DAN ALATORRE

For those of you writing your book or who are getting ready to publish it, this is about the value of teamwork.     My book is kicking ass right now because it had a good launch on July 1 and because I’m doing some marketing now with Kindle countdown.  However, the teamwork aspect is crucial.  […]

Buy it HERE if you didn’t already, slackers. And, hey, when you hit a goal, celebrate. Brag. Then get back to work.  

Colleen Landry became a friend through her hilarious blog so naturally when she co authored a book with Odette Barr and Beth Wetherbee, I interviewed them on Writers Off Task With Friends.  But watching the EFFORT in marketing these ladies have put forth for their book is amazing.  It’s like they’re always doing something.  Always.  […]

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Hmm. I must be going on vacation to the beach tomorrow. Seems I forgot all about posting today.  Maybe I’ll post tomorrow.  Maybe not.  Oh, but The Navigators goes on sale for 99 cents tomorrow in a Kindle countdown deal. Gift it to a friend and look like a hero – they won’t know you […]

Who influenced you as a writer? Um… books. At what age did you know you wanted to write professionally? Yes. If there was a novel about your childhood, who would write it? Mark Twain He’s dead. That’ll take longer, then. Practice your answers to interview questions, folks. People expect writers to be articulate.

I got asked how long I thought each story should be and how much time each writer would have to write their segments. Good question. I typically consider a chapter to be about 3000 words. If you can make your point in 1500 words, God bless you. I am too verbose for that. However, the […]

Aliens are about to vaporize the earth (not all of it, mind you, let’s just say extremely large bits) and you happen to have a time capsule that can withstand their death rays. What are the five items you stick in there for the future remnant of civilization to dig up a hundred years later? […]

  I got an email from one of our co-conspirators who wanted to know about writing styles and start dates, expectations for completion… Hmm. Okay, I should probably address that stuff. First off: style/voice Using the “fat outline” and the brief story segments I wrote, you should have an idea of the style and voice […]

Have you ever spent time with anyone famous? (Was there any ransom involved?)