by Ane Mulligan  @AneMulligan Brand and voice. Two words tossed about the industry with regularity. Yet, what are they actually, and how do you go about finding your voice and establish a brand? Finding Voice When I read Finding Your Voice, by Les Edgerton, a light bulb turned on for…

by Ane Mulligan  @AneMulligan I had planned to write a post about Christmas traditions, but then I commented on a Georgia Writer’s blog, and that changed what I wanted to say here. The post was about not getting stressed over NaNoWriMo, just write. I realized my favorite part of writing…

by Ane Mulligan  @AneMulligan What is a literary Festival? Quite simply, it’s a time when readers and authors congregate for their mutual love of books. Each author has a table to display their books. They might have author panels for Q&A.  Some festivals are GIGANTIC with miles of booths and…

by Ane Mulligan  @AneMulligan On a writer’s loop, a recent topic raised some interesting comments. The question? Should our work be clean or moral? Well, yes … depending. I don’t mean to be ambiguous … or maybe I do. I think the answer depends on what God has called you…

by Ane Mulligan  @AneMulligan I cut my writerly teeth on dialogue: As a script writer for stage plays, particularly sermon-starters. I didn’t add directions or interpretation. I left that up to the director. Of course at that time, I was the director, but that’s neither here nor there. In the…

by Ane Mulligan  @AneMulligan In 2007, a couple of writing buddies and I had a blog called Novel Journey. We were aspiring newbies, soaking up all we could learn to get published. I got bold and following the instructions on his website, I hand wrote a letter to Dean Koontz,…