Building A Freelance Portfolio, Chuck Sambuchino In freelancing, common rights allocation include giving up first serial rights, or all rights. In the former, you can often find a market to sell the work to again once the rights period has … Continue reading
Sizzling Sex Scenes, Elizabeth Engstrom Yeah, yeah, no comments from the peanut gallery ;-) The takeaway from this one is that practice is what makes for a good sex scenes. If you don’t practice, you will wind up with something … Continue reading
A confluence of factors delayed my Surrey International Writer’s Conference round-up, but better late than never, eh? This year was my fifth(!) SIWC. I always have a great time at this conference, as it blends multiple genres with plenty of … Continue reading
I got back yesterday from SIWC and after wiping the glazed look off my face here are the high points. In Janet Reid‘s master class I got my query pitch for my next book eviscerated and then tweaked until it … Continue reading
I’m off to Surrey International Writers’ Conference tomorrow. I’ve queued up some posts so it looks like I’m around but web access may be spotty for me so this might be a false impression ;-) I’m very much looking forward … Continue reading
I went to the bookstore today to look for Eileen Cook’s Unpredictable. She’s a local author I’ve met a couple of times at SIWC and this is her first book, newly released. Yay for Eileen! At any rate, the store … Continue reading