JOANNA ELM, Author, Journalist, Attorney
The Pleasures and Perils Of A Writing Life
I discovered something about authors and social media this week — at least if my writers group in Palm Beach is anything to go by: A) Every author knows he/she must have some sort of presence on social media. B) Some authors have a social media presence, engage with it and enjoy it. C) Most simply don’t know what to do with the social media accounts they have signed up for. Continue reading “Social Media For Authors: Choose Your Poison”
What do you do when you’re as finished with your manuscript as you can possibly be ?
You finished the first and second and third drafts months ago. You submitted the manuscript for two rounds of professional edits. You corrected punctuation and typos, clarified the obscure, and tweaked.
Then, you had a sudden urge to re-write the first two chapters — all over again. You re-wrote the first two chapters — all over again. You read them, you tweaked them. You replaced them with your original first two chapters. Continue reading “Someone Has To Be Last: A Novel Approach”
You may recall a couple of weeks ago I wrote about the reading pledge I made on Goodreads, the social media site for bookworms, to read 50 books in 2018. This was on top of the deadline I set for myself to finish my manuscript for Book 3. Continue reading “A Reading Challenge Isn’t Always A Good Thing For You”
For those of us who tend to be dubious about an after-life, living for decades, if not forever, holds enormous appeal — but only with sound mind — and with all parts working. A report in the British newspaper, The Guardian, holds out exactly this kind of promise. And, it has nothing to do with finding the right kind of exercise as in, for example, the New York Times article The Best Sport for a Longer Life? Try Tennis — which I personally found enormously encouraging, but realize it’s only a stopgap measure. Continue reading “Body Parts, Privacy & Other Great News Reports of 2018”
I love reading. I’ve always loved reading. I think I love reading almost more than I love writing. It’s certainly easier than writing. I didn’t think reading one book a week would be any kind of a problem. So, as I blogged last week, I pledged to read 50 books this year in the Goodreads Reading Challenge. As of this week I’ve read 44 ( I got behind because of my own writing and edits on Book3.) Six more books to read in the next 9 days. Piece of cake!
In the meantime, here are my top picks in the following categories: Continue reading “Top Book Picks Of 2018 In 10 Quirky Categories”