September 21, 2025

Here’s part two of the writers’ updates for September. This one includes a couple of book festivals (we have a lot of them here in Connecticut), where to buy tickets for BookCon (New York) and a lot of places to submit. BookCon is officially returning to the Javits Center in New York City on April 18-19,…

July 21, 2025

Here’s the follow-up to Wednesday’s post for writers. Let’s start with more events coming up. The CTRWA (CT Romance Writers of America has a wonderful president who finds and books all kinds of opportunities to sell your books. Although I’m not a romance writer (my books don’t follow the traditional romance pattern), they’ve been gracious…

May 21, 2020

We had another great Zoom meeting yesterday. I love seeing new people, as well as the usual suspects. This is a strange time for us all, but I see many positives coming out of it – in particular the creative ways in which writing and publishing are being supported. Check below for excellent online events…

September 13, 2019

Like other members of the Westport Writers Rendezvous with publishing news, Zeb Appel shared that her debut novel, Good Luck and a Benevolent God, was published this summer by DartFrog Books  not just in the US, but around the world. The book is about the colorful life and death of Mandy Flanagan, an Irish girl…

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