In my former career, I attended conferences and seminars, not festivals or retreats. Those corporate gatherings were often held at cookie-cutter hotels or convention halls which all looked the same. The attendees, including me, looked and acted much the same too –...
One of the first decisions I made for my author website was choosing the font to be used for my logo. The creative team at Monkey C Media asked me to react to various styles, then suggested a font based on the Doves Press typeface. I had never heard of it. ...
One of the assignments in this autumn's MFA semester is to choose ten “must read” fiction novels and provide a brief note explaining why the novel is important. Naturally, I chose novels that can aid me in the completion of my historical fiction manuscript. It’s...
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