Writers will offer myriad explanations for why we’re not writing, some are very creative explanations (guilty), and we usually attribute a dry spell to writer’s block. While… Read more “AM I EXPERIENCING WRITER’S BLOCK OR FEAR?”
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Create Memorable Characters, Not Caricatures
Create Memorable Characters, Not Caricatures When I trained to become a counselor in Belgium, which seems like a lifetime ago, we were taught to check our emotional baggage… Read more “Create Memorable Characters, Not Caricatures”
Tune in! Blogtalk Radio Show – Writing the Best Story You Can
Writing The Best Story You Can- Host Marsha Casper Cook Broadcast in Writing Marsha Casper Cook FEATURED HOST Call in to speak with the host – (714) 242-5259 Please… Read more “Tune in! Blogtalk Radio Show – Writing the Best Story You Can”
Back to writing!
Hello, my friends! I hope you enjoyed your summer with your loved ones! I packed away my WIP and all the research material to set off for… Read more “Back to writing!”
Pre-order Day!
Dear Friends and Readers, I have some long-awaited and exciting book news to share – the Kindle edition of my newly-edited novel, A DECENT WOMAN, is available… Read more “Pre-order Day!”
Cover Reveal: A DECENT WOMAN
I’m thrilled to share the new cover of A DECENT WOMAN! The story of midwife Ana Belén, her lifelong friend Serafina Martínez, and the women of turn… Read more “Cover Reveal: A DECENT WOMAN”
16 Puerto Rican Women and Non-Binary Writers Telling New Stories
Dr. Ivelisse Rodriguez, author of Love War Stories, on the writers who are changing the topography of Puerto Rican literature Flickr In 1916, Bernardo Vega boards a… Read more “16 Puerto Rican Women and Non-Binary Writers Telling New Stories”
My Writing Life: How I Made It Happen
The research material for my work in progress, The Laments of Sister Maria Inmaculada, rests in three full notebooks, scribbled on scraps of paper, and written on… Read more “My Writing Life: How I Made It Happen”
Rejection and Bad Reviews: What’s to Be Done?
“What began the change was the very writing itself. Let no one lightly set about such a work.” – C. S. Lewis Negative book reviews certainly aren’t… Read more “Rejection and Bad Reviews: What’s to Be Done?”
In Survival Mode
As of last Thursday, I had a published novel (February 2015) and two manuscripts in the works. My first book, ‘A Decent Woman’ was doing well, still… Read more “In Survival Mode”
