Category: Authors

  • From Novel to Movie: Greenhorn by Anna Olswanger

    Anna Olswanger’s middle grade novel, GREENHORN (See Review), was made into an indie film. It’s a dream that many of us have, to see our story on the big screen. I asked her to tell us about the process. Anna’s introduction to the story In 2014 I co-produced a short indie film adaptation of the […]

  • Short Story Anthology: Fiction River Universe Between

    I am excited to report that I have my first science fiction, adult-audience, short story published! Last year, I attended a retreat in Oregon with Dean Wesley Smith and Kristine Kathryn Rusch as the main instructors. They own WMG Publishing, and one on-going project is a monthly short-story anthology. I was invited to submit, it […]

  • Report on the Novel Revision Retreat

    Susan Fields of the Hands Off my Coffee and No One Gets Hurt: An Insomniac’s Guide to the Writing Life blog has posted a report on the St. Louis Novel Revision Retreat. And check out this Facebook album of the participants hard at work. At the retreat, one of the informal discussions was about Social […]

  • Hanging Off Jefferson’s Nose: Book Trailer Features Jack Conrad Lyrics

    Win a Free Book Trailer from Tina’s Trailers Comment about the book or book trailers below to be included in a drawing for a free book trailer. Deadline for comments is May 15, 2012 midnight. Case Studies of 3 Book Trailers One of my interests is book trailers, especially how to create great book trailers. […]

  • Caroline Starr Rose: 2K12

    Debut Novelist Prunes her Rosebush Introduced first in 2007, debut children’s authors have formed a cooperative effort to market their books. I featured Revision Stories from the Classes of 2k8, 2k9, 2k11 and this year, the feature returns for the Class of 2k12. Class of 2008 Class of 2009 MORE 2k11 Guest post by Caroline […]

  • Kiki Hamilton: 2k11

    Debut Novel: Spreadsheets Used for Plotting and Revising a Novel Introduced first in 2007, debut children’s authors have formed a cooperative effort to market their books. I featured Revision Stories from the Classes of 2k8 and 2k9 and this feature returns this year with the Class of 2k11. Class of 2008 Class of 2009 MORE […]