The Golden Crown Literary Society’s annual conventions are still the best events I attend all year.
This year in Altanta, the third annual convention featured three days of workshops and opportunities to meet and chat with readers.
Are book signings and appearances worth it?
Overall, my focus in all contacts is name recognition and genre recognition. (“This is who I am and this is what I write.”)
Which Comes First, Plot or Characters?
Theme, character, plot for me are like making a ball of jello.
Feedback, Criticism, and Reviews
The readers of any given novel number in the tens of thousands and I hear feedback from not even 1%, so I must acknowledge that what I do receive by way of feedback is automatically selective; it reflects the opinions from readers with the strongest feelings about any given book.
Is Setting as Important as Character or Plot?
Is it a main character, a secondary character or an incidental one – once the author decides that, then the work to be done is clear.