Tag Archives: writing tools

How to Celebrate an Author’s Birthday

Posted on October 22, 2015 by Loren Rhoads

Imagine you’re making a piece of art.  You labor over it alone in your room (or alone at a table in a cafe, as the case may be).  You show it to 2 or 3 people, but mostly it exists … Continue reading →

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The Daily Write

Posted on October 8, 2015 by Loren Rhoads

Nine years ago, I was staring down the barrel of a long San Francisco summer at home with a two-year-old when my creative writing teacher wrote with a proposal.  “I’m contacting my personal essay students,” Jane said. “I have an idea … Continue reading →

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This Week in Guest Posts

Posted on July 24, 2015 by Loren Rhoads

A whole bunch more of my guest posts have gone live since my last update, so I’ve collected up the links. My hope with the guest posts is to reach audiences who might not ever hear of my books otherwise. … Continue reading →

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Morbid Catch-up

Posted on March 6, 2015 by Loren Rhoads

Things are progressing nicely with my space opera trilogy.  I finished the final proofreading on The Dangerous Type last night.  Kill By Numbers is in my editor’s hands.  I’ve passed the halfway point on the first draft of No More Heroes.  Everything … Continue reading →

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Writing portably

Posted on June 19, 2014 by Loren Rhoads

I write longhand.  In a spiral-bound notebook.  With a medium-point blue ink pen.  It makes me old-fashioned, but I’m okay with that.  I don’t ever worry about anyone stealing my writing tools if I get up from my cafe table. … Continue reading →

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