Morning Read
My morning read is one of the most inviting times of my day. I confess, I check email and Facebook first, make a Words With Friends play against my sister, and record a sentence in my Five Year Diary, but then I reach for inspiration.
Sydney Avey
Dynamic Woman — Changing Times
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Discoverability: What’s the buzz?
Discoverability is the latest buzz word in the book biz. Like African killer bees in search of new territory, social media sites are attempting to nest in writer psyches with promises that they will help readers find us.
Writing California: Big Sur
Mary Stewart Anthony set her memoir on the rugged coast of Big Sur, a place where she dropped out of sight, society and her mind. Love Song of a Flower Child is the story of a Hunter College graduate who felt trapped in the Big Apple in the late Fifties and took flight to Berkeley.
Writing California: Los Altos
Los Altos in the Fifties was a great place to grow up. As many of the authors in this blog series have done, I set my novel The Sheep Walker’s Daughter partly in my hometown. Growing up, I spent a lot of time in my grandmother’s dance studio on Lundy Lane listening to her stories about life during the Depression and World War II. She saw a past. I saw a future.
Writing California: Marina Del Rey
Pirate Tales takes place on a houseboat in the busy recreational harbor of Marina del Rey. The book is one in a series that keeps author Rick Stephens Murphy busy. Perhaps that’s why he let a tart-tongued, “it’s all about me” cat named Salty Tail narrate his bi-coastal tale of love and intrigue.
Writing California: San Joaquin Valley
Frank Tavares learned to love the culture, climate, and creativity of the San Joaquin Valley when he used to drive the stretch of road between L.A. and San Francisco on Highway 101, a personal therapy he misses since relocating to New England. Author of a short story collection, The Man Who Built Boxes (Bacon Press Books 2013) his characters deal with limitations–self-imposed or self-inflicted.
