Category Archives: writing

Christmas in New York, 1898, by Arletta Dawdy

Thank you to my friend, Arletta Dawdy, for permission to copy & post her blog about Christmas in New York in the year 1898. Arletta is the author of The Huachuca Trilogy of historical fiction set in the southwest. December … Continue reading

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Spirit of Jack London to fade away?

Will the spirit or ghost of author Jack London fade from our sight next year? Whether or not you believe in such things, isn’t the question. It is true that Jack London State Park in Glen Ellen is on the list of California … Continue reading

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Promo Ideas for Your Book

Here are some ideas from Robert Digitale about promoting your book. Thanks for sharing these thoughts, Robert, with the Redwood Writers members. Fellow Writers, Snowfall Press, a custom printer for micro publishers, has posted on its Facebook site a guest … Continue reading

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Go NaNoWriMo!

Here’s a great blog post from Erica Johnson regarding November as National Novel Writers Month. Check it out! http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2011/09/30/prepare-for-national-novel-writing-month-with-the-post-a-day-challenge/#respond

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How Do You Promote Your Book?

I’ve heard of a few interesting ways authors here in Northern California are promoting their books. For example Robert Digitale made arrangements with our “local” bookstores where he donates $1 from each sale of his first book in The Horse Stalker series to … Continue reading

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Robert Digitale’s Horse Stalker Series

If you find fantasy books the next best thing to horses, this series may gallop away with your imagination as you follow the adventures of Rog, the Horse Stalker. Track Rog as he seeks the great spotted stallion in The Root of Glory, … Continue reading

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On Selling Your Books

Thank you, Sandy Baker, for permission to reprint your article here as a “Guest Blog.” You’re a FANTASTIC writing partner! Robin To Consign or Not to Consign . . . By Sandy Baker http://www.sandybakerwriter.com/Home.html ©Sandy Baker 2011 You’ve finally published … Continue reading

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On Writing:

The skill of writing is to create a context in which other people can think. – Edwin Schlossberg

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Breaking The Rules and Playing Hooky

 

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Happy Father’s Day, Kevin

For Father’s Day I’m going to tell you a bit about Kevin. Kevin, a long time firefighter and now a fire marshal, has been interested in and working with windmills for about fourteen years now. Never one to sit around on … Continue reading

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