Monday, August 30, 2010
Why Do I Write & What Is My Process–by Emily Kennedy
Posted by Anjuelle Floyd | Filed under Why Do I Write & What Is My Process, anjuellefloyd.com
I come from a family of writers, though none of them knew it. They hid their thoughts, so eloquently expressed in letters packed carelessly in cardboard boxes and stashed in a hot and dusty attic. I found these letters from the twenties, forties, fifties when I was settling my aunt’s estate. They were there with my own, the ones I sent her throughout my childhood. I was faithful if not completely in command of my words then. I can tell that I tried to sound literary, even when describing a trip to the movies or a problem with my sister. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/LyI7a
I come from a family of writers, though none of them knew it. They hid their thoughts, so eloquently expressed in letters packed carelessly in cardboard boxes and stashed in a hot and dusty attic. I found these letters from the twenties, forties, fifties when I was settling my aunt’s estate. They were there with my own, the ones I sent her throughout my childhood. I was faithful if not completely in command of my words then. I can tell that I tried to sound literary, even when describing a trip to the movies or a problem with my sister. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/LyI7a
Why Do I Write & What Is My Process–by Emily Kennedy
Posted by Anjuelle Floyd | Filed under Why Do I Write & What Is My Process, anjuellefloyd.com
I come from a family of writers, though none of them knew it. They hid their thoughts, so eloquently expressed in letters packed carelessly in cardboard boxes and stashed in a hot and dusty attic. I found these letters from the twenties, forties, fifties when I was settling my aunt’s estate. They were there with my own, the ones I sent her throughout my childhood. I was faithful if not completely in command of my words then. I can tell that I tried to sound literary, even when describing a trip to the movies or a problem with my sister. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/9bq4C
I come from a family of writers, though none of them knew it. They hid their thoughts, so eloquently expressed in letters packed carelessly in cardboard boxes and stashed in a hot and dusty attic. I found these letters from the twenties, forties, fifties when I was settling my aunt’s estate. They were there with my own, the ones I sent her throughout my childhood. I was faithful if not completely in command of my words then. I can tell that I tried to sound literary, even when describing a trip to the movies or a problem with my sister. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/9bq4C
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Radio Show | Eric Jerome Brown
Posted by Anjuelle Floyd | Filed under Event, Interview, Radio Show
Author, producer, and documentary film maker, Eric Jerome Brown, discusses his novella, Miss Sue Lucky’s Fishin’ Secrets.
So tune in.
From: http://ping.fm/QNPie
Author, producer, and documentary film maker, Eric Jerome Brown, discusses his novella, Miss Sue Lucky’s Fishin’ Secrets.
So tune in.
From: http://ping.fm/QNPie
Radio Show | Eric Jerome Brown
Posted by Anjuelle Floyd | Filed under Event, Interview, Radio Show
Author, producer, and documentary film maker, Eric Jerome Brown, discusses his novella, Miss Sue Lucky’s Fishin’ Secrets.
So tune in.
From: http://ping.fm/MvmVT
Author, producer, and documentary film maker, Eric Jerome Brown, discusses his novella, Miss Sue Lucky’s Fishin’ Secrets.
So tune in.
From: http://ping.fm/MvmVT
Thursday, August 26, 2010
…the writing life… | “Bollywood, The Hijinks of Thrillers, and Definition…†http://ping.fm/fZRSY
…the writing life… | “Bollywood, The Hijinks of Thrillers, and Definition…â€
Posted by Anjuelle Floyd | Filed under ...the writing life..., Musings
I am always amazed how much screen time Bollywood movies donate to establishing and clarifying family relations of the film’s protagonist compared to the nil to absent mention of family connections in American movies.
The protagonist of an American made movie can be undergoing the direst and most despairing of circumstances and the screenplay makes no mention of mother, father, sister, or brother. Often very little time or explanation is given to the ex-spouse or ex-significant other, unless she or he is central to the plot.
Where Bollywood movies perhaps overdramatize the gifts and goodness of family, American theater emphasizes the need to break away and discover who one truly is. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/E9tHz
I am always amazed how much screen time Bollywood movies donate to establishing and clarifying family relations of the film’s protagonist compared to the nil to absent mention of family connections in American movies.
The protagonist of an American made movie can be undergoing the direst and most despairing of circumstances and the screenplay makes no mention of mother, father, sister, or brother. Often very little time or explanation is given to the ex-spouse or ex-significant other, unless she or he is central to the plot.
Where Bollywood movies perhaps overdramatize the gifts and goodness of family, American theater emphasizes the need to break away and discover who one truly is. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/E9tHz
…the writing life… | “Bollywood, The Hijinks of Thrillers, and Definition…â€
Posted by Anjuelle Floyd | Filed under ...the writing life..., Musings
I am always amazed how much screen time Bollywood movies donate to establishing and clarifying family relations of the film’s protagonist compared to the nil to absent mention of family connections in American movies.
The protagonist of an American made movie can be undergoing the direst and most despairing of circumstances and the screenplay makes no mention of mother, father, sister, or brother. Often very little time or explanation is given to the ex-spouse or ex-significant other, unless she or he is central to the plot.
