by Diana Renn | Nov 29, 2011 | blurbs, Death by Latte, Kiki Strike, Kirsten Miller, Linda Gerber, Tokyo Heist blurbs
Yesterday I hit another great milestone in the publishing process. My first two blurbs came in for TOKYO HEIST! Blurbs, for those of you unfamiliar with the term, are brief comments about your book from Established Authors. They usually appear on the back cover of the...
by Diana Renn | Nov 22, 2011 | NaNoWriMo, writing benchmarks, writing goals
There are nine days left of NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month). “Thirty days and nights of literary abandon!” always sounds so great, as does the goal of hitting a 50k word count in a month. I’ve been following my writer friends’ progress...
by Diana Renn | Nov 15, 2011 | Debut Author Challenge 2012, Story Siren, Tokyo Heist
Planning your reading list for next year? Are you participating in the Debut Author Challenge 2012? Kristi at The Story Siren blog has just posted the guidelines. In a nutshell: between January 1, 2013 and January 31, 2013, you commit to reading at least 12 Young...
by Diana Renn | Oct 27, 2011 | Alan Vogel, an Old-Fashioned Love Song, Fiction for the Ears, Lit 103.3, writing for radio
Among my failed dreams, I never did get to be a rock star, but at least I get to hear myself on the radio. Sort of. An essay of mine, “An Old Fashioned Love Song,” just aired on Lit 103.3, “Fiction for the Ears.” It’s on Valley Free...
by Diana Renn | Oct 26, 2011 | Dan Poblocki, Sleuths Spies and Alibis
Commercial break! We have a fabulous middle grade mystery writer in our Interrogation Room at Sleuths Spies & Alibis today! Kristen Kittscher and I have interviewed the amazing DAN POBLOCKI. Dan is the author of THE STONE CHILD, THE MYSTERIOUS FOUR series, and THE...
