Tomorrow is my first book festival since Covid canceled everything. I am joining ten writer-members of the Maryland Romance Writers under our very own tent at the Write Women Book Fest in Glenn Dale, Md. These are accomplished women from best-selling authors to undiscovered newbies who have written books everyone should read. If you like…
I am participating in the Write Women Book Fest Saturday, Oct. 8, with the Maryland Romance Writers. In fact, I’m the coordinator for this group of successful, professional writers and those who are well on their way to novel success. We’ve spent a lot of time talking about what we should discuss with readers who…
I am helping the Maryland Romance Writers organize a tent of our own at the Write Women Book Fest Oct. 8, 12 noon to 5 p.m. It will be held on the leafy grounds of the Marietta House Museum near Bowie Md. We’re going to have panel presentations, author spotlights, reader Q&As, and lots of…
November is over. Already a hectic month–besides Thanksgiving, I have a hundred million leaves in my yard and a small sailboat that has got to get out of the water before the winter winds blow in. So what do I do? Spend plenty of waking hours attempting to write 50,000 words as part of a…
That’s my list of five essential things. I wonder…what five things do you need in your creative life?
The Maryland Romance Writers love sharing their love of the process of writing. Our group has decided to spread the love a little further by hosting summer write-ins for our members—and anyone who would like to join us. If you’ve been thinking I’d like to write a novel, a memoir, a short story, a letter…
How did you become a writer? Or a reader, for that matter? How did I get here? All those unseen hands. Sure, I’ve got the hands that have worn out the letter A on my laptop from hours of tapping out new stories, ideas, synopses, query letters. But I can never forget the unseen hands.…
The sun hadn’t shone for days but when the Baltimore Book Festival opened Friday morning, the clouds slipped out of the way of the sun and we were treated to three gorgeous early fall days. Baltimore’s Inner Harbor was packed with book-lovers. I spent a lot of time with the Maryland Romance Writers. Even though I…
The Baltimore Book Festival is set to begin Friday morning at 11. If you love books and writers, words and sentences, grammar and punctuation, pizza and Asian steamed buns (I always have to mention food), this is your festival. The Maryland Romance Writers tent is on Light Street near the Visitors Center. The schedule is…
Too many adverbs. Telling instead of showing. POV problem. Huh? I can count on my eagle-eyed group of critique partners to point out my story’s flaws, mistakes and plain bad writing. I got lucky when I signed up for an online critique group. I was ready to let someone else read my story but I never…
Mary K. Tilghman writes 