DAN ALATORRE

So, you wrote your book and you did your best to catch all the little mistakes we all make (I seem to have a fondness for typing OF instead of IF – as those of you who beta read the manuscript have no doubt discovered), and the rules for emdashes g*dd@mned ellipses are the devil. […]

Do you remember where you were when you got the idea for your first story?

Last week of school! Last week of kindergarten! Last week of my daughter’s class being the smallest kids on campus.  Most days, I drive through the car line and drop Savvy off and she disappears into a sea of other little kids headed to their classrooms.  Occasionally – like today – we go early and […]

  This is just a sample of the positive feedback The Navigators is receiving. Not ALL the feedback is positive, but most of it is – and I’m grateful for all of it. You need honest, candid input from your beta readers! And… it’s nice to bask in the glow, too, and see you did […]

We talk a lot about writer oriented topics here on the blog because we want all of you to take that story I know is in you and get it out to the world. All of you have a great story to tell, and if I can help it reach the masses, I want to […]

Author-blogger-mom Allie Potts joins the trio for a hilarious and educational interview before facing off with Jenny in our challenge to be named Best Author Of The Week. This Week’s Topics Include: What’s your writing process? When/how do you find time to write An Uncertain Faith – semi autobiographical? The Fair & Foul – amazing […]

OK gang, I might – MIGHT – be in the market for a new computer.Mine’s a piece of crap. I guess Father’s Day is coming up and my birthday, so… Anyway, if you bought a computer in the last year or so and you like it a lot, tell me what it is and what […]

This has some good ideas http://www.thinkingthroughourfingers.com/2016/06/how-to-write-synopsis-in-ten-steps.html

Well? Who’s rescuing you?

“I wanted to say I like how you worked in the story about visiting the child’s grandmother before the grandmother was ill… Reminded me of my mom actually brought me to tears. – beta reader