by Cyndi | Mar 28, 2016 | advice on writing a blog, Writing, editing, reading
This writing blog and my inspiration blog have an amazing following of cool people that I secretly (well, not now) refer to as Cyndi’s Superstars (thank you!). I wrote for two very different kinds of blogs at Michigan Technological University this winter: A Michigan...
by Cyndi | Feb 7, 2016 | authors, Writing, editing, reading
I’ve always wanted to go to Cuba and I used to envy Barbara Walters her Fidel Castro interview. But now that I’ve read Leaving Little Havana, a memoir by Cecilia M. Fernandez , I’d rather talk to her, a fiery journalist who could show me both her slice of Miami and...
by Cyndi | Jun 28, 2015 | advice on writing a book, how to publish a book, UP writers conference
The Upper Peninsula Authors and Publishers Conference in Marquette each spring is a rare opportunity for writers around the region to come together. This year’s sessions included everything from word games to a practical talk on how to make a living freelance...
by Cyndi | May 18, 2015 | Uncategorized
A planetary alignment that happens three-to-four times yearly for about three weeks at a stretch, Mercury Retrograde is infamous for communication glitches and equipment malfunctions. Even the blissfully unaware or disbelieving might tend to be more accident prone....
by Cyndi | May 8, 2015 | advice on selling a book, advice on writing a book, authors, writing tips
Flashback to 1982, University of Nevada Las Vegas: I was young. The creative writing teacher’s pointed remark about women with “Alice In Wonderland complexes” went right over my head. My naiveté and eagerness, sitting there with a bow in my long hair, served me well....
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