Luck is not chance – It’s toil –Fortune’s expensive smile. Is earned.
– Emily Dickinson-
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In this in depth conversation with Penny Sansevieri of Author Marketing Experts I share my views and insider tips on how to be your own success story.
“Just as anyone who listens to the muse will hear, you can write out of your own intention or out of inspiration. There is such a thing. It comes up and talks. And those who have heard deeply the rhythms and hymns of the gods, can recite those hymns in such a way that the gods will be attracted.”
Joseph Campbell
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He called her Mrs. Kennedy. She called him Mr. Hill.
For four years, from the election of John Fitzgerald Kennedy in November 1960 until after the election of Lyndon Johnson in 1964, Clint Hill was the Secret Service agent assigned to guard the glamorous and intensely private Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy. During those four years, he went from being a reluctant guardian to a fiercely loyal watchdog and, in many ways, her closest friend.
Opening The Houston Writers Guild Annual Conference on April 13-14 With My Keynote Speech On ...
“The Story Marketplace Today: How Changes in Publishing and Entertainment Impact Your Career”
Houston writers will gather April 13-14, when the Houston Writers’ Guild (HWG) holds the 2012 4th annual writers’ conference in Sugar Land.
“There’s something for every writer—published or unpublished, fiction
or non-fiction,” said Tina Winograd, 2012 HWG conference director. “The
publishing world is changing. In some ways, it is easier to get a book
published today. Our experts will address traditional publishing as well
as online publishing and e-books. Make an appointment to have your
writing critiqued by a published writer or to run your story idea by a
literary agent.”
Would-be Writers to be Focus of April 13-14 Writers Conference
Houston writers will gather April 13-14, when the Houston Writers’ Guild (HWG) holds the 2012 4th annual writers’ conference in Sugar Land.
Writers
may choose between several tracks, including mystery, nonfiction, young
adult and writing/publishing basics. The two-day meeting includes
presentations from:
· Hollywood ‘Story Merchant’ Ken Atchity, producer and literary manager
· Self-Publishing super-star and zombie thriller novelist Rhiannon Frater
· Young Adult author Nikki Loftin, author of two novels and numerous short stories
· True crime writer and novelist Kathryn Casey
· Larry Thompson, author of legal thriller, “The Trial”
· Award-winning novelist and poet Chitra Divakaruni
· New York literary agents
Conference
cost is $125 for Friday and Saturday; $100 for Saturday only. Saturday
lunch is included in the fee. Friday night dinner optional. For an
additional cost, attendees may schedule brief one-on-one sessions with
literary agents and published writers.
For online registration and further program information, see HWG website, www.houstonwritersguild.org or call 281-498-5025.
Story Merchant Associate Brett Battle's LITTLE GIRL GONE Free for Kindle and Kindle Aps April 2-4!
It’s a big week for free books from me, including a chance for you to win one of four Kindles!
Today through Wednesday, you can download my thriller LITTLE GIRL GONE from the Amazon Kindle store for free to read on your Kindle or Kindle ap (or, potentially, your new Kindle!)
Logan Harper isn't looking for redemption. He just wants to live in peace and forget his troubled past. But one morning his quiet life is upended when he interrupts the attempted murder of his father’s best friend Tooney.And Find out more about the Kindle Giveaway here!
The next thing Logan knows, he’s on his way to Los Angeles, searching for Tooney’s missing granddaughter and uncovering a sinister plot connected not only to Tooney’s Burmese past, but also to the boardrooms of corporate America.As the odds stack up against him, Logan must fall back on old skills from the life he'd rather forget. He’s made a promise, and the only way to fulfill it is to bring the girl home alive.
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