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Of course you are. You love good times. And what could be better than a weekend in Pasadena? Right, a weekend in Pasadena with other writers. And editors. And agents. Imagine, industry professionals locked in a hotel with you. Imagine the possibility. The Third Annual Southern California Writer’s Conference will be held in Pasadena, October […]

Author Karin Gillespie, whose debut novel Bet Your Bottom Dollar should be hitting stores next week, is blogging her experiences as a first-time author. Her “Diary of a Debut Author” is a feature on her blog Southern Comfort. Her diary is usually the last posting of the day, so you may need to scroll to […]

Seriously, the one thing writers love is workshops. Especially workshops with pastries. And if you learn something, that’s even better. The Los Angeles Romance Authors are sponsoring a workshop called “Creating Characters that Grab Your Readers Hearts” on Saturday, June 26, 2004. The workshop will be held at the Grand Vista Hotel, Simi Valley. The […]

We won’t bore you with breathless coverage of the hottest story in publishing (synopsis: Bill Clinton wrote a book, and it’s selling. A lot.), but we must mention something. It’s required, we believe. First day numbers are, to quote Daily Variety, boffo. No word on how many people have actually read all the pages. We […]

Today’s Los Angeles Times has an article on a subject that, while not specifically related to books, could impact other entertainment industries. For several years now, we’ve been reading about so-called “sanitizers” — companies that helpfully remove objectionable scenes from films. This, of course, is done without permission or input from the copyright owners. Now […]

This human condition thing that we all suffer — it sure has its ups and downs, doesn’t it? We suffer, we suffer, we suffer, and sometimes we feel good. Or we want to feel good. And we seek things that make us feel good (drag those filthy little minds out of the gutter — we’re […]

We have to say it: a superhero supply store is genius. Pure genius. It solves the number one problem our secret identity faces (it’s not easy finding just the right cape for flying). But wait, there’s more. Building on the success of their pirate supply store (based in San Francisco — and something we devoutly […]

We imagine there are lots of arguments over balancing the checkbook and lavish parties with nobody wanting to clean up. Oh, and the blissful “we’re finally together” period — no matter how long the relationship, you simply cannot know someone until you’ve lived with them for a while. Still we wish publishing’s newest happy couple […]

We are not known for our conciseness (except in our fantasy world when we’re pretending to be curt), and yet the concept of the short-short fiction intrigues us. Sometimes known as flash fiction or micro fiction (and by micro, they mean incredibly short), this style ends the story almost before it’s begun. We took a […]

First the name dropping, Leslie Schwartz, our former instructor, has announced that her new book Angels Crest is a BookSense 76 pick for July. This is incredibly cool news because as she told us about her journey with this book, we learned a lot about the power of believing in yourself. She’s also doing a […]