WC's Blog
This may be the last blog for a couple of weeks. I’ll be leaving in a day or two for a music tour in Colorado, eventually returning to more of the same in Texas. I’ve been getting in the mood for this for a few days now. Last Thursday, I had a great gig at the Famous Fuel Coffee House with award-winning songwriter and recording artist Mike Blakely. It was a standing room only crowd and we got a standing ovation at the end of the performance. Blakely brings out the best from anyone who is on(...)
As a result of having had more than sixty books published along with all of the attendant publicity and notoriety, I am often asked by beginning writers how they can find a publisher for their work.
The best advice I can offer is to suggest to them that they attend a good writers’ conference wherein editors and agents are featured speakers. It is good if the editors are associated with prominent and successful publishers, but editors connected to smaller and university presses also have(...)
The best advice I can offer is to suggest to them that they attend a good writers’ conference wherein editors and agents are featured speakers. It is good if the editors are associated with prominent and successful publishers, but editors connected to smaller and university presses also have(...)
For the past few years I have been traveling the country giving a talk titled “The Ten Keys to Becoming a Successful Writer.” I speak about those characteristics and habits manifested by all accomplished writers, how important they are to editors, publishers, and agents, and how they can be attained if they are not already part of the writer’s make-up. Noted authors, editors, agents, and publishers have endorsed the talk and, in fact, contributed heavily to its content. Several editors have(...)
This is all new to me, and frankly the notion of blogging on a regular basis intimidates me for a number of reasons. First, I’m on the road about 280 days each year performing, speaking, conducting research on a book, or engaging in some adventure or another. When I’m home I’m usually trying to meet a publisher’s deadline. I’ve had little time for blogging or anything else.
Second, when I do find free time on the road I rarely spend it with a computer unless I am working on a book deadli(...)
Second, when I do find free time on the road I rarely spend it with a computer unless I am working on a book deadli(...)
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