Category Archives: Kathryn Craft

Writing Agreement # 1: Be Impeccable with Your Word

Posted on May 26, 2014 by Jenny Hansen

Turning Whine into Gold By Kathryn Craft, @KCraftWriter Last year, Janice Gable Bashman and I co-wrote an article for Writer’s Digest Magazine, The 7 Deadly Sins of Self-Editing, that turned out to be quite popular. Apparently sinning resonated with writers … Continue reading →

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5 Steps Toward Your Truest Contribution

Posted on April 28, 2014 by writersinthestorm

By Kathryn Craft Turning Whine Into Gold The lament of the modern author, whose writing must now compete for purchase with every other book, from classics like the Iliad to the newest self-published odyssey, all of which will now be … Continue reading →

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5 Tips To Help Writers Embrace Change

Posted on February 24, 2014 by writersinthestorm

by Kathryn Craft Turning Whine into Gold Everything’s changing. Yep—that’s a whine all right, and a truth, and the summary of this entire post. Change is as constant in publishing as any other industry impacted by computerization in the past … Continue reading →

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What it Takes to Go the Distance

Posted on January 27, 2014 by writersinthestorm

Laura here – Speaking of going the distance, I just wanted to let you know that  I’m teaching a course, Submissions that Sell,  the in February at Margie Lawson’s Writers Academy. Need a query? Need to organize submissions? Covers everything … Continue reading →

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5 Things Readers Want from Novelists on Social Media

Posted on December 23, 2013 by Jenny Hansen

Turning Whine into Gold: 5 things readers want from novelists on social media by Kathryn Craft You may not have a book out, but if you have expressed on Twitter or Facebook your hope to be a published author, you … Continue reading →

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Turning Whine into Gold: The Writer’s Spirit is Forged in the Fire

Posted on November 25, 2013 by writersinthestorm

by Kathryn Craft Last week I had to un-friend someone on Facebook for violating my right to pursue happiness. I can only assume he’s had enough of reading about the growing excitement for my debut novel, coming out in two … Continue reading →

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Turning Whine into Gold: Put Inner Conflict on Your Team

Posted on October 21, 2013 by writersinthestorm

By Kathryn Craft Storytellers know that on the page, internal conflict is a writer’s best friend. But when that conflict emerges from voices inside the writer’s own head, where each wants to weigh in on the writer’s path and her … Continue reading →

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Turning Whine into Gold: Surmounting Obstacles

Posted on September 30, 2013 by writersinthestorm

First, for those of you who read and commented on one or both of Tiffany Lawson Inman’s Emotional Barrier posts last week, Tiffany left a comment announcing the winner of a free slot in the Madness to Method class:  JUDY … Continue reading →

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Turning Whine Into Gold: Managing Your Emotions

Posted on August 26, 2013 by writersinthestorm

By Kathryn Craft On a good day, your writing—or perhaps even your writing career—makes you happy, satisfied, fulfilled, joyful, transcendent, validated. This, right here—this is why you write. You need it like air, like sunshine, and it keeps you returning … Continue reading →

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