Where Bollywood movies perhaps overdramatize the gifts and goodness of family, American theater emphasizes the need to break away and discover who one truly is. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/9kNK7
I am always amazed how much screen time Bollywood movies donate to establishing and clarifying family relations of the film’s protagonist compared to the nil to absent mention of family connections in American movies.
The protagonist of an American made movie can be undergoing the direst and most despairing of circumstances and the screenplay makes no mention of mother, father, sister, or brother. Often very little time or explanation is given to the ex-spouse or ex-significant other, unless she or he is central to the plot.
Where Bollywood movies perhaps overdramatize the gifts and goodness of family, American theater emphasizes the need to break away and discover who one truly is. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/9kNK7
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Katherine Harms–writer aboard S/Y No Boundaries
Posted by Anjuelle Floyd | Filed under Why Do I Write & What Is My Process, anjuellefloyd.com
When I first began writing, I wanted to write, because I wanted to have published something.
In 2000, I started writing, because I had something to say.
In 2000, during Lent I studied the life of Hannah, the mother of Samuel as a model for making sacrifices.
By the autumn, I was working on a novel about Hannah.
I had discovered that her faith journey in ancient Israel had many parallels with the faith journey of a woman in the twenty-first century, despite the three millennia that separated Hannah and me. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/AUuVb
When I first began writing, I wanted to write, because I wanted to have published something.
In 2000, I started writing, because I had something to say.
In 2000, during Lent I studied the life of Hannah, the mother of Samuel as a model for making sacrifices.
By the autumn, I was working on a novel about Hannah.
I had discovered that her faith journey in ancient Israel had many parallels with the faith journey of a woman in the twenty-first century, despite the three millennia that separated Hannah and me. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/AUuVb
Katherine Harms–writer aboard S/Y No Boundaries
Posted by Anjuelle Floyd | Filed under Why Do I Write & What Is My Process, anjuellefloyd.com
When I first began writing, I wanted to write, because I wanted to have published something.
In 2000, I started writing, because I had something to say.
In 2000, during Lent I studied the life of Hannah, the mother of Samuel as a model for making sacrifices.
By the autumn, I was working on a novel about Hannah.
I had discovered that her faith journey in ancient Israel had many parallels with the faith journey of a woman in the twenty-first century, despite the three millennia that separated Hannah and me.
In 2004, my book, Hannah’s Journal, placed third in a field of 270 entries in the Christian Writers Guild First Novel Contest.
That book is still unpublished, but my success in the contest invigorated me.
I soon tackled two more novels, which are at present unfinished. The reason is that I continued to develop a better sense of direction as a writer.
In the beginning, I almost dismissed my non-fiction writing as busy work, something to do when I couldn’t think of any stories.
I wrote meditations, prayers, worship guides, articles and teaching plans.
While I struggled with the problems of plot, character development, setting, dialogue and so forth that are part of the craft of a fiction writer, I wrote commentary and background spontaneously, as a natural outgrowth of my research.
One day I had the mind-boggling revelation that it was possible to be a successful writer without selling a novel. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/k2Bze
When I first began writing, I wanted to write, because I wanted to have published something.
In 2000, I started writing, because I had something to say.
In 2000, during Lent I studied the life of Hannah, the mother of Samuel as a model for making sacrifices.
By the autumn, I was working on a novel about Hannah.
I had discovered that her faith journey in ancient Israel had many parallels with the faith journey of a woman in the twenty-first century, despite the three millennia that separated Hannah and me.
In 2004, my book, Hannah’s Journal, placed third in a field of 270 entries in the Christian Writers Guild First Novel Contest.
That book is still unpublished, but my success in the contest invigorated me.
I soon tackled two more novels, which are at present unfinished. The reason is that I continued to develop a better sense of direction as a writer.
In the beginning, I almost dismissed my non-fiction writing as busy work, something to do when I couldn’t think of any stories.
I wrote meditations, prayers, worship guides, articles and teaching plans.
While I struggled with the problems of plot, character development, setting, dialogue and so forth that are part of the craft of a fiction writer, I wrote commentary and background spontaneously, as a natural outgrowth of my research.
One day I had the mind-boggling revelation that it was possible to be a successful writer without selling a novel. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/k2Bze
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Katherine Harms–writer aboard S/Y No Boundaries
Posted by Anjuelle Floyd | Filed under Why Do I Write & What Is My Process, anjuellefloyd.com
When I first began writing, I wanted to write, because I wanted to have published something.
In 2000, I started writing, because I had something to say.
In 2000, during Lent I studied the life of Hannah, the mother of Samuel as a model for making sacrifices.
By the autumn, I was working on a novel about Hannah.
I had discovered that her faith journey in ancient Israel had many parallels with the faith journey of a woman in the twenty-first century, despite the three millennia that separated Hannah and me.
In 2004, my book, Hannah’s Journal, placed third in a field of 270 entries in the Christian Writers Guild First Novel Contest.
That book is still unpublished, but my success in the contest invigorated me.
I soon tackled two more novels, which are at present unfinished. The reason is that I continued to develop a better sense of direction as a writer.
In the beginning, I almost dismissed my non-fiction writing as busy work, something to do when I couldn’t think of any stories.
I wrote meditations, prayers, worship guides, articles and teaching plans.
While I struggled with the problems of plot, character development, setting, dialogue and so forth that are part of the craft of a fiction writer, I wrote commentary and background spontaneously, as a natural outgrowth of my research.
