by toby | Jan 23, 2012 | The Writing Life
Once upon a time, there was born a princess with golden hair, brown eyes, and unquenchable curiosity. About everything. But she was supposed to be a boy. We have the set-up, the conflict… and we're off and running on my personal tale. Terrifying! One of the best...
by toby | Jan 22, 2012 | The Writing Life
The issues stopping “indie” or self-published authors from being stocked in bookstores is the deadly combination of returnability of and pricing. I can't explain it as well as Linda Nagata does in this thoughtful piece on her blog, Hahvi.net where she...
by toby | Jan 18, 2012 | The Writing Life
I posted a blog on the Debatable Value of Twitter a year or so ago, when I was still a noob with all this social media jazz. I am since a convert to Twitter as the single best outreach tool a writer has, and Sonia Rumzi is another writer and creative individual I...
by toby | Jan 7, 2012 | The Writing Life
Now that you have your Book of Secrets started, the main and first task to begin is the personal timeline. It’s a plumbline, really, a way to see when and how big decisions were made about your life—by yourself, and by others. Patterns emerge. Trends. Epiphanies. It’s...
by toby | Jan 2, 2012 | The Writing Life
My first novel, Blood Orchids, debuted in December. This has been a lifelong dream, and a process on a thousand different levels. It's also caused a bit of an upheaval in my personal and professional life as I resolve issues of being a therapist in private and public...
by toby | Dec 30, 2011 | The Writing Life
Okay, maybe it's not bestselling yet. Or even out yet. But I'm a positive thinker, and things are well underway for my sequel Torch Ginger's launch in March. I'm married to a professional photographer, Renaissance Man, and he took the orchid photos that were used by...