Featured Author: Deanna Klingel
1. Tell us a little about yourself: I live in the mountains with my husband and golden retriever. Our seven children are all adults and parents scattered across four states. 2. Why did you start writing? Probably because I just had to! I’ve been a compulsive writer all my life. [...]
Act Now, Think Later
Opposites attract - my husband and I support that theory. Our first 4th of July together, we bought some poppers - those boxes of tiny, paper wrapped explosives that pop when you throw them on cement. The hubs wanted to wait until nightfall, but I wanted to hear things explode. [...]
Professional Development: Lookin’ Good!
Photo Credit Three years ago I attended my first big fiction writing conference. Hundreds of writers - beginning and published, famous and not - mingled in the hotel lobby. Somewhere in the crowd was my favorite author. I'd read every book she had published, and her sense of [...]
The Ramblings: At My Next Wedding …
The next time my husband and I get married, I'm trying on more dresses. Photo Credit I generally hate dress shopping. I'm 5'10" and a size 16-18/XL. I'm not proportional, with a nice sized belly, but no hips and minimal bust. When it comes to dresses I have [...]
Focus on Non-Fiction: The Interview
My first non-fiction writing assignment required an interview. I'd read plenty of interviews, but never conducted one. Fortunately for me I'd recently attended a writing conference where I happened to sit in on a class about interviews. Talk about serendipitous! There's more to an interview than just sitting down and [...]