How the Smokin’ Ghost Got Her Groove Back

A True Story Once upon a time, a really smokin’ ghost lost her groove. No, she didn’t collide with some old man while dancing down the hall, and she didn’t go to Jamaica and hook up with an underage cutie, either. She just got smacked in the face with that most famous of all movie [...]

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Maryan Pelland just sent me Chip McGregor’s 10/29/09 blog about personal stories no longer being viable in today’s book business. He’s absolutely right–from an agent’s pov. Here’s my take: publishers aren’t willing to spend money on these books because the market for them is down since the Internet is indeed awash with such personal stories [...]

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Writers, please take my survey to help me figure out what kind of classes you’re interested in taking next Spring–besides Ghostwriter Certification Training, of course. Click Here to take survey Thank you very much. – Claudia Suzanne

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…and while we’re on the subject of fantastic writer opportunities, don’t forget to sign up for this year’s National Novel Writing Month at http://nanowrimo.org. Remember, you only have to get 1,700 words done every day to make that 50,000 word goal, so put together your outline and character studies Now and get ready to write [...]

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I just finished giving my Before Copy Editing workshop for the 2nd year at the MUSE Online Writers Conference, a full week of workshops, chats with professionals, agents, and editors, and–new this year–the opportunity to pitch to publishers. As with any conference, there was no way to absorb all the fantastic information being offered FOR [...]

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