Pen In Hand Writing Resolutions

How are your writing goals and resolutions going so far this year? Is it time to take the pen in hand (or keyboard to fingertips) and get to it? Or are things moving along as planned?


The Winter 2013 issue of Pen In Hand features my article, “Write Yourself a Lucky 2013,” in which I give some advice on keeping your resolutions attainable. Here’s a sample from the story.

“The important thing to remember when it comes to setting your goals and resolutions for the new year is to keep them within your control. I don't mean to limit yourself to what you hope to accomplish -- we should all strive to reach further and to break barriers. What I mean is that we should define our goals and resolutions in a way that is within our own immediate control.”

For example, resolve to write a certain number of pages each month, not to “finish a novel.” Resolve to keep submitting to agents, not to “get an agent.” Concrete goals that are within your control will allow you to be the one who makes or breaks them.

Read the article—and many other great material—in the latest issue of the Maryland Writers’ Association’s Pen In Hand.

www.marylandwriters.org/PenInHand/2013-Winter.pdf

Craft, Business, and Art of Writing—Pen in Hand

The latest issue of Pen In Hand is now available online, and it’s free. The Maryland Writers Association publishes the newsletter, focused on the craft, business, and art of writing.

In the Summer 2012 issue you’ll find an interview with author Bud Sparhawk, sage writing advice from authors Tom Glenn, Meg Eden, and D.L. Wilson, and more.

Be sure to check out the back page for a news story about Tracks: A Novel in Stories!

Find it all in the latest issue of Pen in Hand at the link below. www.marylandwriters.org/PenInHand/2012-Summer.pdf.

Pen In Hand Features The Conductor

It’s not too late for a little summer reading. So sit back and enjoy some short bits of fiction in the summer issue of Pen In Hand.

“The Conductor,” a short excerpt from Tracks: A Novel in Stories, was published in the summer issue of Pen In Hand. You can find “The Conductor” on page six, along with a story by Sonia Linebaugh.

Pen In Hand is the official newsletter of the Maryland Writers’ Association and is published quarterly.

See the summer issue at the link below—and skip to page six for the fiction.

http://marylandwriters.org/PenInHand/2011-Summer.pdf

If you’d like to read more about the Conductor and his passengers, read Tracks: A Novel in Stories. It’s available in print and as an eBook for you Kindle, Nook, or other electronic reader. Find out more at www.TracksNovel.com

Lit & Art Makes Pen In Hand

The Lit & Art reading series has hit its stride. The reading series started at the Watermark Gallery in October 2007 and has been meeting about six times each year since then. Each event draws in a respectable crowd of 25-40 people. The last two events have been exceptionally well attended and received.

The Lit & Art at the Baltimore Book Festival was standing room only, about 50 audience members in attendance at any given time (more, considering the nature of the roaming crowd behind the seats).

The October event, with readers such as Bathsheba Monk and Charles Jensen and visiting musician and artist Bahman Panahi, was one of our most enjoyable events yet.

We encourage you to come to the next Lit & Art at the Watermark. Mark your calendars for Sunday, January 30, 2011 from 2 to 5 p.m. at the Watermark Gallery, 100 South Charles Street, right across from Baltimore’s Inner Harbor. Check www.Writeful.blogspot.com in January for more details.

Pen in Hand, the official newsletter of the Maryland Writers’ Association, recently plugged Lit & Art in print. Take a look and learn all about the reading series, the great community of authors, artists, and musicians we’ve established, and how you can get involved.

http://marylandwriters.org/PenInHand/2010-Summer.pdf