Author: wildsoundwritingfestival

It’s Easy! …says no indie author ever. The truth is it is indeed downright terrifying when any author first looks at it. Yes, this includes traditionally published authors. They are still required to market their work. As a matter of fact, you have to do more than you think. However for the purpose […] via How… Continue reading How to Navigate Book Marketing 101 — A Writer’s Path

by Larry Kahaner I came across a blog from Guy Portman titled “10 Famous Authors’ Day Jobs” in which he lists… well…you get it. What struck me most from reading Guy’s blog post is how many famous authors eventually gave up their day jobs (Natch. They’re famous.) and how many used what they […] via Can… Continue reading Can I Write Novels Even if I Haven’t Had an Interesting Life? — A Writer’s Path

by Franklin Kendrick There are a lot of books and articles that talk about the craft of writing good characters, their motivations, how to give them personalities, etc. So, what’s one more added to the list? Well, this is my personal approach to writing a scene by channeling my characters. Perhaps it will […] via Channel… Continue reading Channel Your Characters — A Writer’s Path

by K. Ross Writing is tricky. Trying to express your meaning clearly can be hard enough, but also making it engaging can be quite the balancing act. As a writer, I’m still working on it, but as an editor, ill-considered or lazy writing jumps off the page at me like a facehugger from […] via What… Continue reading What Words to Avoid in Your Writing — A Writer’s Path

“Sheltering in place works like this: You don’t give it to anyone — You don’t get it from anyone. Common sense. No?” Tom Hanks, actor, twitter post March 17, 2020 via “We are all in this together. Flatten the curve” — Art of Quotation

So let me get this straight: the Trump administration is willing to hand out $500B to corporations to save executives, but isn’t willing to spend $1 billion on more ventilators to save the American people? Robert Reich, a former US secretary of labor, is professor of public policy at the University of California at Berkeley […]… Continue reading “So let me get this straight: the Trump administration is willing to hand out $500B to corporations to save executives, but isn’t willing to spend $1 billion on more ventilators to save the American people?” — Art of Quotation

Any personal advice on what might help with isolation? A sense of humor. There’s all this nonsense about loo paper. There’s two very funny videos. Apparently one is of a man sitting on his loo and a dog comes in and steals the loo roll. And then there’s another of a different man sitting on […]… Continue reading “ During all of this we have to keep a sense of humor. “ — Art of Quotation

Right smack dab in the middle of town I found a paradise that’s trouble-proof And if this world starts getting you down There’s room enough for two up on the roof songwriters: Gerry Goffin and Carole King. Recorded in 1962 by The Drifters. “Up on the Roof” is a song written by Gerry Goffin and […]… Continue reading “When this old world starts getting me down and people are just too much for me to face / I climb way up to the top of the stairs and all my cares just drift right into space” — Art of Quotation

“Art has always been the raft onto which we climb to save our sanity.” Dorothea Tanning, painter via “Art has always been the raft onto which we climb to save our sanity.” — Art of Quotation

“I feel that art has something to do with the achievement of stillness in the midst of chaos. A stillness which characterizes prayer, too, and the eye of the storm. I think that art has something to do with an arrest of attention in the midst of distraction” Saul Bellow, writer via “I feel that art… Continue reading “I feel that art has something to do with the achievement of stillness in the midst of chaos… an arrest of attention in the midst of distraction.” — Art of Quotation