‘Bumper to Bumper’ is finished!

February 2, 2012 in writing

My ticket to an exclusive play performed at our house this Christmas, “Life of the Pokemon”. I hope “Bumper to Bumper” is received as enthusiastically.
I had an email from Slovenia [...]

A Writer is…In Print?

April 4, 2011 in writing

Last week Dr Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog: The Book was published that hit a couple of high notes for me:
1. It is the first book about a webseries, and that is definitely [...]

A Writer is….Paid?

March 14, 2011 in writing

Double Rainbow – what does is mean?

I sold a play!
In August last year I received an email that purported to be from a producer at Radio Slovenia asking if I [...]

Getting the heart of life through death

January 17, 2011 in writing

Someone I know is sitting, preparing for his brother to take his final breath.
Through the last months his friends have supported, joked, wished, prayed, shared the journey that has brought [...]

Surrey International Writer’s Conference 2009

October 24, 2009 in writing

I went to my first Writer’s Conference this week. The 17th annual Surrey International Writer’s Conference (SiWC) is being held at the Sheraton Vancouver Hotel in Surrey, BC, Canada (it’s [...]

Do you have an ‘elevator pitch’? Write one and enter this comp!

June 15, 2009 in writing

 

The June Agent Contest has been announced this morning on Query Tracker (QT):
Here are the contest details:
* Entries will be accepted by entry form on the main QueryTracker.net site.
* You may [...]

Chapters 1 to 3 now available!

May 11, 2009 in writing

Podcasting is fun!
It’s also hard work. But mostly, it’s fun. Today we published Chapter 3 of “Turning Left at Albuquerque” on turningleft.podebean.com. You can either go directly to the podbean [...]

Gearing up for a novel Podcast

April 27, 2009 in writing

Scott Sigler, Seth Harwood, ‘Mighty’ Mur Lafferty, and most recently Phillipa Ballantine: all these people are podcaster authors who have secured publishing deals because of the care, dedication and effort [...]

Finding a Literary Agent

April 14, 2009 in Uncategorized, writing

I am on a mission
Having completed my novel I am now at the painfully delicious stage of deciding what to do with it. There are various options open to me [...]