by Nancy Herkness | Aug 3, 2009 | Books, Nod from Nancy, Uncategorized
Often sad, sometimes frightening, always compelling, Still Alice, the story of a Harvard professor with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease, is told with a clear-eyed compassion which keeps the reader racing to turn the pages. I was afraid this novel would be depressing,...
by Nancy Herkness | Jul 27, 2009 | RWA, Uncategorized, writing
Honestly, I hadn’t planned to go to this workshop. I’ve read articles, attended presentations, and done pitches already. Pitching is second only to writing a synopsis in my list of things I’d rather run through a swarm of angry bees than do. However, when I looked at...
by Nancy Herkness | Jul 24, 2009 | Romance, RWA, Uncategorized, writing
…and it’s Sourcebooks Casablanca. I walked out of the Spotlight on Sourcebooks feeling truly excited about this new publisher. Well, they’re new to romance publishing, having started the Casablanca imprint about two years ago. Now they’re publishing 10 romances per...
by Nancy Herkness | Jul 23, 2009 | RWA, Uncategorized, writing
One amazing workshop I attended was A Look Inside the Editor’s Mind. As a writer, I’m always trying to figure out what’s going on in an editor’s mind so the title was irresistible. The description: Harlequin Editor-at-Large Leslie Wainger will cold-read up to 25...
by Nancy Herkness | Jul 22, 2009 | RWA, travel, Uncategorized, writing
One of my college friends is a senior photo editor for National Geographic, a publication where photography is king. Since we were meeting for lunch in D.C., she invited me to meet her at her office. Did you know National Geographic has a small museum that’s open...