One day I had the mind-boggling revelation that it was possible to be a successful writer without selling a novel. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/WQyIV
When I first began writing, I wanted to write, because I wanted to have published something.
In 2000, I started writing, because I had something to say.
In 2000, during Lent I studied the life of Hannah, the mother of Samuel as a model for making sacrifices.
By the autumn, I was working on a novel about Hannah.
I had discovered that her faith journey in ancient Israel had many parallels with the faith journey of a woman in the twenty-first century, despite the three millennia that separated Hannah and me.
In 2004, my book, Hannah’s Journal, placed third in a field of 270 entries in the Christian Writers Guild First Novel Contest.
That book is still unpublished, but my success in the contest invigorated me.
I soon tackled two more novels, which are at present unfinished. The reason is that I continued to develop a better sense of direction as a writer.
In the beginning, I almost dismissed my non-fiction writing as busy work, something to do when I couldn’t think of any stories.
I wrote meditations, prayers, worship guides, articles and teaching plans.
While I struggled with the problems of plot, character development, setting, dialogue and so forth that are part of the craft of a fiction writer, I wrote commentary and background spontaneously, as a natural outgrowth of my research.
One day I had the mind-boggling revelation that it was possible to be a successful writer without selling a novel. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/WQyIV
Saturday, August 21, 2010
Radio Show | Rinda Hahn
Posted by Anjuelle Floyd | Filed under Event, Interview, Radio Show
Unspeakable Journey
Rinda Hahn discusses her debut novel, “Unspeakable Journey“.
So tune in.
From: http://ping.fm/T8blb
Unspeakable Journey
Rinda Hahn discusses her debut novel, “Unspeakable Journey“.
So tune in.
From: http://ping.fm/T8blb
Radio Show | Rinda Hahn
Posted by Anjuelle Floyd | Filed under Event, Interview, Radio Show
Unspeakable Journey
Rinda Hahn discusses her debut novel, “Unspeakable Journey“.
So tune in.
From: http://ping.fm/AD3UI
Unspeakable Journey
Rinda Hahn discusses her debut novel, “Unspeakable Journey“.
So tune in.
From: http://ping.fm/AD3UI
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Radio Interview | Anjuelle Floyd on “Red River Writersâ€
Posted by Anjuelle Floyd | Filed under Interview
Join me with Brian Cohen, author of “The Life O’Reilly, on Red River Writers, as I discuss “Keeper of Secrets…Translations of an Incident†with host, book reviewer, and author, Fran Lewis.
From: http://ping.fm/qLMy6
Join me with Brian Cohen, author of “The Life O’Reilly, on Red River Writers, as I discuss “Keeper of Secrets…Translations of an Incident†with host, book reviewer, and author, Fran Lewis.
From: http://ping.fm/qLMy6
Radio Interview | Anjuelle Floyd on “Red River Writersâ€
Posted by Anjuelle Floyd | Filed under Interview
Join me with Brian Cohen, author of “The Life O’Reilly, on Red River Writers, as I discuss “Keeper of Secrets…Translations of an Incident†with host, book reviewer, and author, Fran Lewis.
From: http://ping.fm/nWd6i
Join me with Brian Cohen, author of “The Life O’Reilly, on Red River Writers, as I discuss “Keeper of Secrets…Translations of an Incident†with host, book reviewer, and author, Fran Lewis.
From: http://ping.fm/nWd6i
Monday, August 16, 2010
…Married Life-why i write… | “Antonya Nelson, Escapism, and The New Frontier…†http://ping.fm/TLGxm
…Married Life-why i write… | “Antonya Nelson, Escapism, and The New Frontier…â€
Posted by Anjuelle Floyd | Filed under ...married life | why i write...
During a recent interview for The Writer Magazine, short story writer, Antonya Nelson, also dubbed, “…master of domestic drama…†received the received the statement, “...your work focuses on family-centered problems. Sue Miller has said men used to light out for the territories, but that ‘home’ is the new frontier.â€
To the interviewer, Sarah Anne Johnson’s question, “Do you agree?†Nelson responded, “I write about families because that’s what I know. I’m very glad other writers are writing about other things and places, adventures abroad, wars and plagues and science and zombies. But what I know intimately, what I can report on honestly, what I think about endlessly, is the relations among people who are attached to one another helplessly by faithfulness and need, as well as wrestling a contrary urge to be individuals. Family dramas are always positing the self vs. community, private vs. the public, and most importantly, the head vs. the heart.â€
–A Gift for the Short Form, by Sarah Anne Johnson, The Writer Magazine, September 2010
Reading this I knew immediately that Antonya Nelson was someone whose work I needed to start reading, not simply and so much from my perspective as a writer, but as a person who loves reading about families working it out, trying to work it out, sometimes, and oftentimes failing to work it out.
