Backstory: Consider it Gone by Rolynn Anderson
Let the Reader Fill in the Blanks Readers as well as folks who go to the movies are smart and like solving puzzles. I wonder if we give...
My July Shout-Out to Author Samaritans
For the summer months, I’m celebrating the individuals who helped me create my stories. Without live experts to advise me, I’d be...
SAY GOODBYE TO BACKSTORY; ADIOS TO LUSH, GREEN LAWNS
Saying adios to what we knew and embraced as key parts of our culture, is hard. Once I was entranced by novel openings that drew me...
Bluebirds and #amwriting by Rolynn Anderson
All’s right with the world. I’m hatching a new novel, FIRE IS NICE, and a pair of bluebirds are busily creating new life in their home...
NEED HELP MARKETING YOUR BOOK? BETTER ASK A FOOL!
Book sales are abysmal, and the ‘normal’ ways we counted on to reach buyers, don’t work anymore. Facebook has failed us (in too many ways...
#Libraries and #Democracy, a Pairing We Need More than Ever! by Rolynn Anderson
"If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.” -Cicero Before the internet, libraries were our second homes. ...
#AMWRITING…STANDING
“Stand Up, Sit Down…Fight, Fight, Fight!” Remember this spirit chant from high school? Who would have thought that as writers, we ‘d...
Where Did Smokey Bear Go?
WHERE DID SMOKEY THE BEAR GO? FIRE IS NICE is my newest novel, out in early 2018. Its setting is the glorious Sequoia/Kings National...
BOOKSIGNING FOLLY #5: NO FOLLOW-UP
So, you’re tired from standing for six hours. You get home, have a glass of wine, and wonder why you weren’t writing instead of selling....
BOOKSIGNING FOLLY #4: SITTING & WAITING
The biggest mistake I see authors making at booksignings, is their decision to sit behind tables, barriers to conversation. If you have...
