Women’s Fiction Book Club on Goodreads is talking about Sailing out of Darkness this month. In honor of that, we’re giving away two signed copies of the book. Come join the fun! Goodreads Book Giveaway Sailing out of Darkness by Normandie Fischer Giveaway ends November 15, 2014. See the giveaway … Read more →
Patience and the Writing Life
Writers know all about waiting. ALL about it. We write a story and submit it. We accumulate rejections. Finally, our agent sells a story and then another. We wait through the edits and the design and the production. A year. We become marketers of that book (those books), but we’re … Read more →
HAVING FUN AGAIN–ASPEN GOLD FINALIST!
Y’all know how much fun contests are. Well, this has been a delightful week for my books. Today, I learned that Sailing out of Darkness is one of three finalists in the Single Title Category (for romantic as opposed to romance fiction) of the Aspen Gold Contest from the Heart … Read more →
STORMS AND STORIES: Post-Hurricane, a Story from Mexico
One of my WIPs begins with a scene taken from my first storm on board Sea Venture. We’d moved the boat from the CA Delta to Marina Bay in Richmond, CA. The wind and waves had direct access through the Golden Gate to our slip. Michael was late returning from … Read more →
Attention Readers: How to Help a Writer
Chuck Sambuchin of Writer’s Digest Books edits the GUIDE TO LITERARY AGENTS and the CHILDREN’S WRITER’S & ILLUSTRATOR’S MARKET. His Guide to Literary Agents Blog is one of the largest blogs in publishing. I hope you’ll take a moment to read what he has to say about How to Support … Read more →
Trailer, Take 3
It was River’s turn this time (Silver Seas PR and my go-to guy for marketing). He still thinks the trailer is too long, but he claims Take 3 is better than Take 2, which was better than Take 1. It’s always a good idea to be on the upswing instead … Read more →
