Dreamer Issues

I'm a dreamer.  I'm a writer--so this is no surprise.  But one of the things that I seem to do well is come up with ideas for things outside of writing.  I always seem to have a project that I want to engage in. This I know, is a bit of a distraction.  It is hard, sometimes, to maintain focus.  Why? Because all I really want to do is write, I end trying to plan my perfect...

Writing Books-- Perception and Reality

Last weekend I had an interesting discussion with a musician wherein I admitted that my personality was to be quite open, and to basically be just as I am--just as I seem. To which this man replied: "We all are, it is something about being an artist." Being an artist.  Writing is an art that marries the creative and the analytical in an odd mixture of things most artists would not assume...

News!

Last month I got to meet authors from the State Fair Booth, who came in from various parts of the state and had booths at my workplace. I took pictures for facebook, blogged at the AvidReaderTower.blogspot.com to generate traffic and interest for the store and our author-guersts. In the course of this event, I had the pleasure of chatting with Deborah Cota, author of the Dante Series.  After...

IWSG: Achievements and New Angst

It's time to share insecurities, achievements, and court the support of the like-minded. Or, well, it's time for another Insecure Writers' Support Group, that amazing once-monthly internet gathering of writers sharing their trials and successes in an effort to let us all know that we aren't alone....