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Woman Writer Abroad in the World

Posted on February 24, 2008 by beverlymagid in Beverly's Blog

I actually remember the excitement when JFK was President and the horror when he was asssassinated. So I understand the feelings of young voters who think they’ve discovered someone new, like Sen. Obama, but I also know how extraordinary it is to have a woman candidate up for the office. I’m sorry that the Clinton […]

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Promoting Your Book

Posted on February 20, 2008 by beverlymagid in Beverly's Blog

According to Karen Syed, CEO of Echelon Publishing, promoting your writing could be a fulltime job, and the most important one, if you want to sell books. At the past weeekend conference of the SoCalWritersConference in San Diego, I was bombarded by information and ideas on how to market your book. People were there with […]

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Promoting Is Fun, But Writing Is Better

Posted on February 15, 2008 by beverlymagid in Beverly's Blog

This has been a great week for the writer mode, not so much on the writing mode. I did two interviews, one phoner and one tv interview. I found out how much fun it was sitting and talking about myself, my book, my writing, my approach. my, my, me,me. me. My clients used to complain […]

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Workshopping

Posted on February 11, 2008 by beverlymagid in Beverly's Blog

Wow! After four days of intensive workshopping at UCLA, I both exhausted and jazzed. There’s nothing like focusing on nothing but writing, surrounded by nothing but writers, which to jumpstart the creative processes. First of all, I was lucky, being in a small class which had such diverse voices, but all interesting and engaging. Secondly, […]

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Creative Energy in Class

Posted on February 7, 2008 by beverlymagid in Beverly's Blog

There’s nothing like being in class to force the creative energy. If only I could do this everyday on my own. But having a chance to work all day at writing just makes the blood flow quickly and the brain open up to all the possibilities. I’m at UCLA for a four day intensive workshop […]

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Keep That Writing Going

Posted on February 6, 2008 by beverlymagid in Beverly's Blog

Every teacher and mentor has said the same thing: you have to write everyday, even if it’s just a paragraph, just sit and write for an hour. Writing is a muscle you have to keep exercising or it grows slack and soft. Sounds easy enough, but so many of us find that harder than getting […]

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Woman Writer Abroad in the World

Posted on February 5, 2008 by beverlymagid in Beverly's Blog

First blog ever, so this is a new experience writing a public diary of thoughts. As a newly published novelist, I wanted to share my experience of the process of getting a book out there for the world to chew up and hopefully not spit out. It may be a cliche but letting go of […]

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