By Eilene Lyon Back when I created my first blog on January 1, 2018, I’d heard that blogs were “on the way out.” (Haven’t we heard that about books—like, forever?) I’m happy to report that my posts are getting read as much as ever. If you have a website, you can likely include a blogContinueContinue reading “To Blog or Not to Blog”
Category Archives: Guest Blogs
A Key to Finding New Readers
By Vicki Felmlee We all know readers are in libraries, book clubs, book stores, author signings and festivals, etc., but your readers are in other places as well. Where? Closer than you think. Many of us have read (or been advised) to set up a business entity as an important part of your writing career.ContinueContinue reading “A Key to Finding New Readers”
Juneteenth: A Bibliography
Juneteenth: a few references on the Black experience in the American West By Leslie Budewitz (Originally published June 19, 2025, on the author’s blog) Juneteenth—the commemoration of the day news of the end of slavery reached Galveston, Texas—is a day to celebrate Black history in the United States. And while we often think of historyContinueContinue reading “Juneteenth: A Bibliography”
Primary Sources: Not Just for Fact-Finding
By Sheila Quinn Charming, But Insufficient Many of us are inspired to write family stories. Motivated by duty, nostalgia, or a desire to set the record straight, we feel set about recording the history of our ancestors. I inherited suitcases full of photographs, letters, maps, receipts, and even locks of hair from three generations ofContinueContinue reading “Primary Sources: Not Just for Fact-Finding”
WWW Writing Coaches
By Kimberly Burns Tom Landry, the legendary coach of the Dallas Cowboys, said, “A coach is someone who tells you what you don’t want to hear, who has you see what you don’t want to see, so you can be who you always knew you could be.” That philosophy could be applied to my WomenContinueContinue reading “WWW Writing Coaches”
Why is Editing Important?
By Heidi M. Thomas I want to tell you a little secret: Nobody writes a perfect first draft. Not Shakespeare. Not Mark Twain. Not Stephen King. Nobody. (Hemingway once said: “There are no great writers, only great re-writers.”) Why hire an editor? Do you want your book to be the best that it can be?ContinueContinue reading “Why is Editing Important?”
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