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Jill Starishevsky left a comment for Robin Yaklin
"Welcome to SheWrites. Feel free to reach out if you need anything.
Jill Starishevsky
Author, My Body Belongs to Me
http://www.MyBodyBelongstoMe.com"
Robin Yaklin replied to the discussion 'SHAMELESS SELF PROMOTION INVITATIONS' in the group Blooming Late
"Barbara, I wrote to you a few days ago, but I'm new on this site and haven't learned its quirks yet. So, posting again.
Thanks for the yes, Barbara. We're in luck. http://debutauthors.wordpress.com schedules a…"
Robin Yaklin replied to the discussion 'SHAMELESS SELF PROMOTION INVITATIONS' in the group Blooming Late
"Hi, Marlene, and thank you for the compliment about the blog-- http://debutauthors.wordpress.com and for signing up. Do appreciate that. Did you know that a blog or webpage gets a higher ranking from the search spiders…"
Robin Yaklin replied to the discussion 'SHAMELESS SELF PROMOTION INVITATIONS' in the group Blooming Late
"Well, thanks, and Samantha, get busy! I'd like nothing better than to announce your debut."
Robin Yaklin commented on the group 'Blooming Late'
"Dear Olga, here's the skinny...
1) I blog to create a presence on the web
2) Started in August. In Texas, in August, all I want to do is stay out of the 110 degrees. This was an indoor project.
3) Post every Friday. At the…"
Robin Yaklin replied to the discussion 'Help! Point of View Question...' in the group Literary Fiction Writers
"Just remembered something, Carissa. One of my writing teachers constantly preached at me about POV because I would efface the narrator. He didn't like that (possibly this protest came because I handled it badly too :) )…"
Robin Yaklin replied to the discussion 'SHAMELESS SELF PROMOTION INVITATIONS' in the group Blooming Late
"Blog: http://debutauthors.wordpress.com
This is not me pontificating, but a blog dedicated to brand-spanking new authors--first book--and set up so that one author a month is promoted. The final week of the month that author converses…"
samantha stacia left a comment for Robin Yaklin
"Robin, I appreciate your hello to the group, unfortunately you put it on my personal comments wall and no one but me will see it, I hope you dont mind I have copied it and will paste into the comments on the group wall, it was such a great into I…"
Robin Yaklin replied to the discussion 'Help! Point of View Question...' in the group Literary Fiction Writers
"Sounds like your options are omnipotent or to have the MC find out about the event through another character, if you don't like the newspaper thing. They could talk about it. Good dialogue moves the story forward at a quick pace.…"
Robin Yaklin replied to the discussion 'Synopsis and Queries when you've written Literary Fiction' in the group Literary Fiction Writers
"One of my writing teachers suggested the following: send to a bunch of agents that accept similar work; send to a few you have short listed and take similar work; send to one out of the ballpark screaming home run. Repeat as often as…"
Robin Yaklin replied to the discussion 'Favorite movie lines.' in the group Literary Fiction Writers
""I'm older and I have more insurance." Fried Green Tomatoes
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Robin Yaklin replied to the discussion 'Conferences for Literary Writers' in the group Literary Fiction Writers
"I loved Donald Maass' Breakout Novel Intensive (BONI) and Writer's Retreat Workshop (WRW). Those can be found on Lorin Oberwerger's site http://free-expressions.com She puts the workshop together for Maass and…"
Robin Yaklin replied to the discussion 'Entrants to the contest: Introduce Yourselves Here!' in the group "We Love New Novelists!" Contest
"Bel Canto...ah, Bel Canto. Her 'State of Wonder' is just as good."
Profile Information
- Who I am:
- a curious person, writer, cook, wife, Mah Jongg player, taiji practionier, blog host for brand-spanking new authors (if you are please contact me), someone who loves a good laugh, travel writer, avid reader, cat lover
- Connect with me online! My site, blog, or Twitter handle are:
- Twitter: zippytales
Blog: debutauthors.wordpress.com
- Books I've written, anthologies I've contributed to, and any scripts or plays I've authored:
- not yet
- My writing is:
- Fiction, Nonfiction, Journalism, Blog Posts
- I'm part of these writers' groups or salons:
- Novel Length Workshop, Writer's Garret, Writer's Retreat Workshop, Maass-Destruction
- I found out about She Writes from:
- Melissa Embry
Robin Yaklin's Blog
Courage
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 7:55pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
Read an essay about my trip to Coba, Mexico, to a group of writers. Writers say they appreciate what you wrote, but feel free to comment on your craft. Reading to them is like volunteering to try out the noose. The group was kind and complimentary. By gosh, I might try that again.
Comment Wall (7 comments)
- At 2:02am on September 8, 2011,
Jill Starishevsky said…
Welcome to SheWrites. Feel free to reach out if you need anything.
Jill Starishevsky
Author, My Body Belongs to Me
- At 2:57pm on August 22, 2011,
Meg Waite Clayton said… - Robin, Welcome to the novelist group! You might introduce yourself by telling us what you’re working on in the “Show Me Your Novel and I’ll Show You Mine” discussion if you're not too uncomfortable talking about what you're working on. And we do a live chat every Wednesday; hope you can join us for that!
Meg Waite Clayton
Novelist Group Moderator
Bestselling Author of The Four Ms. Bradwells, The Wednesday Sisters, and The Language of Light, a finalist for Barbara Kingsolver's Bellwether Prize
- At 7:16am on August 16, 2011,
samantha stacia said… Robin, I appreciate your hello to the group, unfortunately you put it on my personal comments wall and no one but me will see it, I hope you dont mind I have copied it and will paste into the comments on the group wall, it was such a great into I dont want it to be wasted! :)
Samantha Stacia
- At 8:40am on August 15, 2011,
Marjorie Rhea said… - Forgot to mention that the link in your message to the Wordpress Bloggers group is wonky. You have http://debutauthors.wordpress.comwould/ instead of http://debutauthors.wordpress.com/ . -- mr
- At 8:21am on August 15, 2011, Marjorie Rhea said…
Robin: I'm not sure I'm putting this in the right place, but I'm responding to your WordPress Bloggers post requesting feedback on your debutauthors blog. I love the theme and the colors, for one thing. The background color is easier on the eyes than white.
Two things I noticed. #1: the long list of tags at the top of each post is distracting. I thought it was copy at first. I'm not sure how the tags are generated but there seem to be way too many of them for your entries. #2: your links in your widgets show the URL, where the name or title of the destination would be more useful to the reader. Perhaps you used a Text widget instead of a Links widget to create them? A Links widget should automatically code the text for you.
Other than that, it's an attractive, welcoming blog.
- At 5:18am on August 15, 2011, samantha stacia said…
Hello Robin!
Thank you for joining my group Blooming Late!
You will find we have a great group of gals that are wonderful sources of encouragement, support and inspiration.
Please introduce yourself in the "kicking Things Off" discussion forum as well as letting us know about your writing accomplishments and goals.
I saw your debutauthors blog which is awesome! You must list it in out Shamless Self Promotion discussion area as well. We actually have a few brand new as well as soon to be authors here who I am sure will be interested.
Glad you're with us.
Welcome!
Samantha Stacia
- At 9:11pm on August 12, 2011,
Monica Medina said… Welcome to She Writes!
You can check out the Getting Started section to help you find your way around. A great way to get involved with our Groups and Live Chats. Also, you can follow @shewritesdotcom and me, @monicastangled, on Twitter.
Please let me know if you have any questions!Best,
Monica Medina
She Writes Volunteer Coordinator
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