The Business of Writing
Posted by Anjuelle Floyd | Filed under Articles and Essays, Musings
“It’s way harder to establish a career as a working writer than to get published by a traditional New York publishing house.”
–Lisa Unger on the Business of Writing
Whether the author achieves publication of their work through traditional means, or chooses to self-publish, she or he must play an active role in the promoting, and marketing [...]
Tags: author, business, character, fame, family business, film, form and structure, glory, husband, Lisa Unger, market, New York publishing house, non-fiction, novel, platform, plays, poetry, promote, Random House, reading, self-publish, traditional publishing, writing
A Writer’s Voice
Posted by Anjuelle Floyd | Filed under Articles and Essays, Musings
Hearing the words you’ve written and read in your own voice develops voice. It also awakens you, the writer, to your style of putting words together.
You hear when your words fall away from that established cadence and rhythm, and when they come together. You come to see the endless possibilities of music your words can [...]
Tags: eye, hearing, reading, rhythm, voice, writer
The Unsung Voices of Women and Mothers
Posted by Anjuelle Floyd | Filed under Event, Interview, Radio Show
Authors, Kathy Briccetti, Jasmine Dawson, and Meilan Carter, discuss their contributions to the anthology, “Who’s Your Mama?: The Unsung Voices of Women and Mothers“.
Kathy, Jasmine and Meilan will be reading from their contributions to the anthology at 3pm, Sunday, September 20, 2009, at Diesel Book Story, Oakland, CA.
So tune in.
Tags: blog talk radio, CA anthology, Diesel Book Store, Jasmine Dawson, Kathy Briccetti, Meilan Carter, Oakland, reading, The Unsung Voices of Women and Mothers, Who's Your Mama?
The Insight of a Coach
Posted by Anjuelle Floyd | Filed under Articles and Essays
Asking questions is part of Elizabeth Stark’s job as a writing coach. A primary question she addresses for her clients is, “What’s the experience of reading this work?”
The experience of reading a work cannot be easily, if at all, accessed by the writer or author of the work. And if so, the writer must allow [...]
Tags: author, coach, consciousness, discovery, Elizabeth Stark, experience, fiction, novel, question, reading, writer, writing

