Cynthia Kraack is an author of fiction and nonfiction including The High Cost of Flowers, winner Midwest Book Award, and 40 Thieves on Saipan.
You’ve been asked to do a reading. Start your thinking with these realities: Some writers would rather paint walls than read their work out loud to an audience. Some authors are so enamored with their own words that they tend … Continue reading →
Most writers know someone who has done well financially by self-publishing. Maybe you have a friend who has mastered the Kindle business model and racked up thousands of sales after giving their book away free for a few days. Or … Continue reading →
For about five years my goal as a rookie writer was to build a short story collection, one hundred fifty pages long, to submit to The Loft’s Mentor competition. A copy of my first submission is stored in the back … Continue reading →
At a certain age many women won’t leave their home without a partial social mask called makeup. Maybe tinted moisturizer and lip shimmer. Maybe the whole deal with shadow and mascara and real lipstick. Even in the grocery store or … Continue reading →
How much is a creative writer worth? The facts are harsh. Writers are like job seekers paying a potential employer to review a job application. We’re a class of professionals who will work eighty hours in a month merely for … Continue reading →
Harvesting Ashwood: Minnesota 2037 will be delivered in one month. Before sitting back to admire the cover and enjoy the glow, my attention has shifted to revising the final book of the Ashwood trilogy. With a new website launching soon, … Continue reading →
Every writer must be a reader. I won’t back down from that statement. A writer who does not read is like a person applying for a driving license who has never sat behind the steering wheel. I have my book … Continue reading →
Blogs are kind of like the New York Times of miscellaneous information when news crawls across the bottom of a screen fulfill some readers’ need for all the facts.
Continue reading →Think about building a trailer for your next creative project. It’s a good way to think out of the box about your own work
Continue reading →Finding the best blogs to follow or query for a review is a bit like searching for a dozen blue gumballs in a bin filled with thousands of small, round candies.
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