October 7-9, 2016 “Just Do It” Writers Retreat (Focus: Finishing, Revising, and Doing It Again) Join award-winning, best-selling author Pamela Fagan Hutchins in the Texas Hill Country—only 1.5 hours from Houston and Austin—for a two-day weekend writer’s retreat. “A breakthrough weekend for me.” David Welling “I learned an enormous amount of useful information in a short […]
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It’s No Contest
I don’t keep it much of a secret that I am a big fan of writing contests. As Garrett Morris used to say on Saturday Night Live, “Contests been veddy veddy good to me.” Or something like that, anyway. So the question isn’t whether I’m a contest proponent, but why. Let me explain the whys, […]
BEFORE you put it out there
Anyone can publish what they write, but if you are serious about trying to sell it, you should invest in it in several ways, before you do. Why? Because publishing is forever. A print book sold is permanent. Sure, you can recall an ebook and substitute an updated version, but how many people take the […]