At May’s Third Thursday panelists Sarah Bird, Alicia Dennis, Chuck Eddy and Michael Hall focused on writing for magazines. As usual, the evening was filled with humor and lots of great stories. This short blog post is just a smidgen of the evening’s information, packaged into a few points to
No matter what your genre or market, there’s a good chance that your work-in-progress has a romantic plot, subplot, or at least a sizzling or suggestive scene. But how do you put romantic dialogue or action on the page without being cheesy or turning off your readers? Tonight’s panel promises
Thursday Thinking posts focus on previewing, reviewing, and discussing the topics from our Third Thursday programs. Did you complete yesterday’s writing prompt to write a 1500 word love scene or a two page narrative poem about a love scene? (If you did and posted it online, link to it in
You’ve had some time to digest the writers’ nourishment from January’s Third Thursday program about helping yourself to write, no matter what. Now we’d like to hear from you about your writing this week. You can share your comments at the bottom of this post, way down at the bottom of
“No Excuses: How to Write No Matter What!” Writers write. So the saying goes. Sometimes writers don’t write. Then what? If said writers attended January’s Third Thursday program at Book People, they heard authors Wendy Muse Greenwood, Nikki Loftin, Patrice Sarath, and Bryan Yanksy share practical actions and inspirational ideas
WLT November 3rd Thursday 2012 The Book Launch and Beyond Do you remember, the Third Thursday in November? (Sung to the tune of Earth, Wind, and Fire’s “September.”) If not, this post will refresh your memory. It seems like a long time ago, especially with the holiday activities happening since
October’s Third Thursday Wrap-Up Author’s Guide to PR and Marketing: On Your Own, But Not Alone By Lexie Smith Marketing your book is like life. Ultimately you’re responsible for how you live your life, but you don’t have to live it alone. Unless you want to, in which case you’ll
5 Questions to Ask Before Pursuing a Long-Term Relationship By Lexie Smith “Will you marry me?” “Will you represent me?” Marriage and literary representation. You can’t think of one without the other. Heck, the last time you went to a wedding I’m sure you were thinking of some classic author-agent
Southern tent revivals, the civil rights movement, female murderers, and — kolaches were all part of the conversation for March’s Third Thursday program “Get Real: The Art of Researching and Writing Nonfiction.” The SXSW traffic didn’t deter the WLT writing community from meeting at BookPeople to hear panelists Donna Johnson,
The love of writing can make you forgo personal hygiene, cut your vacations short, write on a red-eye flight or shower 5 times in a day – all things February’s Third Thursday panelists have done in pursuit of their literary dreams. Incoming WLT Publicity & Programming Director Jennifer Ziegler hosted
