Just like walking, living is an exercise in controlled falling. We step out, falling with our weight in one direction, then we shift our weight, stepping with the other foot to control the fall. I’m a product of having worked much of my professional life as an independent contractor, charging by the day, usually traveling out […]
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Controlled Falling
Posted: 17th December 2012 by jazzdog in Creativity, Life, WritingTags: author, blog, creativity, life, Richard Hacker, writing
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Critique Groups: Process
Posted: 12th November 2012 by jazzdog in Creativity, Critique Group, Novel, WritingTags: author, blog, creativity, critique, critique group, fiction, novel, Richard Hacker, writing
What is an effective critique process? The best critique process is the one your specific group agrees to do together. There is no “right” way to critique, only choices. Number of group members: While two could work, a group of 5-6 allows for sufficient energy and variety of feedback in the group, as well as […]
Critique Group: Where Are You?
Posted: 5th November 2012 by jazzdog in Creativity, Critique Group, Novel, WritingTags: author, blog, critique, critique group, fiction, novel, Richard Hacker, writing
Author Chat: Debra Easterling
Posted: 1st October 2012 by Richard Hacker in Author Interview, Creativity, Interview, Novel, WritingTags: author, blog, books, champagne books, creativity, Debra Easterling, fiction, novel, Richard Hacker, Twenty Miles North of LVOV, writer, writing
I Want to Thank Debra Easterling for joining us today. Debra has a thriller coming out in October from Champagne Books called TWENTY MILES NORTH OF LVOV. And she’s currently working on a chic lit mystery, which I’m hoping we’ll find out about in our interview. Debra, before we get to TWENTY MILES NORTH OF […]
Author Chat: January Bain
Posted: 9th September 2012 by jazzdog in Author Interview, Creativity, Novel, Publishing, WritingTags: author, blog, champagne books, creativity, fiction, Forever Man, January Bain, novel, writer, writing
The Big Question
Posted: 3rd September 2012 by jazzdog in Creativity, Publishing, TOXIC RELATIONSHIP, WritingTags: author, blog, books, creativity, fiction, novel, Richard Hacker, toxic relationship, writer
Writing in the Raw
Posted: 20th August 2012 by jazzdog in Creativity, TOXIC RELATIONSHIP, WritingTags: author, blog, creativity, fiction, novel, Richard Hacker, toxic relationship, writer, writing
With the publication of TOXIC RELATIONSHIP, a phenomenon has occurred which I suppose I should have expected and yet, I feel surprised. I have written in one form or another for years. Those first short stories I read during “show and tell” in Mrs. Meredeth’s third grade class, my bitingly witty (to a 13 year […]
Author Chat: Cathy Coburn and Duaine Neill
Posted: 13th August 2012 by Richard Hacker in Creativity, Interview, Novel, WritingTags: author, books, CathyandDuaine, creativity, fiction, interview, novel, Richard Hacker, writing
I want to thank Cathy Coburn and Duaine Neill for joining me today. These writing partners have an adventurous streak — zip lining, scuba diving and oh yes, doing jumps in four wheelers off sand dunes! When they aren’t risking life and limb, they’re writing. Their novel AFTER THE MIST released by Champagne Books is […]
Pacific Northwest Writers Conference 2012
Posted: 23rd July 2012 by Richard Hacker in Conferences, Creativity, Novel, PublishingTags: author, blog, books, conference, creativity, fiction, novel, PNWA, Richard Hacker, writing
I just got back from the Pacific Northwest Writers Association. “Just got back” is a bit of a stretch, since the conference happened in Seattle, just a quick twenty minute commute from my house. Writers gravitate to these conferences for a number of reasons: to see colleagues and be with other writers, to attend workshops […]
The 777 Challenge
Posted: 9th July 2012 by Richard Hacker in Creativity, NovelTags: author, blogging, fiction, novel, Richard Hacker, writer
