Archive for August, 2009
Tidbits from Eleanor of Aquitaine
Monday, August 31st, 2009 | Eleanor of Aquitaine, The Writing Life | No Comments
I am technically on vacation at the moment. Not from my day job, but from my writing. But as you other writers know, we are never actually on vacation. My brain is always running, like an engine idling quietly, waiting to rev up again. Eleanor of Aquitaine has given me time off until after Labor Day, but that illustrious lady does not take time off herself. No indeed. Over the last two weeks she has been giving me little tidbits about the next book: about the day she and Henry met, how they made their alliance, how they parted when he left Paris before she secured her divorce from Louis.
Quote for the Week
Friday, August 28th, 2009 | The Writing Life | No Comments
“Words are sacred. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones, in the right order, you can nudge the world a little.”
Tom Stoppard
Quote for the Week
Friday, August 21st, 2009 | The Writing Life | 1 Comment
“Whatever you think you can do or believe you can do, begin it. Action has magic, grace and power in it.”
Goethe
Finding An Agent: A Potential Website for Aspiring Writers
Thursday, August 20th, 2009 | Finding An Agent, Selling Your Work, The Writing Life | No Comments
It occurs to me that I have not posted anything about how to find an agent in ages. I have gotten caught up in my own recent experiences of selling my novel and learning about the publishing world. All that is a lot of fun, as well as a lot of work, but before she can secure a sale to a large house, a writer has to find the right agent.
