Last week I wrote about not getting ripped off when you self-publish. My favorite resource for this is the free annotated list of...

I had this writer’s blog, Never Pay to Publish, ready to post today. For anyone following this for writing tips, it’s below. But...

I was extremely lucky in my first critique group. Running Away was losing agent interest in the first pages. I read it to the group and...

As creative people, it’s important that we put out our very best work. www.sherimcguinn.com www.amazon.com/author/sherimcguinn...

My primary goal in life is to make the world a better place to be. Hopefully these blog posts will help another writer keep writing....

At this point, I began to think of myself as a writer. However, it was tough to actually make time for writing and all the marketing and...

Sorry this is late: as I went to post it, there was a muffled crash and the electricity went out. A car crashed into a nearby utility...

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Yet another adventure in life: my first novel’s been made into a movie that people are actually watching! The crazy part is I haven’t...

Up: The Pitchfest I went to last spring paid off. Running Away, a screenplay based on my novel of the same name, was optioned by Nasser...

I am now located in Sacramento CA with contracts for a day job and an apartment through June. I get a couple weeks off before then, so I...

In 2011 I visited Derry in Northern Ireland. I wasn’t writing this blog yet, but I was keeping notes. As we approached Derry, our guide...

As poorly as I’ve maintained this blog, people from 17 countries have viewed it. New Year’s resolution: write more!

So, I was finally home long enough to take a hike with Arizona Women of Adventure. Let me suggest, if you’ve been tied to a computer for...

I’d been home less than twenty-four hours before I had to head north for a training gig on the Hopi reservation. I’d never been up there...

Manhattan! I went to Manhattan for Book Expo America. I’d spent a bundle on having my books displayed and airfare, so it was important...

I live across the street from the Mogollon Rim in Lakeside, Arizona. The drop is relatively gentle here, but it’s still awesome to look...

Flashback: I always wanted to travel – had Australian pen pals in grade school, met all the exchange students in high school, graduated...

For those who read the last post, it took about three months, but my son’s back at work! Life is good. So I missed the India adventure,...

I set aside five weeks to go to India with a medical YATRA. I learned enough Hindi to say “I’m a teacher; I’m not a doctor.” I had two...

In fourth grade, I lived right down the street from school, yet I remember routinely swinging into the classroom as the last bell rang...

Lima, Peru This is just one side of Lima. The city is huge, and the haze is the pollution from all the traffic, combined with an...