This month, The Westport Library welcomes the Fairfield Scribes for a panel conversation and workshop focused on the craft of writing short stories and getting those short stories published. Six writers from the Fairfield Scribes (Edward Ahern, Gabi Coatsworth, Elizabeth Chatsworth, Alison McBain, Robert Tomaino and Peter Keeler) will open the day with a panel conversation about the craft…
Pitch Wars is a wild, wonderful, rollercoaster of emotions from start to finish. First, the contest is a strong motivator to finish your manuscript in order to enter. If you’re lucky enough to win a spot in the contest, months of revising your manuscript with your mentor(s) await. As the days tick down to the…
2018 was a year of writing firsts for me. In January, I took the plunge and entered my sci-fi novel, THE BRASS QUEEN, into the RWA® 2018 Golden Heart® contest. In March, as I prepared for an impending snowstorm, I received a jaw-dropping phone call from the RWA board announcing my novel was a finalist…
Tomorrow, I’ll be with The Fairfield Scribes at the Saugatuck Story Fest in Westport, CT. I’ll be signing books from 11-1 pm, before heading to our 2.30 pm book launch/reading of When To Now: A Time Travel Anthology. It would be lovely to see you there! 😀 Check out the three-day literary festival schedule HERE. You…
I’m thrilled to be included in the Amazon bestseller When To Now: A Time Travel Anthology. My contribution is the steampunk LGBT romance “Ten Minutes After Teatime.” A Victorian spinster-scientist and a Viking shield-maiden find passion and danger in Dark-Age Ireland. Now, doesn’t that sound fun? Can a buttoned-up suffragette and a battle-worn commander beat the odds…
We just made the Amazon bestseller list for Science Fiction Anthologies! My steampunk novelette “Ten Minutes Past Teatime” is included in WHEN TO NOW: A TIME TRAVEL ANTHOLOGY. Check it out here!
Hear my interview on the “How Authors Work” podcast! Find out how to use improv to write your novel, how to create a chapter in four layers, & the best software to help you write on the move. I also discuss the supportive community provided by Pitch Wars and my RWA® Golden Heart® Persister sisters….
Recently, THE BRASS QUEEN was chosen as a Mainstream Fiction finalist for the 2018 Golden Heart® (the RWA’s top honor for unpublished novels). I was invited to attend the RWA National Conference in Denver. Over two thousand writers gathered for five days to attend workshops, make new friends, and network with publishing professionals. Attending the…