Anne R. Allen's Blog... with Ruth Harris
Writing about writing. Mostly.
by Ruth Harris What can we learn from authors who have gone from obscurity to success? The Everyday Star Are you dreaming of being a *superstar* like Stephen King or Nora Roberts? Really? Think about it. How realistic is it to imagine that you, too, can be SK or NR? Do you have any idea […]
by Anne R. Allen Update: I’m so pleased this post has had thousands of hits over the last year and is energizing so many writers to take up short fiction. But I fear a number of readers don’t read the whole piece and assume I’m telling newbie writers to self-publish their first efforts at […]
by Ruth Harris I’d like to start this December 25 post by extending my heartiest congratulations to those Master Procrastinators who are still putting off their Christmas shopping. You’re the pros and we salute you! Now to the rest of us: My mission (and I chose to accept it) was to blog about […]
Yes, that Lawrence Block. I can’t quite believe we have one of the most successful mystery writers of all time here on our blog! Mr. Block is the author of over fifty novels and even more short stories, including his two long-running series featuring P.I. Matthew Scudder and gentleman burglar Bernie Rhodenbarr. He has been named […]
This is a post for every author who’s been in rejection hell—hoping, praying, and bribing assorted deities—living for that day when you finally land the book contract that will make all your dreams come true. You know who you are: you’ve spent forever learning to craft a perfect query, sent it off to carefully […]
by Ruth Harris Today we have our first regular monthly post from Ruth Harris. Ruth is in NYC, so she very well may be without power today, so if we don’t hear from her, we can blame Irene. All of you East-Coasters, hang in there: you’re in our thoughts. I think the most common […]
