CHARACTERS
No matter what genre your fiction falls into, we all have one thing in common, we have to populate our work with people. This group is for discussing those characters who add life to our novels.
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Laura B Gschwandtner
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- Stafford, VA
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Laura B Gschwandtner commented on the group 'Oil and Water and Other Things That Don't Mix (Charity Anthology)'
Maureen that is so sweet of you and I echo the same wish for everyone. Let's hope 2012 improves over 2011.
Holly Hughes left a comment for Laura B Gschwandtner
Hi Laura,
I've been a memeber of She Writes for years and am finally realizing how many fantastic communities there are within the organization. I recently submitted the first 2k words of my YA novel to the YA contest being held now. I am in…
Laura B Gschwandtner left a comment for Holly Hughes
Hey Holly: Welcome to Southern Writers. We have other members from Charlotte so let's hear more from you.
Laura B Gschwandtner left a comment for Sylvia Britton
Hi Sylvia and welcome to Southern Writers. Give us a little detail about where you are at our Roll Call listing.
Best, LB
Laura B Gschwandtner commented on the group 'Oil and Water and Other Things That Don't Mix (Charity Anthology)'
Me too, shared the review...
Laura B Gschwandtner commented on the group 'Oil and Water and Other Things That Don't Mix (Charity Anthology)'
It was a wonderful experience to meet the other writers at today's reading and to hear their voices reading the wonderful pieces in oil & Water. Maureen, thank you for all the hard work putting together this event and for your friend's…
Laura B Gschwandtner commented on the blog post 'How to Build a Book Group Audience for Your Book'
Great post!
Laura B Gschwandtner replied to the discussion 'Memorable Characters - name your favorites' in the group CHARACTERS
Yuri Zhivago and Auntie Mame.
Why?
Serious and sublime ... like bitter and sweet. Both characters convey the same message. Life is to live -- fully.
Laura B Gschwandtner commented on the blog post 'I'm Thinking of Self-Publishing. Whaddya Think? (And Help!)'
Kamy: I've pubbed 3 books as an Indie & 1 with another bestselling Indie author, Karen Cantwell, a SW member. Currently working on 2 more -- one by me alone & another with a successfully published author thru traditional NY…
Maureen E. Doallas left a comment for Laura B Gschwandtner
Laura, thank you. I'll be back in touch after I hear from others.
Laura B Gschwandtner left a comment for Maureen E. Doallas
Sure thing.
Oct 29th is not good for me. Any other date, I'll work it in.
Maureen E. Doallas left a comment for Laura B Gschwandtner
Laura, thank you for your note. As soon as I hear from any others who are interested and what dates would be open for them, I'll go the next step. If there are particular dates in late September (after 19th) and in October that would be…
Laura B Gschwandtner commented on the group 'Oil and Water and Other Things That Don't Mix (Charity Anthology)'
@Maureen
I live in VA about an hr south of DC. If I plan ahead and steel myself for the traffic on I-95 I can make it to N.VA so count me in if it helps to have another voice.
Do you know The Soundry in Vienna VA? http://www.soundry.net/
They do all…
Laura B Gschwandtner commented on the blog post 'Dead Mules and Social Networking'
A truly wonderful (and frightening) southern tale. I'm only surprised you didn't find no still in them ole woods. In VA there would definitely have been moonshine happnin'.
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- Who I am:
- www.TheNovelette.com
http:Twitter.com/TheNovelette
- My writing is:
- Fiction
- Services I offer to other writers:
- No fee themed writing contests at www.TheNovelette.com
- I'm part of these writers' groups or salons:
- In development -- writers online POD group at www.TheNovelette.com
- My professional associations:
- AIW
Editor-in-Chief, Selling Power magazine (www.sellingpower.com)
Comment Wall (17 comments)
- At 7:18am on December 7, 2011,
Holly Hughes said… Hi Laura,
I've been a memeber of She Writes for years and am finally realizing how many fantastic communities there are within the organization. I recently submitted the first 2k words of my YA novel to the YA contest being held now. I am in the process of rewritng my first draft and working on making all those "shitty first draft" pages better. I blog about secondary infertility, life and leave fiction excerpts at: www.writerhughes.wordpress.com and I am happy to say I have a short story in the winter edition of moonShine review (a southern literary journal)www.moonshinereview.wordpress.com. Today I'm trying to get it all together before heading out of town to visit family with my 3 year old little one. Looking forward to getting to know everyone here!
Holly
- At 4:44am on June 28, 2011,
Maureen E. Doallas said…
- Laura, thank you. I'll be back in touch after I hear from others.
- At 5:57pm on June 25, 2011,
- Laura, thank you for your note. As soon as I hear from any others who are interested and what dates would be open for them, I'll go the next step. If there are particular dates in late September (after 19th) and in October that would be particularly good for you, please let me know. The artist who is offering the space would like to be able to get a date on the schedule and she's offered to help with promo (she's excellent at that). I'm hoping this will be easy (!) to coordinate. Will be back in touch when I hear from the others. Maureen
- At 8:25am on October 26, 2010,
Amy Wise said…
- Laura,
Thank you for joining Oil and Water and Other Things That Don't Mix. I'm so looking forward to reading your story in the antho. Thanks for being part of this wonderful project! Amy
- At 9:22am on August 26, 2010,
Nicky Wheeler-Nicholson Brown said… - Hi Laura, thanks for the support. I got home at 11:30 Tuesday night and ran around all day helping spouse prepare for the audio book launch last night. It was an incredible evening. Todd Randolph, a fantastic actress who is on the audio read from Edith Wharton's biography, A Backward Glance. She read the section on Henry James at The Mount and it was hilarious. What an amazing evening to be sitting on the veranda at The Mount listening to Edith's words. Today, I'm back to reality, such as it is, unpacking, reorganizing and working on the book proposal. I'll let you know how it goes. Nicky
- At 7:06pm on August 25, 2010,
Kim Haas said… - Laura- Still dipping my toes into the wonderful SheWrites pool and found your website. Looks fabulous. Can't wait to explore it more thoroughly. I'm especially intrigued by the writing contests. Writing from prompts is a great way to generate new material. Thanks!
- At 7:27pm on July 12, 2010,
Alle C. Hall said… - Hi, Laura. thank you for the warm greeting.
Actually, over the last week, I was about as Southern as I have gotten -- assuming DC counts. My God, the car thermometer literally read 113 degrees outside. Don't people BAKE THINGS at that temperature? I was happy to return to Seattle, where it is a crisp 68 degrees and rainy.
Alle
- At 12:04pm on June 15, 2010,
Rachel Unkefer said… - Yeah, I guess the only other reason to keep talking is to make sure they remember you when they get around to reading those three chapters a month from now. I kind of figure that any personal connection helps.
- At 7:30am on June 15, 2010,
Marsha Paula Sparks said… - Thanks Laura for the connection and introducing "The Novelette". -- another wonderful medium to excavate :-) Sincerely
- At 12:24pm on June 14, 2010,
Rachel Unkefer said…
- I was late for lunch because the person before me in the agent conference went longer than supposed to. My 12:45 appointment started more like 1:00! Annoying!
Both agent conferences went well. I've sent them first 50 pages or whatever they asked for. Now I get to wait. I also got a chance to speak with two authors I've had contact with but not gotten a chance to meet, so that was good. The panels were ok, but the most valuable thing was meeting authors and agents.
When I didn't see you in the afternoon, I figured you'd gone home early since you weren't feeling well. We'll try to meet up again some other time. If you're ever in Charlottesville, be sure to let me know!
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