Mar 5, 2014
Let’s talk about copyright. It’s very important to authors, since it’s how they make their money. But I’ve seen and heard a lot of people misunderstand copyright. (Disclaimer: My knowledge of copyright comes from US law. Foreign authors may...
Feb 27, 2014
From the first poetry class I took as an undergrad in 1999 to the day I resigned as poetry and translations editor of The Los Angeles Review this past fall, identifying myself as a poet also felt such a solitary act. As if declaring oneself an aspiring or professional...
Feb 24, 2014
For years and years I’ve been all about European royalty in my historical fiction. Don’t get me wrong, I still am right now, in fact I’m currently reading the newest of Sharon Kay Penman’s novels about the Angevin Plantagenets (think: Richard...
Feb 17, 2014
Event: San Francisco Writers Conference Location: Mark Hopkins Hotel, San Francisco, CA Length: 4 days + classes Cost: $725 general admission; $50 Speed Dating with Agents, $99-$198 open enrollment classes Attendance: 325 Website: https://sfwriters.org Overheard:...
Feb 12, 2014
The Sochi Winter Olympics are upon us. There are some of us who are refusing to watch and others who can’t get enough. But either way you’re going to need some book recommendations to fill the time–because if you watch the Olympics when they end they...
Feb 5, 2014
It’s almost here! My hometown writers conference. And since San Francisco is second only to New York in publishing prowess, it’s quite a town for a writers event. Next Thursday through Sunday at the historic Mark Hopkins Hotel, writers, editors, agents and...
Happy Book Birthday to THEY THOUGHT THEY BURIED US by NoNieqa Ramos