EDITOR’S NOTE: I first met Heather in a writing workshop about five years ago and quickly learned that any time…
Author: Shelly King
Hello. My name is Shelly, and I am an extrovert. When I first moved to the Bay Area, my dear…
I have a confession. I’m a legendary party-thrower. Seriously. There have been ballads written about my cocktails and canapés. My…
Unlike the other Debs, I’ve never worked in the world of magazines. I’ve never been a freelance writer. I’ve always…
To paraphrase Gordon Gekko from the movie WALL STREET, envy is good. And I say that as a completely non-psycho, non-egomaniac…
I remember the first conversation I ever had with my agent, the marvelous Stéphanie Abou. We were talking about working…
OK, right next to the hipster tech center of the world–Silicon Valley, where I worked and lived for nearly 20…
I started my writing career batting a thousand. The first story I ever submitted won a local writing contest. $500!!!…
This post is nine hours late. Here’s why. I try to work on book #2 for four hours a day.…
I love that scene in BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN where Enos says, “I wish I knew how to quit you.” That’s me…