Anne R. Allen's Blog... with Ruth Harris
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Today’s guest post is from freelance writer Sarah Allen (no relation that we know of, but we do have a lot of things in common, including the agreement that Colin Firth is THE greatest Mr. Darcy, and a tendency to knee-weakness at the sight of Benedict Cumberbatch’s cheekbones). She is still in the query […]
I kind of have a love-hate relationship with writers’ conferences. I’ve been to some that left me dazed and confused (and considerably poorer) but I’ve attended others that energized and inspired me. So are conferences necessary to launch your writing career? No, but it can be a great way to learn the basics of the […]
by Anne R. Allen The summer writers’ conference season is upon us, and wordsmiths everywhere are packing up laptops, manuscripts, and literary dreams to head for those idyllic retreats where they can polish their craft, learn the latest publishing trends, and hang with successful authors, agents and publishers—for a hefty fee. At some of […]
by Anne R. Allen I’ve been dealing with an evil computer virus which first attacked my desktop and now seems to have killed my laptop dead. They’re both old machines, so it may be better to replace them than try to fix them, but now I’m worried my back-up drives may be infected too. […]
by Anne R. Allen I’m starting to pull my old columns from the INkwell Newswatch archives. I hope to post updated versions here for the next few months. This is from June 2007, in response to lots of questions I was getting about the necessity of attending conferences. Writers’ Conferences–the INside Scoop Writers’ Conference […]
