by Maggie Preston | Feb 22, 2017 | Uncategorized
I wish my creativity had a switch. I could turn it on when I have the time and energy to write. I could turn it off at 2AM when I’m trying to sleep but my characters are busy plotting out the rest of my book. I’m grateful for that, don’t think otherwise. I’d be a...
by Maggie Preston | Feb 15, 2017 | Uncategorized
The new year is shedding the moniker new as we move solidly into February. More than likely those New Year’s resolutions are starting to waver as reality puts a crimp in our determination to make this year different from the last. What promises did you make as a...
by Maggie Preston | Feb 8, 2017 | Uncategorized
Social media is a trap, in case you aren’t aware. A time-sucking, soul-draining, brain-numbing trap. And we need it, dammit. It’s one of the areas I’m weak in my writing career. Once upon a time, a writer had to focus on writing. Now, we are editor, agent, publicist....
by Maggie Preston | Jan 25, 2017 | Uncategorized
Contest season has begun! There’s a love/hate relationship between contests and writers. Writers, even those who would never show their work to another living soul under normal circumstances, want the feedback from a reader. Does our story connect with them? Do they...
by Maggie Preston | Jan 11, 2017 | Uncategorized
We all know what happens in January. We make unrealistic goals for the year, most of which go the way of the dodo by March 1. Judging by the exponential increase in the number of new people at my gym, this tradition is in full swing. I’ve been guilty of this in the...
