by Hollye Dexter | May 15, 2012 | fear of success, finding your authentic voice, memoir, publishing, writer's block, writing, writing life, writing memoir
My new author photo?I’m having one of those crappy writing days. You know the ones…when you’re typing away, then you go back to read it and it seems like a chimpanzee had commandeered your keyboard…or maybe your cat walked across it? What is this senseless drivel...
by Hollye Dexter | Jul 1, 2011 | Dancing At the Shame Prom, friendship, how to get published, life lessons, publishing, writing, writing rejection
When I got the phone call that Seal Press had bought our anthology Dancing at The Shame Prom, I was cautiously optimistic. When I got the email, I smiled…a little. When my agent sent the contract for review, I carefully read it over and asked the pertinent questions....
by Hollye Dexter | Feb 2, 2011 | bookstores closing, changes in publishing, kindle, paper books, publishing, Societal Woes, writing
Once upon a time, in a land far, far away….bookstores and little paper books roamed the Earth. Oh, wait…that was just last year.On Monday I went with my friend Linda to the seminar “The Future of Publishing”, hosted by Independent Writers of Southern California. There...
by Hollye Dexter | Feb 4, 2010 | publishing, rejection, writing
I took a crushing blow today. And what really sucks is that it never even needed to happen. Here I was minding my own business, writing my heart out these last five years for no reason other than to maintain my sanity, and then … a month ago I get this email. It’s an...