by Virginia Lloyd | Jul 13, 2011 | Blog, Improve your writing, Memoir
Despite my best efforts, my inbox always remains stuffed with newsletters for and about writing, which contain more intriguing links than I could ever have time to click on, let alone read. Mostly I sigh and remind myself that I really should cull the number of email...
by Virginia Lloyd | Jul 6, 2011 | Blog, Improve your writing
From the virtual corridors of SheWrites comes a handy post, How to Organize a Blog Tour For Your New Book’s Release by published author Nava Atlas. A blog tour is a virtual book tour to promote your book using relevant blogs around the internet. Instead of the...
by Virginia Lloyd | Jun 29, 2011 | Blog, Improve your writing, Memoir
If you’re working on a memoir, or any long-form prose for that matter, chances are you’ve spent a large chunk of time sitting alone in front of your keyboard or with a pen poised over your notebook. Either way, your words grow into sentences, which turn...
by Virginia Lloyd | Jun 23, 2011 | Blog, Improve your writing, Memoir
On book writing coach Lisa Tener’s excellent blog I recently found her interview with novelist and writing teacher Chrystal Wilkinson about What Nonfiction Authors Can Learn From Fiction. In short, she recommends that nonfiction writers write scenes. No matter...
by Virginia Lloyd | Jun 10, 2011 | Blog, Improve your writing
I’ve recently discovered The Review Review, which, well, reviews the latest issues of literary journals and interviews their editors. It’s such a perfect idea I wonder why nobody thought of starting a publication like this before. It fills a need that...
by Virginia Lloyd | Jun 6, 2011 | Blog, Improve your writing, Memoir
I hear regularly from people writing memoir. The majority of them want to get published. But despite the dizzying amount of information about the publishing process available online, I’m still – how shall I put it? – impressed by some of the...