I am also a writer, who as a wife of 28 years and mother of 3, ages 11, 18, and 23, continually ponders and explores the nature of the marriage relationship, connections that spin and sprout from this union and how ripples in this union spread to those interactions of family members surrounding them. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/r86SK
During a recent interview for The Writer Magazine, short story writer, Antonya Nelson, also dubbed, “…master of domestic drama…†received the received the statement, “...your work focuses on family-centered problems. Sue Miller has said men used to light out for the territories, but that ‘home’ is the new frontier.â€
To the interviewer, Sarah Anne Johnson’s question, “Do you agree?†Nelson responded, “I write about families because that’s what I know. I’m very glad other writers are writing about other things and places, adventures abroad, wars and plagues and science and zombies. But what I know intimately, what I can report on honestly, what I think about endlessly, is the relations among people who are attached to one another helplessly by faithfulness and need, as well as wrestling a contrary urge to be individuals. Family dramas are always positing the self vs. community, private vs. the public, and most importantly, the head vs. the heart.â€
–A Gift for the Short Form, by Sarah Anne Johnson, The Writer Magazine, September 2010
Reading this I knew immediately that Antonya Nelson was someone whose work I needed to start reading, not simply and so much from my perspective as a writer, but as a person who loves reading about families working it out, trying to work it out, sometimes, and oftentimes failing to work it out.
I am also a writer, who as a wife of 28 years and mother of 3, ages 11, 18, and 23, continually ponders and explores the nature of the marriage relationship, connections that spin and sprout from this union and how ripples in this union spread to those interactions of family members surrounding them. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/r86SK
…Married Life-why i write… | “Antonya Nelson, Escapism, and The New Frontier…â€
Posted by Anjuelle Floyd | Filed under ...married life | why i write...
During a recent interview for The Writer Magazine, short story writer, Antonya Nelson, also dubbed, “…master of domestic drama…†received the received the statement, “...your work focuses on family-centered problems. Sue Miller has said men used to light out for the territories, but that ‘home’ is the new frontier.â€
To the interviewer, Sarah Anne Johnson’s question, “Do you agree?†Nelson responded, “I write about families because that’s what I know. I’m very glad other writers are writing about other things and places, adventures abroad, wars and plagues and science and zombies. But what I know intimately, what I can report on honestly, what I think about endlessly, is the relations among people who are attached to one another helplessly by faithfulness and need, as well as wrestling a contrary urge to be individuals. Family dramas are always positing the self vs. community, private vs. the public, and most importantly, the head vs. the heart.â€
–A Gift for the Short Form, by Sarah Anne Johnson, The Writer Magazine, September 2010
Reading this I knew immediately that Antonya Nelson was someone whose work I needed to start reading, not simply and so much from my perspective as a writer, but as a person who loves reading about families working it out, trying to work it out, sometimes, and oftentimes failing to work it out.
I am also a writer, who as a wife of 28 years and mother of 3, ages 11, 18, and 23, continually ponders and explores the nature of the marriage relationship, connections that spin and sprout from this union and how ripples in this union spread to those interactions of family members surrounding them. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/isxho
During a recent interview for The Writer Magazine, short story writer, Antonya Nelson, also dubbed, “…master of domestic drama…†received the received the statement, “...your work focuses on family-centered problems. Sue Miller has said men used to light out for the territories, but that ‘home’ is the new frontier.â€
To the interviewer, Sarah Anne Johnson’s question, “Do you agree?†Nelson responded, “I write about families because that’s what I know. I’m very glad other writers are writing about other things and places, adventures abroad, wars and plagues and science and zombies. But what I know intimately, what I can report on honestly, what I think about endlessly, is the relations among people who are attached to one another helplessly by faithfulness and need, as well as wrestling a contrary urge to be individuals. Family dramas are always positing the self vs. community, private vs. the public, and most importantly, the head vs. the heart.â€
–A Gift for the Short Form, by Sarah Anne Johnson, The Writer Magazine, September 2010
Reading this I knew immediately that Antonya Nelson was someone whose work I needed to start reading, not simply and so much from my perspective as a writer, but as a person who loves reading about families working it out, trying to work it out, sometimes, and oftentimes failing to work it out.
I am also a writer, who as a wife of 28 years and mother of 3, ages 11, 18, and 23, continually ponders and explores the nature of the marriage relationship, connections that spin and sprout from this union and how ripples in this union spread to those interactions of family members surrounding them. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/isxho
Sunday, August 15, 2010
Why Do I Write & What Is My Process? | What Makes Me Tick?–Fran Lewis
Why Do I Write & What Is My Process? | What Makes Me Tick?–Fran Lewis
Posted by Anjuelle Floyd | Filed under Articles and Essays, Why Do I Write & What Is My Process
Teaching in the NYC Public Schools was not only gratifying but also meaningful. Working with students in grades one through six for the first part of my career.
My Principal felt that I had a special talent and expertise when working with students in learning difficulties and encouraged me to get my second Master’s in Reading and Learning Disabilities. I am glad that I did. The next 19 years I worked as the Reading Specialist and then Staff Developer in both reading and writing.
The best part is I worked in the same school all of those years and the children and parents became part of my extended family.
I taught children from other countries and helped them learn to read, understand our language and excel in school. Before leaving, my mom was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. I was the Dean of Discipline and helped create a Peer Mediation Program in my school.
Freedom of expression is important, and after retiring from teaching, I realized that there were many new things I could learn to do. I love writing because it allows me to express my true feelings about any subject I choose. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/YntdC
Posted by Anjuelle Floyd | Filed under Articles and Essays, Why Do I Write & What Is My Process
Teaching in the NYC Public Schools was not only gratifying but also meaningful. Working with students in grades one through six for the first part of my career.
