Cynthia Harrison

When I started writing, I idolized writers like John Updike, Erica Jong, Raymond Carver, Margaret Atwood, and Alice Hoffman. I still do. I have always loved to write, and when I started writing those first tentative novels, I assumed my career, if I was lucky enough to have one, would be something like they had.…

There is something so charming about the image of a writer insulated from the world, creating fantasy towns and people in her mind. But if you’ve been a writer for any length of time, you know those charming moments are rare. You may also know that there is more to writing, when you really get serious about publishing…

It was sure a fun week giving away books. The aim of giveaways is to pull people to your website and in that regard, I messed up. The link I sent was directly to Amazon. I should have sent people to my site and then had a little blurb and then they could click on…

This is the last day to get my writer’s manual Your Words, Your Story free on Kindle. It’s still #1 in creativity, so that feels good. This past week, I have felt more like a marketing newbie more than a seasoned writer with a stack of clips behind her. As I watching my book’s rating…

Before I put my indie novel out, I never worried about my Twitter platform. Actually, before I read Kristen, I didn’t think twice. I loved being gypsywriter. “In a room with some lace and paper flowers” as Stevie Nicks sang. But now, I’m trying to get this Cynthia Harrison platform thing right, and I jumped ahead as…