First Loves Most of us get writers’ block. A lot. Then, inexplicably, the urge to clean the kitchen or watch bad TV takes over and before you can blink twice, the sun has set and another day has disappeared… The key to overcoming the experience of not being able to write is to keep the […]
Today is the “ides” of January, 2012. A good a day as any to start my new job as “Blog Editor” at the BWW. Elizabeth asked me recently, during our BWW workshop class, to go back to my favorite books, as a way of solving a problem that I’m having with plot in my novel-in-progress.
Back to the Future, BWW style Read More »
Dear Bay Area Writers: Come sit among the redwoods, the wild turkeys and the deer in Berkeley and create a solid structure for your book (fiction, non-fiction–anything narrative) or screenplay. Learn more here about the first retreat intensive in our Second Saturday Series. So, what do you have to do to enter to win? Subscribe
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I asked the members of the BWW classes to describe what goes on in the Book Writing World, and here are some of their replies: “Monday Master Class: zero in on brush strokes, in the way an art student might examine, and therefore learn from, an impressionistic painting: what blending of light and dark was
What the Heck is Going On Here? Read More »
Eve Four feet from Adam, never closer but never farther away, in the weak winter sun she is a silhouette shadowed by a row of giant cypress, she holds her composure, marbled and black as the abyss between what we know and what we hope to learn, her eyes averted from the gates of hell,
Day 2 of MyNaPoWriMo (write a poem a day for a month!) Read More »
Guest Blog By James Black Quick note from Elizabeth: The Book Writing World is so much more than me. It’s a community of wonderful, talented writers, some with writing degrees, publications and such, some with amazing life experiences, all with great stories to tell. So I’ve opened the blog to them, as well. We start
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There’s a lot of drama in writing books, and I don’t mean in the content of the stories. The long labor of writing, how much you have to get wrong or just get down before you figure out what you are doing, the many obstacles our minds and real life put in our way: this
Full Contact Year and limited-time BWW Winter Quarter Offer Hi – This is Elizabeth. What follows is a great look at resolutions and the team sport of writing, from my partner at the BWW, Angie Powers. We hope it gives you some fuel for a powerful writing habit in the new year! I started playing
Winter Quarter Starts Now Read More »
Yesterday’s blog looked at the 2010 accomplishments of members of Word of Mouth Bay Area, a coalition of women writers who’ve had at least one book published. Today, we look to 2011–what’s happening now and what’s coming in this marvelous slice of the incredible Bay Area world of books? Here are some treats in store
What’s in Store in Bay Area Books for 2011? Read More »
How do you write a real life story? Best-selling and award-winning author Allison Bartlett talks about her habits, motivations and secrets in this inspiring interview. AND if you add your own comment at the bottom of the page, you will entered to win either a free copy of the book, The Man Who Loved Books Too Much, OR the audio book on CD. That’s right–two winners will be chosen just from the commentators. So chime in!
Interview with Allison Hoover Bartlett Read More »
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