You’ll attend a writing conference, at some point in your career, with opportunities to “pitch” or describe your book to an editor, publisher or agent. This encounter may seem intimidating, but following a few key tips will give you confidence for a relaxed, successful presentation. Pitching your book is not one-sided. Both sides of the […]

By Linda C. Wisniewski When my memoir was published, I didn’t expect everyone in my family to like it. I had written about growing up with unhappy parents, in a depressed industrial  town, in a punitive church school, and as part of a Polish working-class community looked down upon by many of our neighbors. That […]

  Last Monday I finished teaching an online class for women through Story Circle Network that is entitled, “Writing 20 Minutes a Day for 30 Days.” I have offered this class for several years now and students who participate report that it is scary at first committing to 20 minutes a day for 6 days […]

One of the reasons writers crave time away to write is that so much of our daily lives isn’t actually spent writing. We all have family, friends, community work, administration (answering inquiries about writing assignments, talks, workshops; publicity, paying the bills, reminding people to pay us, accounting, etc), and so on. If you asked the average fulltime writer […]