This Saturday, August 2, I'll join the poets, musicians, and artists celebrating all things creative at the Index Arts Festival in the tiny town of Index, Washington. There will be live music, readings, an open mic, and art, art, art, art, art. I'll be one of the featured participants in the spoken word program, which runs … Continue reading Live Reading: Index Arts Festival
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The Wisdom of Laughter: Real Life Lessons from Fiction
Several people in my circle are dealing with cancer and other serious illness. Old and young and in-between, they must find ways to cope with diagnosis, treatment, surgeries, and caregiving. And decisions. So many decisions that have to be made. For June's "Fictional Lessons for An All-Too-Real Life," it put me in mind of this … Continue reading The Wisdom of Laughter: Real Life Lessons from Fiction
Of promos and hippos
I am dipping my toes into the vast swirling eddies of video promo. My first attempt stars the hippo painted on the wall of my home office, where I do a lot of my writing. If this looks homemade to you, well, I prefer the term "handcrafted." In Hippo Promo 1, my hippo shows off … Continue reading Of promos and hippos
Jane speaks for herself
Jane (the main character in You, Jane) appears on fellow author Olga Godim's blog to answer a few questions about herself. I hope Olga didn't have to bleep her... Jane has a tendency to go a little, well, off-script. (Olga's a pretty talented writer herself - check out her work while you're on her site.)
Luck or Fate? June’s Lucky 13 Musings
There's a scene in You, Jane in which Our Heroine meets someone who will play a critical role in Jane's story. Their meeting seems accidental, taking place when Jane visits a new-age neo-hippy ashram in Taos, as she searches for a place to call home. It's even described as a stroke of luck: Sam’s description … Continue reading Luck or Fate? June’s Lucky 13 Musings
The ‘Wild West’ of digital publishing
Here's a nice addition to release week for You, Jane: Our local paper covers the "Wild West" of digital publishing, using my own (terrific, fortunately) experience with Champagne Books as an example. ~*~ Digital publishing may be a relatively new format, but the path to publication still requires commitment and determination from authors, wheth… via … Continue reading The ‘Wild West’ of digital publishing
You, Jane: Release Day!
When new books release, there's a bit of pressure to describe the Big Themes of the novel. As You, Jane hits the e-shelves today, I thought I'd share the Big Theme that I think inspired this story - in hindsight. I started writing You, Jane during my first wonderful, terrifying, dizzyingly satisfying experience with National … Continue reading You, Jane: Release Day!
Fictional Lessons for Real Life: Happy Endings
What stories would you write if you knew they might come true? What if you had no idea how they would come true, or when, or who they would affect? That's Jane Margaret Blake's dilemma as she struggles with her fables, the tales she writes that create havoc in her real world. Years ago, one … Continue reading Fictional Lessons for Real Life: Happy Endings
You, Jane – Excerpt
You, Jane releases the first week in June. This book began when I wondered, what kind of superpower would I want? To write stories that come true popped into my mind. Then I realized that every power carries its own, well, complications, shall we say. What if the stories you write would come true, but … Continue reading You, Jane – Excerpt
You, Jane – Cover Art
I'm getting ready for the launch of You, Jane, the first week in June. Over the next few weeks, I'll post excerpts to help tell the story of Jane, her best friend Charlie, and her tendency to create havoc by writing stories that come true. Here's the gorgeous cover by Champagne artist Amanda Kelsey.
Elizabeth Fountain, Author 