My Principal felt that I had a special talent and expertise when working with students in learning difficulties and encouraged me to get my second Master’s in Reading and Learning Disabilities. I am glad that I did. The next 19 years I worked as the Reading Specialist and then Staff Developer in both reading and writing.
The best part is I worked in the same school all of those years and the children and parents became part of my extended family.
I taught children from other countries and helped them learn to read, understand our language and excel in school. Before leaving, my mom was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. I was the Dean of Discipline and helped create a Peer Mediation Program in my school.
Freedom of expression is important, and after retiring from teaching, I realized that there were many new things I could learn to do. I love writing because it allows me to express my true feelings about any subject I choose. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/YntdC
Why Do I Write & What Is My Process? | What Makes Me Tick?–Fran Lewis
Why Do I Write & What Is My Process? | What Makes Me Tick?–Fran Lewis
Posted by Anjuelle Floyd | Filed under Articles and Essays, Why Do I Write & What Is My Process
Teaching in the NYC Public Schools was not only gratifying but also meaningful. Working with students in grades one through six for the first part of my career.
My Principal felt that I had a special talent and expertise when working with students in learning difficulties and encouraged me to get my second Master’s in Reading and Learning Disabilities. I am glad that I did. The next 19 years I worked as the Reading Specialist and then Staff Developer in both reading and writing.
The best part is I worked in the same school all of those years and the children and parents became part of my extended family.
I taught children from other countries and helped them learn to read, understand our language and excel in school. Before leaving, my mom was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. I was the Dean of Discipline and helped create a Peer Mediation Program in my school.
Freedom of expression is important, and after retiring from teaching, I realized that there were many new things I could learn to do. I love writing because it allows me to express my true feelings about any subject I choose. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/9WgAe
Posted by Anjuelle Floyd | Filed under Articles and Essays, Why Do I Write & What Is My Process
Teaching in the NYC Public Schools was not only gratifying but also meaningful. Working with students in grades one through six for the first part of my career.
My Principal felt that I had a special talent and expertise when working with students in learning difficulties and encouraged me to get my second Master’s in Reading and Learning Disabilities. I am glad that I did. The next 19 years I worked as the Reading Specialist and then Staff Developer in both reading and writing.
The best part is I worked in the same school all of those years and the children and parents became part of my extended family.
I taught children from other countries and helped them learn to read, understand our language and excel in school. Before leaving, my mom was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. I was the Dean of Discipline and helped create a Peer Mediation Program in my school.
Freedom of expression is important, and after retiring from teaching, I realized that there were many new things I could learn to do. I love writing because it allows me to express my true feelings about any subject I choose. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/9WgAe
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Of Dreams, Making them Real and What We Are Willing to Pay…
Posted by Anjuelle Floyd | Filed under Articles and Essays, anjuellefloyd.com
I recently read two articles on acclaimed mystery author, Janet Evanovich, the first stating that she had requested $50 million from her then publisher St. Martin’s Press to renew her contract, the second, published some weeks later, announcing that in response to St. Martin’s had refusing the requested amount, Evanovich had subsequently returned to Ballantine Bantam Dell Publishers where she first began her career.
While the first article had ended with ponderings of whether Evanovich would receive her request from St. Martin’s, particularly in this poor economy, the second article carefully stated that no one privy to the proceedings had released details of what Evanovich would receive from Ballantine Bantam Dell.
My husband, on hearing the details of the articles, responded with, “$50 million dollars? You must have your numbers wrong. Are you sure you read the article correctly?â€
Questioning the figure myself, or rather my ability to remember what I saw, I returned to the website where I had read the articles then announced to him that I was indeed correct. “Wow!†He shook his head, adding, “She must sell an awful lot of books,†referring to Evanovich.
And she has done that. But obviously not enough for St. Martins to grant her request. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/nK3Sf
I recently read two articles on acclaimed mystery author, Janet Evanovich, the first stating that she had requested $50 million from her then publisher St. Martin’s Press to renew her contract, the second, published some weeks later, announcing that in response to St. Martin’s had refusing the requested amount, Evanovich had subsequently returned to Ballantine Bantam Dell Publishers where she first began her career.
While the first article had ended with ponderings of whether Evanovich would receive her request from St. Martin’s, particularly in this poor economy, the second article carefully stated that no one privy to the proceedings had released details of what Evanovich would receive from Ballantine Bantam Dell.
My husband, on hearing the details of the articles, responded with, “$50 million dollars? You must have your numbers wrong. Are you sure you read the article correctly?â€
Questioning the figure myself, or rather my ability to remember what I saw, I returned to the website where I had read the articles then announced to him that I was indeed correct. “Wow!†He shook his head, adding, “She must sell an awful lot of books,†referring to Evanovich.
And she has done that. But obviously not enough for St. Martins to grant her request. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/nK3Sf
Of Dreams, Making them Real and What We Are Willing to Pay…
Posted by Anjuelle Floyd | Filed under Articles and Essays, anjuellefloyd.com
http://ping.fm/sGSfd
I recently read two articles on acclaimed mystery author, Janet Evanovich, the first stating that she had requested $50 million from her then publisher St. Martin’s Press to renew her contract, the second, published some weeks later, announcing that in response to St. Martin’s had refusing the requested amount, Evanovich had subsequently returned to Ballantine Bantam Dell Publishers where she first began her career.
