by Gloria Oliver | Jun 21, 2007 | Uncategorized
This topic has been on my mind for several weeks. Been fighting with how to broach it and haven’t had much success figuring out the best way. So I figured I’d just jump in with both feet and see where it took me.Before I became a published author, I was...
by Gloria Oliver | Jun 14, 2007 | Uncategorized
Earlier this year, once I realized I had an “obsession” with the CW’s Supernatural, I joined a Yahoo group. On the very first day, they posted news that had my fangirl heart racing. The main actors in Superntarual are Jared Padalecki and Jensen...
by Gloria Oliver | Jun 7, 2007 | Uncategorized
There are many critical pieces to writing. Some are immediately obvious – dialog, using the senses, good grammar and sentence structure. Other are more subtle, but as badly needed – pacing, the flow (or music) of the words themselves, and character...
by Gloria Oliver | May 31, 2007 | Uncategorized
Over the years we’ve all gotten links forwarded to us by friends to funny videos or homemade music videos and such. I always enjoyed these things when sent to me, but to be totally honest, I never much paid attention to the hosting site of Youtube…that is...
by Gloria Oliver | May 26, 2007 | Uncategorized
One of my writer buds, Mayra Calvari, will be teaching a course on book reviewing at the Long Story Short School of Writing.The course begins in September. Below is a description of the course taken from the site:THE ART OF BOOK REVIEWINGCourse IntroductionAre you...
by Gloria Oliver | May 17, 2007 | Uncategorized
In many many many things I am a self acknowledged n00b (newbie – greenhorn – clueless! Online speak). And there are also many things in life I’ve yet to experience. Well, I can strike one of those off the list – going First Class on an...