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Today is the release of Unbeweavable, the second novel by Katrina Spencer, who writes for us here at RAWSISTAZ. On her website, when discussing the book’s release, she says: “Writing a book is like blowing air in a balloon. You blow, and blow, and blow—filling your lungs expand and contract as you blow life into [...]
In a society of, “I want it now,†it can be hard to develop patience. Patience for writers is like ink to a pen—you can’t survive in this business without it. As a new author, it can be hard to be patient as you’re building your audience. You go to a bookstore and pick up [...]
I have a red indicator light on my Blackberry that glows when I have a new e-mail. I’ve looked at my phone a record twenty six times today. And it’s not even lunchtime. “E-mail me!†I want to scream. “Tell me something!†Being a writer, you’re always waiting on something or someone. You have to [...]
BOOK DESCRIPTION Yolanda Peterson has a cool apartment, good friends and family, and a new promotion to asst. manager at Behave, an upscale hair salon in Houston Texas. But there’s just one problem. Yolanda’s thin. Not model thin, more like give-her-another-chicken-leg thin. It doesn’t help that everyone says she has a pretty face, while shaking [...]
To Curse or Not to Curse? That is the Question “Get your %&* off the couch and do the dishes!†“Get your butt off the couch and do the dishes!†Which sentence is better? In truth, that’s like comparing apples to oranges. It really depends on the opinion of the writer. Writing is difficult, with [...]
For some of us it has. Not the style of your novel or the voice of your novel. But what about the subject matter? Yes, that might have to change. Fellow writers, the economy has hit us too. My second manuscript, Mama’s Gift, has had a hard time getting published. It tells the story of [...]
