Conferences and Other Events: Secrets from a Shy Extrovert
Photo Credit I'm naturally shy. Not many people know (or believe) that, but it's true. I've always known it, so in college I decided to join a sorority to help me overcome my shyness. It didn't work, but I did learn how to work around it. At that [...]
Featured Author: Nancy Kimball
Tell us a little about yourself: Greetings, and thank you for having me, Karin. I was always a writer, even as a child. I got serious about it with my second attempt at a full-length novel in 2009 with NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writers Month). That was the beginning of what [...]
Book Review: Samantha Sanderson, On the Scene by Robin Caroll
As seventh grader Samantha Sanderson and the rest of the middle schoolers prepare for the upcoming Spring Fest, "mean girl" Nikki faces the reality that her parents are getting divorced. It's hard for Samantha to sympathize because of Nikki's unkind reputation, but when Nikki becomes victim of a string of [...]
Blessings and Responsibilities
Two weeks ago I found out I received an Alpha Xi Delta Foundation grant that will allow me to attend a writing retreat this summer. I'm also a scholarship winner for the American Christian Fiction Writers Association conference later this year. Basically 90% of my expenses will be covered so [...]
How Are You Marketing Yourself? (And if you’re not, you should be)
Last month I attended a SCORE meeting at the local library. If you're not familiar with SCORE, you should be - it's a great resource for entrepreneurs. Our local SCORE office offers free monthly seminars and last month they presented a marketing class. As I'm still trying to get my [...]