While the first article had ended with ponderings of whether Evanovich would receive her request from St. Martin’s, particularly in this poor economy, the second article carefully stated that no one privy to the proceedings had released details of what Evanovich would receive from Ballantine Bantam Dell.
My husband, on hearing the details of the articles, responded with, “$50 million dollars? You must have your numbers wrong. Are you sure you read the article correctly?â€
Questioning the figure myself, or rather my ability to remember what I saw, I returned to the website where I had read the articles then announced to him that I was indeed correct. “Wow!†He shook his head, adding, “She must sell an awful lot of books,†referring to Evanovich.
And she has done that. But obviously not enough for St. Martins to grant her request. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/kLAJ4
http://ping.fm/sGSfd
I recently read two articles on acclaimed mystery author, Janet Evanovich, the first stating that she had requested $50 million from her then publisher St. Martin’s Press to renew her contract, the second, published some weeks later, announcing that in response to St. Martin’s had refusing the requested amount, Evanovich had subsequently returned to Ballantine Bantam Dell Publishers where she first began her career.
While the first article had ended with ponderings of whether Evanovich would receive her request from St. Martin’s, particularly in this poor economy, the second article carefully stated that no one privy to the proceedings had released details of what Evanovich would receive from Ballantine Bantam Dell.
My husband, on hearing the details of the articles, responded with, “$50 million dollars? You must have your numbers wrong. Are you sure you read the article correctly?â€
Questioning the figure myself, or rather my ability to remember what I saw, I returned to the website where I had read the articles then announced to him that I was indeed correct. “Wow!†He shook his head, adding, “She must sell an awful lot of books,†referring to Evanovich.
And she has done that. But obviously not enough for St. Martins to grant her request. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/kLAJ4
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Radio Show | Breena Clarke
Posted by Anjuelle Floyd | Filed under Event, Interview, Radio Show
Acclaimed author of Stand the Storm and River, Cross My Heart , an Oprah Book Club Selection, Breena Clarke, will discuss her life as a writer, her process for crafting fiction and what keeps her writing.
So tune in.
From: http://ping.fm/R2u7P
Acclaimed author of Stand the Storm and River, Cross My Heart , an Oprah Book Club Selection, Breena Clarke, will discuss her life as a writer, her process for crafting fiction and what keeps her writing.
So tune in.
From: http://ping.fm/R2u7P
Radio Show | Breena Clarke
Posted by Anjuelle Floyd | Filed under Event, Interview, Radio Show
Acclaimed author of Stand the Storm and River, Cross My Heart , an Oprah Book Club Selection, Breena Clarke, will discuss her life as a writer, her process for crafting fiction and what keeps her writing.
So tune in.
From: http://ping.fm/82r7p
Acclaimed author of Stand the Storm and River, Cross My Heart , an Oprah Book Club Selection, Breena Clarke, will discuss her life as a writer, her process for crafting fiction and what keeps her writing.
So tune in.
From: http://ping.fm/82r7p
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Contract Negotiations, Cyril Connolly, and Vivekananda…
Posted by Anjuelle Floyd | Filed under ...the writing life..., Musings
What caught my attention in a recent article on author Janet Evanovich, more specifically her asking price for the rights to publish her next 4 novels–$50 million from St. Martin’s Press–were the complaints and criticism concerning the quality of Evanovich’s recent novels launched by many who described themselves as loyal fans.
In toto, most stated that recent installments of her Stephanie Plum Series , the latest installment being, Sizzling Sixteen, had grown flat with the protagonist, Stephanie Plum, growing stagnant and not evolving.
Some even stated that it was clear to them she had been writing with her focus on fulfilling her contract obligation rather than providing fans with an engaging and entertaining story.
This all brings me to the point of where does one, more specifically the writer/author, draw the line between meeting the demands of their contract and providing readers with what they have come to expect and you, as well as they know you can achieve? Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/LVwxd
What caught my attention in a recent article on author Janet Evanovich, more specifically her asking price for the rights to publish her next 4 novels–$50 million from St. Martin’s Press–were the complaints and criticism concerning the quality of Evanovich’s recent novels launched by many who described themselves as loyal fans.
In toto, most stated that recent installments of her Stephanie Plum Series , the latest installment being, Sizzling Sixteen, had grown flat with the protagonist, Stephanie Plum, growing stagnant and not evolving.
Some even stated that it was clear to them she had been writing with her focus on fulfilling her contract obligation rather than providing fans with an engaging and entertaining story.
This all brings me to the point of where does one, more specifically the writer/author, draw the line between meeting the demands of their contract and providing readers with what they have come to expect and you, as well as they know you can achieve? Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/LVwxd
Contract Negotiations, Cyril Connolly, and Vivekananda…
Posted by Anjuelle Floyd | Filed under ...the writing life..., Musings
What caught my attention in a recent article on author Janet Evanovich, more specifically her asking price for the rights to publish her next 4 novels–$50 million from St. Martin’s Press–were the complaints and criticism concerning the quality of Evanovich’s recent novels launched by many who described themselves as loyal fans.
In toto, most stated that recent installments of her Stephanie Plum Series , the latest installment being, Sizzling Sixteen, had grown flat with the protagonist, Stephanie Plum, growing stagnant and not evolving.
