earlier this year. A place in the course will cost US$100 –we are hoping to [...] Blogging today at Writer Unboxed. Come over and chat about methods you use to notice you’ve taken a wrong turn and how to fix it. I am offering three manuscript critiques in order to raise money for the Avon walk. I’ll read three chapters and an outline and return them with notes. The bidding starts now and will go for seven days. Manuscript critique #1 Manuscript critique #2 Manuscript critique #3 Again, this is a very unusual offer. I hope [...] The work this morning was meant to be tackling the division of a long outline for a side project I’ve been working with, on and off, for awhile now. It’s non-fiction, unrelated to anything I’ve done before, and it’s never easy to charge out there with beginner’s mind and agree to fall on my [...] For the past few days, I’ve been hammering out the details of my travels this year. I’ll be teaching at The Santa Barbara Writer’s Conference again in June, and Australia in August, and San Diego in October. I’m also going to play in New Zealand with CR’s brother & family, and in NYC with [...] The holiday crush is beginning (or might be in full force for some). Some ideas to keep you on track with writing goals through the crazy season: 1. Get your pages in early. Do it before you check email. Before you watch the morning news. Before anything, if you can. Try it for a [...] I am not a natural synopsis writer. That’s just not how my process works–laying out the bones and then working from there to add muscle and flesh and clothing. It always seems to me that the girls in the basement collect a basket of intriguing bits and pieces and leave it to me [...] As promised, here is the worksheet from the 5 Senses workshop
TRAINING YOURSELF TO WRITE A RICHER BOOK, EVERY TIME Layering in Lusciousness by Barbara Samuel
[...] A new book is brewing. Rather dramatically at times, as will sometimes happen. My office is scattered with magazines and new CDs and paintbrushes. I’ve scotch-taped a bunch of photos to the closet door while I’m letting it all brew. To the outside view, this doesn’t much look like work, honestly, and I can [...] |
Barbara Samuel O'Neal is the author of more than thirty award-winning novels, including Rita Award Winning THE LOST RECIPE FOR HAPPINESS and THE SECRET OF EVERYTHING. Her newest book HOW TO BAKE A PERFECT LIFE is available NOW!
A native of Colorado, Barbara loves teaching, travel, reading, writing, yoga, walking, food, cooking, photography and...okay, reality television. |
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