January 2010

Guest Blog by Amber Scott

January 31, 2010

Five Lessons Indie Press Taught Me: 1. Write For Yourself. I sit at my laptop, hands on the keyboard, frozen by the thought, Have I gone too far? What would an editor think of that? Or, worst of all, What would Uncle Bill think? Editors, agents and a few family members are predominantly who make [...]

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Episode 5 – Amber Scott, Author of “Play Fling”

January 31, 2010

Today, we were pleased to have special Guest Amber Scott with us! Amber hates cooking and loves chocolate. Right there, I felt a special kinship with her, nothing else needed to be said… However, if we kept it there, it would have made a fairly uninteresting podcast! I was really impressed with several things while [...]

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Guest Blog by Ann Charles

January 24, 2010

When the Going Gets Tough… (and other “tried and true” phrases) A while ago I spent some time on a podcast with our lovely host, Danielle Monsch, talking about a multitude of things, most of which had to do with writing. When all was said and done, we’d had plenty of laughs, but she brought [...]

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Episode 4 – Ann Charles, 1st Turning Point

January 24, 2010

We had a great time today with our special guest, Ann Charles! Ann spoke at length about her newest contribution to all the aspiring writers out there, 1st Turning Point! 1st Turning Point is a wealth of information for all the unpublished or small published writers out there… ways to market yourself, ways to make [...]

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Episode 3 – Deborah Schneider, Author of “Promise Me!”

January 18, 2010

Today, we were lucky enough to have special guest Deborah Schneider, author of the brand new release, Promise Me! She told of the very special St. Valentine’s Day Victorian Tea Author signing hosted by the King County Library System, in which Deb will be joined by fellow Victorian Authors Anthea Lawson and Megan Chance! Deb [...]

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Episode 2 – Julia Hunter, VP of the Greater Seattle chapter of RWA

January 9, 2010

On today’s show, we were very fortunate to have Julia Hunter, law enforcement officer extraordinaire, VP of the Greater Seattle chapter of RWA, and the founder of the Write at Sea retreat! (The hardships we writers go through to improve our craft…) Julia told us about how she founded Write at Sea – this year [...]

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Episode 1 – Hello Everybody!

January 4, 2010

As with most first episodes, Romantically Speaking #1 was a mixture of me introducing myself, and me trying to hide my nerves. Of course, I find it hilarious that speaking into a telephone surrounded by exactly no one can cause nervousness, but that’s just me. I started RS for a couple reasons. I had been doing [...]

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Writing Tip – WRITE!!!!!!!!!

January 3, 2010

Oh, I hear the ‘DUH’ echoing throughout cyberspace as I type, but give me a second to explain. First, let me clarify that I am talking to the writers out there who hope to be published. For those who are not familiar with the world of to-be-published, it is world of near insanity, not unlike [...]

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Music of my Life – Tricky

January 2, 2010

Like most writers, music is incredibly important to me. Get a group of writers together, and inevitably we will begin discussing how we create playlists to describe characters or pick a song to choreograph a fight to. Music seems almost essential to writing, two art forms that are inextricably linked.While I do have love for [...]

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