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Every year I tried to attend a wonderful writers’ symposium called Life the Universe and Everything. Here are some notes I took from a panel of author(s) who were guests at the symposium. Enjoy   –        Teasers need to have … Continue reading →

Every year I tried to attend a wonderful writers’ symposium called Life the Universe and Everything. Here are some notes I took from a panel of author(s) who were guests at the symposium. Enjoy –        Storyboards can help you catch … Continue reading →

This panel is from last year’s Life the Universe and Everything. There are some wonderful panels at this symposium. I hope these ideas can be of use to you as well. –        Some reason the remakes of others are lion … Continue reading →

This was not the original name of this panel at last year’s Life the Universe and Everything. Nor do I have the documentation of who was on the panel. But it is some good advice to authors. I hope these … Continue reading →

I had one of my non-fiction articles printed on a web site that promotes family values. Here is the link and the article: http://staging.familius.net/opening-the-box-object-lesson-for-families Opening the box object lesson for families By melva gifford  |  Sun, 10/20/2013 I’m an author and storyteller. … Continue reading →

Last winter I attended a symposium called Life, The Universe and Everything. Here are the notes from one of the presentation. I don’t recall the author but look up the books mentioned here and you should be able to find … Continue reading →

For this month at Timp Tellers story telling club, I attend a workshop on creativity.  I think it was by Vance. The presenter gave the following ideas to build our brain power and increase our activity. Here are a few … Continue reading →

Last winter I attended a symposium called Life, The Universe and Everything. Here are the notes from one of the panels. –        Make manuscript stand out to concept. Concept is important as it offers something unusual. Have a clean manuscript. … Continue reading →

Last winter I attended a symposium called Life, The Universe and Everything. Here are the notes from one of the panels. –        It takes 10 years to become overnight success. –        Final draft is software used by scriptwriters. If you … Continue reading →

I attend an online seminar that discussed the romance market. For some reason the sound cut out about halt way through but they invited us to share what we learned with others and so here are the beginning of my … Continue reading →