Is luck the biggest factor in a writer’s success? Tell me what you think.
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Wednesday, L.A. Times bestselling author, Brad Listi, will talk about luck in the career of a writer.
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A few (very dark and blurry) pictures from the past week - Mr. Henderson’s gig following Saturday’s Global Warming BBQ and the boys playing [...]
Happy Martin Luther King Day!
A brave man with his heart turned outward.
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This week’s question: Have you ever tried an artistic collaboration of any sort? Tell me how it went for you. Or why you’d never ever try one.
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Wednesday, you’ll meet three top-notch men who - if you put their resumes together - have worked for [...]
Half the battle of writing and selling a book, seems to be in the pitch. In two sentences or less, tell me about the book you’ve written or the book you are currently writing.
Wednesday’s guest, Maria Dahvana Headley, author of the memoir THE YEAR OF YES, has something to say about the importance of the [...]
Whatcha doing over the holidays? Want to share a favorite holiday tradition?
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I’ll announce Wednesday’s guest in a minute, but first I have to show you a picture of one of the houses I pass nearly every day:
Do you know anyone with more Christmas spirit than these guys? If you roll the window down as you [...]
Tell me if your writing interferes with family time and if you’ve found a way to balance things.
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Tomorrow, I’ve invited the author and blogger, Patry Francis, to talk about this subject that gnaws at me. I hope you’ll take part in the discussion.
The problem with people who don’t cry very often is that when they do cry, there’s maybe a decade’s worth of sorrow backed up, and they can’t even stop crying when the killer headache sets in. And then they can’t leave the house because their eyes are practically swollen shut and they don’t want even [...]
For those of you lucky enough to have published a book, tell me about going on tour. Did it live up to your expectations?
And for those of you who simply attend readings and book signings, tell me why you go and what expectations you bring with you.
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Wednesday, stop by and meet three authors - Sarah [...]
Are you one of those writers who thinks of a great sentence or a great opening or a description of someone’s smile and then adds it to a stack of other unfinished ideas? Tell me where you store those snippets and how you feel about pieces of unfinished thoughts?
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Wednesday, you’ll meet one of my favorite [...]
This may just be the most sensitive question for writers. Is your mom proud of you? Do you let her read your work? Does she even know you write?
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Wednesday’s guest, Eric Spitznagel, tells his story of writing screenplays for porn movies … and what it was like tell his family!
Before I get to the question of the week, I want to show you Lance’s brilliant new digs.
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Okay, here’s your question: For all of you writers, artists, photographers, and people captured by a certain place on the map, would you tell me about the setting that keeps cropping up in your work?
And unrelated, but I’m [...]
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