by Edie Melson Many of you may have heard the term EdgeRank in regard to Facebook’s new policy for pages. It’s a new term, but its purpose should sound familiar. …
Sizzling Summer Success, Part 2: Fan the Flame
Last week we talked about lighting the fire under your dream of becoming or remaining to be a published author. Hopefully, you’ve done that because you have to do the …
The Bronze Medalists from the MBT Frasier Awards
I remember the days of submitting to writing contests…if I didn’t final, I wanted to know…how close was I to the top 5? Because writing is a journey, and we’re …
Pitch + Premise = Spine
Maybe you first heard of the “story spine” from Stanley Williams’ book, The Moral Premise. But I actually thought of the concept all by my lonesome the winter of 2011 …
Finding Balance With Writing & Life: Learning to Delegate
The summer after I graduated high school, I worked as a waitress at a local family restaurant that stayed open 24 hours. During a particularly busy rush after the bars …