WORTH YOUR SALT: A Reading on March 19th
TWO more weeks. Come and join us for this fun night at Harriet Brewing! Hazel & Wren and Red Sofa Literary will be hosting WORTH YOUR…
WORTH YOUR SALT: A Fiction Contest by Hazel & Wren
We are excited to announce a special contest and corresponding event (more info to come later) hosted by Hazel & Wren and inspired by THE SALT…
Required Reading: HOW MUSIC WORKS by David Byrne
By Dawn Frederick I’ve been a long-time fan of the Talking Heads and David Byrne’s individual work for many years. So much that I was ecstatic…
Red Sofa Books Giveaway – THE SALT MACHINE
We are doing a giveaway this weekend, for two free copies of Jeff Smieding’s THE SALT MACHINE – for the 1st installment, with future installments to…
Interview with Author Jamie Wyman
We here on the Sofa are excited to introduce you to Jamie Wyman, whose urban fantasy WILD CARD comes out November 25 from Entangled! In a Las Vegas…
Required Reading: MAKE YOUR STORY A MOVIE by John Robert Marlow
By Dawn Frederick During the 2013 Madison Writers’ Institute, I had the treat of seeing a panel on books and the film industry; where the panelists…
Day #22 – The Publishing Thanksgiving List
By Dawn Frederick As this year begins to wrap up, and as Jennie & I am off doing our things for the holidays, it seems appropriate…
Day #10 – Revise, Revise & Revise Again
Last night the Twin Cities had the honor of seeing Erin Morgenstern at MPR’s Talking Volumes. It was one of my favorite Talking Volumes attended to…
Day #8 – To Whom It May Concern
By Dawn Frederick So you’ve written a book and it’s time to begin the query process. You take a friend’s sound advice and research the various print…
Day #5 – Transformation, Super Powers, and Wyrwylfs
By Jennie Goloboy My last post was about queries I see too frequently, and why I often find them problematic. Here are three more. 1. The protagonist…
