Cynthia Harrison
Novelist
Tag: writing conferences
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#1 Question Writers Ask
I was at a writing conference last weekend and had a fabulous time. The workshops were inspiring, the food was delicious, the keynote speaker’s jokes made me laugh. He had a serious message, too, as all keynote speakers do. He’d been hearing the same question all day. “How Can I Make Money From Writing?” Seriously,…
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Evolving Character
A blue moon ago I wrote a 17 year old girl named Lily Van Slyke into Blue Heaven. At the time, she was very troubled, but she didn’t have a gun. When Blue Heaven became the first of The Blue Lake Series, I knew I’d bring her back someday. And back she came, in book three…
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Content is Queen
My heart sank a little at last weekend’s conference when Chuck Sambuchino, the keynote speaker, said he’d been writing, and steadily climbing the publishing ladder, for ten years. I was first published in the ’80s, so that’s, uh, longer. But Chuck did say something valuable, something I’d forgotten. He talked about how there is so much about…
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Marketing for Introverts & Other People
Are you an introvert? Many writers are. I know I am. Therefore I’ve made a list of easy things shy writers can do to help sell their work. As I said in yesterday’s post, if you publish, you need to market as well. So here’s what you can do to improve your visibility as a writer: 1. Join…
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This Writer’s Worth
I just returned from a writer’s conference and the news is not good. Writers, say the workshop leaders, will not make much money. They need to keep their day jobs. Another item in the negative column is this: writers must do their own promotion. This means we need to learn how to market our work…