Some even stated that it was clear to them she had been writing with her focus on fulfilling her contract obligation rather than providing fans with an engaging and entertaining story.
This all brings me to the point of where does one, more specifically the writer/author, draw the line between meeting the demands of their contract and providing readers with what they have come to expect and you, as well as they know you can achieve? Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/NzkfH
What caught my attention in a recent article on author Janet Evanovich, more specifically her asking price for the rights to publish her next 4 novels–$50 million from St. Martin’s Press–were the complaints and criticism concerning the quality of Evanovich’s recent novels launched by many who described themselves as loyal fans.
In toto, most stated that recent installments of her Stephanie Plum Series , the latest installment being, Sizzling Sixteen, had grown flat with the protagonist, Stephanie Plum, growing stagnant and not evolving.
Some even stated that it was clear to them she had been writing with her focus on fulfilling her contract obligation rather than providing fans with an engaging and entertaining story.
This all brings me to the point of where does one, more specifically the writer/author, draw the line between meeting the demands of their contract and providing readers with what they have come to expect and you, as well as they know you can achieve? Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/NzkfH
Sunday, August 8, 2010
Why Do I Write & What Is My Process… | Breena Clarke
Posted by Anjuelle Floyd | Filed under Why Do I Write & What Is My Process
When I’m asked to answer the queries — what is your process? — why do you write? I begin by saying that I come to writing as a reader. I believe it is important for me to claim that because it does explain why and how I write. I also admit that I answer this way to reinforce the notion that I am studious, scholarly, serious.
I think writing long fiction is good for me because this is what I like to read. So– when I say I’m reading, seventy-five percent of the time I am reading a novel.
But you know what? There is another bit of it.
There is something I am less eager to mention — an aspect of my personality that isn’t always desirable. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/sEZip
When I’m asked to answer the queries — what is your process? — why do you write? I begin by saying that I come to writing as a reader. I believe it is important for me to claim that because it does explain why and how I write. I also admit that I answer this way to reinforce the notion that I am studious, scholarly, serious.
I think writing long fiction is good for me because this is what I like to read. So– when I say I’m reading, seventy-five percent of the time I am reading a novel.
But you know what? There is another bit of it.
There is something I am less eager to mention — an aspect of my personality that isn’t always desirable. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/sEZip
Why Do I Write & What Is My Process… | Breena Clarke
Posted by Anjuelle Floyd | Filed under Why Do I Write & What Is My Process
When I’m asked to answer the queries — what is your process? — why do you write? I begin by saying that I come to writing as a reader. I believe it is important for me to claim that because it does explain why and how I write. I also admit that I answer this way to reinforce the notion that I am studious, scholarly, serious.
I think writing long fiction is good for me because this is what I like to read. So– when I say I’m reading, seventy-five percent of the time I am reading a novel.
But you know what? There is another bit of it.
There is something I am less eager to mention — an aspect of my personality that isn’t always desirable. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/PtMoj
When I’m asked to answer the queries — what is your process? — why do you write? I begin by saying that I come to writing as a reader. I believe it is important for me to claim that because it does explain why and how I write. I also admit that I answer this way to reinforce the notion that I am studious, scholarly, serious.
I think writing long fiction is good for me because this is what I like to read. So– when I say I’m reading, seventy-five percent of the time I am reading a novel.
But you know what? There is another bit of it.
There is something I am less eager to mention — an aspect of my personality that isn’t always desirable. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/PtMoj
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Of Sword Fights, The Himalayas, And so on… And so on…
Posted by Anjuelle Floyd | Filed under Articles and Essays, anjuellefloyd.com
Have you ever watched a scene from a movie where two sword fighters are going at it?
And then they begin to move up the stairs, one sword fighter, moving in reverse up the incline of the steps, danger closing in, his back against the wall of conflict?
Remember how you felt? Your chest growing tighter, you engaged with what was happening rooting for one or the other swordsmen.
It goes the same with writing fiction. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/2H2Xb
Have you ever watched a scene from a movie where two sword fighters are going at it?
And then they begin to move up the stairs, one sword fighter, moving in reverse up the incline of the steps, danger closing in, his back against the wall of conflict?
Remember how you felt? Your chest growing tighter, you engaged with what was happening rooting for one or the other swordsmen.
It goes the same with writing fiction. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/2H2Xb
Of Sword Fights, The Himalayas, And so on… And so on…
Posted by Anjuelle Floyd | Filed under Articles and Essays, anjuellefloyd.com
Have you ever watched a scene from a movie where two sword fighters are going at it?
And then they begin to move up the stairs, one sword fighter, moving in reverse up the incline of the steps, danger closing in, his back against the wall of conflict?
Remember how you felt? Your chest growing tighter, you engaged with what was happening rooting for one or the other swordsmen.
It goes the same with writing fiction. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/EzXrk
Have you ever watched a scene from a movie where two sword fighters are going at it?
And then they begin to move up the stairs, one sword fighter, moving in reverse up the incline of the steps, danger closing in, his back against the wall of conflict?
Remember how you felt? Your chest growing tighter, you engaged with what was happening rooting for one or the other swordsmen.
It goes the same with writing fiction. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/EzXrk
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Change, Challenge and Seasons of Growth…
I’ve been gone most of the summer, first to Brussels, then to Maui where vacation each year.
