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Can't Sleep/ Love Books on CD Featured
What do you do at 2 am when you can’t sleep? Tonight, or should I say this morning, I got up, logged on and caught up on “Words with Friends,”... -
To Outline or Not to Outline?
At the suggestion of Kristen Lamb, (she of the We Are Not Alone–The Writer’s Guide to Social Media (indispensible IMHO), I just read James Scott... -
Spooky Stories of the South
When it comes to writing or reading ghost stories, what better time than the weekend before Halloween? This is a re-blog from the University Press of ... -
Is it Vanity to be Indie?
The leaves were changing, the barbecue was spicy, the air was nippy. It was the perfect October day for an outdoor literary festival up in the mountai...By Susan Kiernan-Lewis on Oct 20 · Category The Business of Writing · 2 Comments · Continue reading → -
We the Jury Aren't Who You Think We Are
Most of us have some idea of what a British courtroom looks like, thanks to PBS: Bewigged lawyers pleading their cases before a judge dressed in the m... -
Belonging Starts by Leaving Home
I have lived at 35 different addresses in my life. 13 of those addresses were before I turned 18. The 22 apartments and houses since then are the lega... -
A Brit in Georgia. Among Other Things.
My name's Annette Laing. I was born in Scotland, raised in England, and came of age in California. So, to ask the question that everyone asks me, what... -
Up and Running on Smashwords Featured
I finally seem to have made it to Smashwords.com. It isn't a simple thing to be on their site as their formatting qualifications are steep. But, it he... -
Book Reading/Signing in Black Mountain, NC
Jill Jones, my wonderful friend, mentor and multi-published author got the photos she took to me yesterday so I can now write a bit ab... -
Writing and Living, Not Always In That Order
These blog posts from me will be about events, movies, the writing life, whatever comes to mind as interesting/entertaining to me and perhaps others. ... -
I Hate Goodbyes
I didn’t rejoice when Borders announced they were going belly up, but I didn’t really care, either. I’d long since stopped buying even paperbacks ther... -
What Makes Historical Romances Work?
What happens when you combine a right-brain off-the-charts creative type with an inclination toward OCD? (No, I wish this were a set-up for a joke.) W... -
Living Your Passion at the Worst Possible Time Featured
Maybe it’s just the Recession, but what seemed possible a few years ago, in many ways feels not possible now. I once wrote a book called “Quit Your Jo... -
Professional Members Blogs Featured
Now Professional Members of GWA can add blog pages. You can add a page with a bio, links, pictures, videos and thats it or you can write a regular blo... -
Ask the Book Doctor: About Essays, Turning Humorous Essays into Newspaper Columns, and Formatting Titles
Q: I just wrote up an account of an event that happened to me when we first moved to Georgia. I want to know if it qualifies as an essay. It is not a ... -
Essays, Turning Humorous Essays into Newspaper Columns, and Formatting Titles Featured
Q: I just wrote up an account of an event that happened to me when we first moved to Georgia. I want to know if it qualifies as an essay. It is not a ... -
Finding Your Voice
My voice is often confrontational, but honest. I want to give you something that will change the way you think or live. From my experiences, I would r...
What's New
- 49th Georgia Author of the Year Awards
- The Georgia Authority Call for Articles and Guidelines
- Carmen Acevedo Butcher, Lynn Coulter, and Sue Bowron and Frederick Jones to Host Nonfiction Workshops
- Book Publishing and Marketing Workshops Hosted by Award-Winning Authors
- Amanda Kyle Williams and Anne B. Jones to host Mystery/Thriller workshops at Red Clay Writers Conference
Latest Member Blog
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Writers are forever pregnant with poetic words that whisper and pray and pause and pacify. We plant and plow and ferment words. We use fertile words such as fecund, semen, soil, fever. We spill our he...Written on 28 March 20130 comment(s) · Read More
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