I’m on the cusp of leaving for Pasadena, where I’ll be presenting three sessions (including an all-day Master Class) at the Writers Digest Novel Writing Conference. This is my sixth straight year there, and it’s always a first class event hosted by a first class organization.
I’ve been banging out Powerpoint decks for the last three days, and I finally have them where I want them.
Meanwhile, as I write this, and over the weekend, Amazon.com is completing fulfillment on delivery of pre-orders for my new writing book, GREAT STORIES DON’T WRITE THEMSELVES. I’ve heard from a few folks who got theirs today… mine is coming Wednesday (or so I’m told by Amazon), after I depart for five days (yes, I order a copy of my own books… though the publisher does send a box for promotional use). The first time I’ll lay eyes and hands on my book — my baby — will be at the event as I walk past the event pop-up bookstore on my way into the conference room.
That moment when you first hold your book is something that never loses its thrill.
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On another note, last week I had the honor of being a guest of Lauren Moore and Kaleen Williams on their Youtube program, “The Writer’s Journey,” which is hosted by Keystroke Medium.
Here it is, all one hour and fourteen minutes, within which we go deep into issues of story development, part-specific criteria and how all this gets confused or even lost within the bigger context of the collective writing conversation.
Enjoy!
(If you are reading this via email and can’t see the video frame, click HERE to go to the site and watch. Thanks!)
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Hey Mike – I hope you are right. That is the intention. We’ll see, could be a slow burn and build. Larry
I did not pre-order your book, Larry, but I will definitely be buying a copy when it’s in the stores. I think that your most recent notion, “criteria-driven,” is in many ways just as revolutionary a take on the subject as was “engineering.”