by Cindy Ervin Huff | Jul 14, 2014 | Interview, teaching writing, value writing, writing tips
When author Gloria Doty asked me to join this writers/blogger virtual world tour I hesitated for just a moment. Being part of such a great group is an honor. Jumping on this tour is a cool opportunity. Gloria authored the award winning book cIt shares her...
by Cindy Ervin Huff | Jul 4, 2014 | Critquing, Movie review
This past Sunday I rented the comedy Author Anonymous because the premise intrigued me. Here we have six wanna-be writers in a writers group. Each a stereo-type of the worst type of critique group participant. The movie is a tongue-in-cheek documentary with scenes...
by Cindy Ervin Huff | Jun 27, 2014 | Interview
I am welcoming to my blog today my friend and awesome author John Turney. I mentioned him in a previous blog as an author who followed writer’s guidelines before pitching a story idea. He got his book contracts at Write-To-Publish so he seemed like...
by Cindy Ervin Huff | Jun 19, 2014 | attending conferences
For those of you who have never attended or no longer attend writer’s conferences I challenge you to rethink that. After attending writer’s conferences for six years, I have finally reaped an awesome reward. I was chosen as the recipient of the Editor’s Choice Award...
by Cindy Ervin Huff | May 21, 2014 | attending conferences
Last month I had to make a hard decision. Would I attend a writer’s conference this year? I had happily anticipated attending every year for the past five. This year I had lots of negative things weighing me down. Some were of a writerly nature others were not...
by Cindy Ervin Huff | May 4, 2014 | attending conferences
I received a weird phone call at my day job this week. The caller wanted to set up a blood drive. As the receptionist for a blood collection facility in the Chicagoland area I can easily direct calls like this to a marketing person in their area. However, as I...
by Cindy Ervin Huff | Feb 12, 2014 | Uncategorized
Today I am posting a blog I wrote as a guest blogger a few years ago over at Write It Sideways. Recent events in my writing life caused me to revisit the sentiment in the post. I know I am not alone and thought I’d share it here. Have you ever heard a writer say “I...
by Cindy Ervin Huff | Jan 6, 2014 | Uncategorized
It’s 2014 and you’ve decided this is the year you will pursue your dream of being a writer. But how do you know if you are cut out to be one. Here is my take on it. You might be a writer if you have to turn everyday experiences into a story. You might be writer if you...
by Cindy Ervin Huff | Nov 6, 2013 | Book review from writer's perspective
I have found a wonderful resource book that I want to recommend to all my fiction writing friends.The Emotional Thesaurus, A Writer’s Guide To Character Expression by Angela Ackerman and Becca Puglisi is a great tool to help writers find the right gesture, description...
by Cindy Ervin Huff | Oct 21, 2013 | Uncategorized, writing tips
Halloween puts me in mind of an interesting architectural structure. Its very name paints a scene without further description. One that authors and movie makers have used to represent the darker side of life and promote fear. When describing a large old mansion or a...