As the opening of the new school year approaches I am amazed at how it seems that just yesterday I was bidding a enjoyable and safe travels to fellow parents and their daughters and sons who attend the same school as my children.
Now nearly 2 and half months later I have received the first in a line of requests from the service that provides lunches at the school our youngest child attends the choices of entrées our child desires. Continue reading ‘Change, Challenge and Seasons of Growth…’
From: http://ping.fm/R6Y0s
As the opening of the new school year approaches I am amazed at how it seems that just yesterday I was bidding a enjoyable and safe travels to fellow parents and their daughters and sons who attend the same school as my children.
Now nearly 2 and half months later I have received the first in a line of requests from the service that provides lunches at the school our youngest child attends the choices of entrées our child desires. Continue reading ‘Change, Challenge and Seasons of Growth…’
From: http://ping.fm/R6Y0s
Change, Challenge and Seasons of Growth…
I’ve been gone most of the summer, first to Brussels, then to Maui where vacation each year.
As the opening of the new school year approaches I am amazed at how it seems that just yesterday I was bidding a enjoyable and safe travels to fellow parents and their daughters and sons who attend the same school as my children.
Now nearly 2 and half months later I have received the first in a line of requests from the service that provides lunches at the school our youngest child attends the choices of entrées our child desires. Continue reading ‘Change, Challenge and Seasons of Growth…’
From: http://ping.fm/BAnEX
As the opening of the new school year approaches I am amazed at how it seems that just yesterday I was bidding a enjoyable and safe travels to fellow parents and their daughters and sons who attend the same school as my children.
Now nearly 2 and half months later I have received the first in a line of requests from the service that provides lunches at the school our youngest child attends the choices of entrées our child desires. Continue reading ‘Change, Challenge and Seasons of Growth…’
From: http://ping.fm/BAnEX
Sunday, August 1, 2010
Loving, Impermanence and The Illusion of Self…
I recently read he 20th century Tibetan Buddhist master, Kyabje Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche’s commentary on Lama Mipham’s The Wheel of Investigation and Meditation That Thoroughly Purifies Mental Activity.
Khyentse Rinpoche writes in the commentary, “Instead of being convinced that there is a self-entity, we realize that self is a mere concept.“
His words immediately drew me in.
A psychotherapist, I am forever pondering notions of self and other, phenomena, as Khyentse Rinpoche urges are but constructions of the mind in it, and our feeble efforts to understand and navigate the world, life and loving.
But there I go again, linking the mind, my thoughts and feelings to me, and who I really am.
Khyentse’s commentary, listed in the Summer 2010 Issue of the Buddhist Review, Tricycle, followed a brief article by Jakob Leschly, wherein Leschly describes his 16-year experience, starting in 1975, of studying with Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche along with many others who were students of the meditation master. Continue Reading »
From: http://ping.fm/Y9tLv
Khyentse Rinpoche writes in the commentary, “Instead of being convinced that there is a self-entity, we realize that self is a mere concept.“
His words immediately drew me in.
A psychotherapist, I am forever pondering notions of self and other, phenomena, as Khyentse Rinpoche urges are but constructions of the mind in it, and our feeble efforts to understand and navigate the world, life and loving.
But there I go again, linking the mind, my thoughts and feelings to me, and who I really am.
Khyentse’s commentary, listed in the Summer 2010 Issue of the Buddhist Review, Tricycle, followed a brief article by Jakob Leschly, wherein Leschly describes his 16-year experience, starting in 1975, of studying with Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche along with many others who were students of the meditation master. Continue Reading »
From: http://ping.fm/Y9tLv
Loving, Impermanence and The Illusion of Self…
I recently read he 20th century Tibetan Buddhist master, Kyabje Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche’s commentary on Lama Mipham’s The Wheel of Investigation and Meditation That Thoroughly Purifies Mental Activity.
Khyentse Rinpoche writes in the commentary, “Instead of being convinced that there is a self-entity, we realize that self is a mere concept.“
His words immediately drew me in.
A psychotherapist, I am forever pondering notions of self and other, phenomena, as Khyentse Rinpoche urges are but constructions of the mind in it, and our feeble efforts to understand and navigate the world, life and loving.
But there I go again, linking the mind, my thoughts and feelings to me, and who I really am.
Khyentse’s commentary, listed in the Summer 2010 Issue of the Buddhist Review, Tricycle, followed a brief article by Jakob Leschly, wherein Leschly describes his 16-year experience, starting in 1975, of studying with Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche along with many others who were students of the meditation master. Continue Reading »
From: http://ping.fm/RaYJa
Khyentse Rinpoche writes in the commentary, “Instead of being convinced that there is a self-entity, we realize that self is a mere concept.“
His words immediately drew me in.
A psychotherapist, I am forever pondering notions of self and other, phenomena, as Khyentse Rinpoche urges are but constructions of the mind in it, and our feeble efforts to understand and navigate the world, life and loving.
But there I go again, linking the mind, my thoughts and feelings to me, and who I really am.
Khyentse’s commentary, listed in the Summer 2010 Issue of the Buddhist Review, Tricycle, followed a brief article by Jakob Leschly, wherein Leschly describes his 16-year experience, starting in 1975, of studying with Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche along with many others who were students of the meditation master. Continue Reading »
From: http://ping.fm/RaYJa
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