by Orly Konig-Lopez Who are these people who live in your head? Where do you come up with these ideas? You’ve heard those questions a few times, right? A few days ago I was giving someone a quick and dirty of my new book. Quick and dirty because that’s all I have at the moment—there’s […]

by Orly Konig-Lopez The other day my husband stayed home and was working on the couch so I decided to work at the kitchen table to be close. (Cue the "Awwww"… okay, are we done?) So here I am, typing away, lost in the world I was creating in my head with “real” people who live […]

by Orly Konig-Lopez When the idea of writing morphed into a dream to get published, I quickly realized I had a lot to learn. I sought out writing organizations that would provide the opportunity to meet other, hopefully like-minded, writers. What I discovered is that there are a lot of writing organizations. Some niche focused, […]

by Orly Konig-Lopez Last week you heard Fae explain her query technique. While she takes a conservative approach, I have a slightly - okay, drastically - different method. For me, it's a numbers game. Now that doesn't mean toss an entire package of spaghetti in the air and hope something sticks. I have a very […]

A few months ago I won a copy of Scrivener. Since so many author friends rave about how fabulous it is, I promptly installed the software and launched it. Then stared. Ummm ... now what. I was two-thirds of the way into my WIP and the idea of learning a new software and slogging through […]