DAN ALATORRE

Thoughts?

It’s kinda sorta because it’s only 14 questions, but I think 20 Questions With So And So sounds better than 14 Questions With So And So. Actually, now that I’ve written that out, it doesn’t. But I’m not changing it. Joleene is a friend of the blog and a very creative person – as you’ll […]

From time to time we feature other authors here on the blog besides me. Today and tomorrow I’m featuring two friends (DM Miller today, Jolene Naylor tomorrow), who are both interesting and who both OUGHT to come on the video show (no pressure) but who also both shed some light on authoring from their own unique […]

Last week, I talked a little about social media (HERE), and in the comments/replies, I mentioned how I drive crazy amounts of traffic to my blog using my secret method on Twitter. It’s not really a secret. If you follow me on Twitter (my handle is Dan Alatorre AUTHOR @savvystories) you’d see me do it. Which is […]

That’s it. Write a kiss. Any kiss. Could be a long, lingering, delicate kiss between forbidden lovers, stealing a precious moment they’ve both longed for… Could be a sad kiss goodbye… A mother playfully kissing her child as she puts her to bed… A husband tearfully kissing his wife as he closes her casket… Could […]

Do you describe characters, and do you have a picture of what your character looks like taped to your computer?

So I did a little test this past week or so. I posted on the blog but I didn’t tweet about the posts. Wait, let me reread that. Okay, yeah. Now, it turned out that I got just as many views and comments without tweeting as I did when I tweeted the prior week. I […]

“You know, if Sunday morning didn’t fall after Saturday night, I’d have a lot less reason to go to church…” – Me Do you believe in God? Most of you do. That’s a statistical fact. Probably. I went to Catholic schools all the way from grade school through high school and into college – yeah, a […]

But I may be biased. Why don’t YOU have a look at this week’s show and tell me what you think? Check out all our hilarious shows on our Writers Off Task With Friends YouTube channel. Your input last time was very valuable to us. We listened to your suggestions and made changes to make […]

My friend Andrew Hiller made this observation recently: “My favorite Bradbury tip is actually… in your opening ‘graph activate at least 3 of your readers’ five senses. It’s a rule of thumb I try to stick to. I want my reader to see, hear, smell, touch, or feel something right from the get go.” What! What […]