We all know that querying can feel like pulling teeth–I happen to think first dates often feel the same way. So I was thrilled when Ollin Morales asked me to do a guest post on his wonderful blog, Courage 2 Create, on querying. For those of you who know Ollin’s blog, you already know how he [...]
Archive for July, 2011
Plotting the Perfect Heist, er, Novel
Posted in Writing, tagged George Segal, Peter Yates, Plotting, Robert Redford, The Hot Rock on July 18, 2011 | 24 Comments »
I’m a sucker for a heist movie. Always have been. On any day, give me The Thomas Crown Affair, The Score, and certainly, Ocean’s Eleven. Recently I stumbled on a gem (pun intended there, oh you bet) called The Hot Rock from 1972. With an all-star cast headed up by Robert Redford and George Segal, [...]
Please welcome author Teresa Frohock
Posted in Writing, tagged Guest Post, MISERERE, One Question Blog Tour, Teresa Frohock, Weronika Janczuk on July 8, 2011 | 12 Comments »
When I first started blogging last year, one of the very first writers I got to know was Teresa Frohock who just happened to be living in NC like myself. So I was thrilled for her when I learned she had not only secured herself an agent (the highly awesome Weronika Janczuk) but that she and Weronika had received a contract [...]
Travels with Olive
Posted in Writing, tagged lighthouses, Little Gale Gumbo, lobster boils, Maine on July 7, 2011 | 31 Comments »
Summer is here–and as I am the fortunate bride of a high-school biology teacher, summer means even more time with my beloved and our family–and the first part of the summer usually finds us returning to Maine which we did indeed get to do again for a brief but bountiful trip. Highlights included my New [...]
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Erika Marks
I'm a writer and illustrator living in North Carolina. My debut novel, LITTLE GALE GUMBO, will be published by NAL/Penguin in October 2011.
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