Tag Archives: Laura Stanfill

Color in the World

Posted on April 15, 2013 by

It’s that time of year again–tulip festival season at the Wooden Shoe Tulip Farm in Woodburn, Oregon.

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A Bit of Sweetness (From Chapter Four)

Posted on March 18, 2013 by

I promised myself I’d get back into my novel this month. Forest Avenue Press will still be my primary focus, but I want to make room in my life for Henri, my protagonist now languishing in Chapter Four, draft two, … Continue reading →

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Happy Valentine’s Day!

Posted on February 14, 2013 by

 

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Finding Readers: A Series on Effective Book Promotion

Posted on February 11, 2013 by

Welcome to my new series, Finding Readers. There are a lot of us authors and publishers out there, and we’re all competing for a relatively small pool of passionate readers. I often hear “I wish I had more time to read.” … Continue reading →

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What It’s Like to Read at Powell’s

Posted on January 28, 2013 by

This essay is a more personal response to our Jan. 7 Brave on the Page event at Powell’s City of Books. I close my eyes. The lighting is that good golden light, the kind of evening glow that’s hard to photograph, … Continue reading →

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The Next Big Thing

Posted on January 17, 2013 by

Two dear blogging friends, Jo Eberhardt at The Happy Logophile and Anthony Lee Collins at U-town, tagged me for The Next Big Thing. I am excited to report that answering these questions shifted my brain back into novel-writing gear. (It has been … Continue reading →

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Feels Like Floating: A Recap of Our Powell's Debut

Posted on January 8, 2013 by

Reblogged from Forest Avenue Press: A new writer friend, Marcia Riefer Johnston, asked if I was floating after last night’s reading at Powell’s. Absolutely. We had an overflow crowd of 150, according to Powell’s staff estimates. We ran out of … Continue reading →

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Quick: How Do You Handle Nerves?

Posted on January 7, 2013 by

I’m getting surprisingly nervous today, as we approach this evening’s Powell’s reading. I’ve read in public before–not tons of times, but enough to know I can get up on stage, or behind the podium, look out at friends and family … Continue reading →

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Dream Come True

Posted on January 4, 2013 by

These days, when you hear authors talking about the dream-come-true scenario of getting an agent, or a publishing deal, the dream isn’t always what they expected. Times have changed significantly. Advances, for instance, I was told earlier this week by … Continue reading →

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Happy News–and the Shrinking of Newspapers’ Book Coverage

Posted on December 27, 2012 by

We have a lot of new author interviews coming up in 2013, including Anthony Lee Collins of U-town scheduled for New Year’s Eve. My writer-friend Kristen Forbes had her essay “Dream Girl” published in The Rumpus last week. It’s a candid … Continue reading →

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