As I have embarked on my journey toward certification as a creativity coach, I have been fortunate to encounter some massively creative and interesting individuals, including multi-talented Doreen Poreba, a fellow creativity coach who is also an author, public...
In this guest blog post, Anita Rose Merando examines the creative processes of singing and writing, and the random, sometimes fickle and unforeseen ways they flow from us and into their final form. The Nature of Process It is not glamorous or exciting, grabbing...
This morning, the Florida Authors and Publishers Association released the complete list of 2014-2015 winners of their President’s Awards. Members of Tallahassee Writers Association, authors who are in Tallahassee’s Southern Yellow Pine Publishing family,...
Over the next few months, we will feature several guests discussing creativity and how it affects their lives, their work, their artistry, and their writing. In the first in this series, our guest is Bekah Keyes, the author of “The Digging Deeper Series.”...
Many readers and others outside of publishing view writing, especially fiction writing, as glamorous, fun, and/or easy. Those of us involved in the process know the truth. Yes, it can be fun, but sometimes it just isn’t. When our muses are being...
We’ve had bragging rights for several weeks now, but just been too busy to flaunt it! Well, we are ready to now! AROUND THE WRITER’S TABLE is ecstatic at the success that three of our author-clients are enjoying. All of them were President’s Award...
LADY OF THE HOUSE, written by Around the Writer’s Table client and award-winning author LYNN BRAXTON has been written up in Southern Literary Review! This Southern novel has received nominations and awards from the Florida Writer’s Association and...
There are multiple sources of funding available to authors–some are by niche, by geographic region, or by genre. Check these out to see if any might be suitable for you…and keep writing! Get Paid to Write: Great Grants for Writers. Search for: Gina Edwards...
Although I’m an editor, some of the questions I am asked most often are about marketing. Here’s some information from a long-time publishing insider with some advice, strategies, and tips to help authors with the often scary, generally elusive, and...
We are thick into the summer heat and humidity in Florida. What’s the weather like where you are? Some writers find it difficult to focus during this time, partially due to summer doldrums, partially due to distractions of kids being out of school. Others seek...
