Tag: Writing

  • Defining Point of View: Pros and Cons of Six POVs in Fiction

    Point of view is one of the most important decisions that a writer makes when writing a story.  Point of view dictates how close the reader comes to the characters as well as how the narration is related to the reader.  It is trendy these days to get as close as possible, so that the…

  • Exchanging Money In San Miguel de Allende

    The easiest way to change your money into Pesos is with your ATM card. Using an ATM to get pesos gives you the best exchange rate and you don’t have to pay a high commission. If you opt to bring cash, there are a few places in the center that can do this service. (Make…

  • Writer’s Work Groups By John Scherber

    Author, John Scherber, was nice enough to take time off from writing to send us an excerpt from his new book, Writer’s Notebook: Everything I Wish Someone Had Told Me When I Was Starting out, a nonfiction book filled with writing tips about character development, plot, point of view, and more.  Writer’s Work Groups Over…

  • 5 Steps to Submitting Your Fiction to Magazines

    You’ve spent months writing drafts of a short story.  You’ve spent even more time fine tuning your work.  Now your tale is ready to be submitted to magazines, but you’re not sure where to send it or how to go about sending it.  Part of you wants to hand it over to your friend Dave…

  • Agent-Assisted Self-Publishing?

    Authors used to face the daunting question, “Should I try to find a literary agent or would it be better to self-publish?”  But these days the line between self-publishing and finding an agent seems to have blurred and the new question on a writer’s mind is whether to self-publish traditionally or with the help of…

  • Warm Winter at the San Miguel Writers’ Conference By Dhana Musil

    I had the most wonderful fortune of being awarded a scholarship to attend the San Miguel de Allende Writers’ Conference last month.  It was the first time in 16 years I’d traveled abroad without children in tow. The anticipation was extreme– a combination of counting down the sleeps and– maybe I shouldn’t go? From the…

  • Teen Workshop at the Writers’ Conference By Susan Page

    The Teen Creative Writing Workshop has always been a beloved part of the San Miguel Writers’ Conference and Literary Festival. Conference planners are keen to share the excitement of the week and the rich opportunities for learning and inspiration with local high school students. This year, the workshop, taught entirely in Spanish, reached new heights,…

  • Getting Started By John Scherber

    You write a letter to your daughter, a college freshman in Iowa in her first year of living away from home, and next you write one to your father, a retired barber living in Prescott, Arizona. You mistakenly switch the letters in the envelopes, and by the time you realize it, they are already on…

  • Elmore Leonard’s Ten Rules For Writing By Andy Ross

    Literary Agent, Andy Ross, recently wrote a blog with tips for writers.  We liked it so much we wanted to share it with you.  Andy has worked in the book business since 1972 and has been profiled in such newspapers and magazines as Publisher’s Weekly, San Francisco Chronicle, Time Magazine, and the Wall Street Journal.…

  • The San Miguel Writers’ Conference By Nathan Feuerberg

    Three years ago a friend from graduate school coerced me into volunteering for the 6th annual San Miguel Writers’ Conference.  She needed people to check tickets at the door and, although I wasn’t interested in spending my weekend as a bouncer, I agreed to do it.  At the time I didn’t know much about the…

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