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Friendly Persuasion
Author: Angela Rasch Angela Rasch's blog Blog About: Authors / Stories / Books / Writing One of my favorite movies is the 1950s classic Friendly Persuasion – starring Gary Cooper. The entire movie is based on people trying to motivate the Quakers t ...
Angela Rasch - 2020/10/04 - 6:14am - 7 comments
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I noticed something
Author: Angela Rasch Darlyne138's blog Blog About: Authors / Stories / Books / Writing ...
Darlyne138 - 2020/10/07 - 8:10am - 2 comments
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Cannibals (And I'm NOT Talking Politics)
Author: Angela Rasch Angela Rasch's blog Blog About: Authors / Stories / Books / Writing Nora Ephron said “ Writers are cannibals. They really are. They are predators, and if you are friends with them, and if you say anything funny at dinner, or if ...
Angela Rasch - 2020/10/12 - 12:35pm - 13 comments
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Is It Right to Write Like That?
Author: Angela Rasch Angela Rasch's blog Blog About: Authors / Stories / Books / Writing Nearly thirty years ago, I accomplished something good that had me on the front page of statewide newspapers, repeatedly. Many, many good things happened for h ...
Angela Rasch - 2020/10/29 - 9:54pm - 24 comments
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What "Abandoned" Story Would You Like To See Finished?
Author: Angela Rasch Angela Rasch's blog Blog About: Authors / Stories / Books / Writing For me it's "Thirty Million Reasons" by Erin. Jill ...
Angela Rasch - 2020/09/22 - 12:21am - 71 comments
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Milestone
Author: Angela Rasch Angela Rasch's blog Blog About: Authors / Stories / Books / Writing My total word count posted on BC has just gone over one million. I suppose that was almost inevitable given my immediate infatuation with a word processor thre ...
Angela Rasch - 2020/12/01 - 10:23am - 22 comments
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Be a Storyteller
Author: Angela Rasch Angela Rasch's blog Blog About: Authors / Stories / Books / Writing I was a little under the weather yesterday, so I spent the day reading A Time for Mercy the latest Grisham novel. John Grisham has sold over 300 million books. ...
Angela Rasch - 2020/12/10 - 5:56pm - 4 comments
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The Writer's Contract
Author: Angela Rasch Angela Rasch's blog Blog About: Authors / Stories / Books / Writing An unwritten contract does exist between the reader and the author. A comment yesterday on one of my stories brought this home to me one more time. A few years ...
Angela Rasch - 2020/12/10 - 5:57pm - 13 comments
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Reader Enjoyment
Author: Angela Rasch Angela Rasch's blog Blog About: Authors / Stories / Books / Writing All I know is what I've read in books. Supposedly, readers get a great deal of enjoyment out of guessing what happens next. How will Emily react when Jaco ...
Angela Rasch - 2020/12/10 - 5:57pm - 3 comments
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In the Womb Where It Happened
Author: Angela Rasch Angela Rasch's blog Blog About: Authors / Stories / Books / Writing In a few days I will post the final chapter for my mini-serial "The Womb of the Unknown Cheerleader." A few days after that, I will unpublish the sto ...
Angela Rasch - 2020/12/18 - 8:07am - 3 comments
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The Power of the Pen
Author: Angela Rasch Angela Rasch's blog Blog About: Authors / Stories / Books / Writing I lived in Bismarck, ND for ten years. Generally, all of my thirties. One of the local attractions was the blockhouses at Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park. http ...
Angela Rasch - 2020/12/19 - 10:19am - 1 comment
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Mark Twain and the Power of Words
Author: Angela Rasch Angela Rasch's blog Blog About: Authors / Stories / Books / Writing Supposedly, upon meeting Harriet Beecher Stowe-- Lincoln said about Uncle Tom's Cabin-- "So you're the woman who wrote that little book that sta ...
Angela Rasch - 2021/01/01 - 2:41am
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Heartache by the Numbers
Author: Angela Rasch Angela Rasch's blog Blog About: Authors / Stories / Books / Writing Troubles by the score. Why do I have such a fixation on the Kudos and Total Views numbers? That is a very good question when you consider that I’ve been saying ...
Angela Rasch - 2021/01/01 - 2:41am - 16 comments
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Doppler Press
Author: Angela Rasch Angela Rasch's blog Blog About: Authors / Stories / Books / Writing A few years ago, I asked Erin if she would be interested in publishing Peaches through Doppler Press. I agreed to donate all proceeds to the maintenance of BC. ...
Angela Rasch - 2021/01/26 - 7:49am - 2 comments
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How to Turn Just Fifty Words into Green Eggs and Ham
Author: Angela Rasch Angela Rasch's blog Blog About: Authors / Stories / Books / Writing There’s been a lot of discussion in a different thread about the decision to pull several Dr. Seuss books from publication. Much of the chatter seems to regard ...
Angela Rasch - 2021/03/11 - 8:31am - 2 comments
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Dear BarbieLee
Author: Angela Rasch Angela Rasch's blog Blog About: Authors / Stories / Books / Writing Jesus said, “ Whoever is not with Me is against Me.” He also said, “ Whoever is not against Us, is for Us.” This was echoed in the sixties as “ If you’re not p ...
Angela Rasch - 2021/06/11 - 11:54pm - 9 comments
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Good Writers and Bad Business models
Author: Angela Rasch Angela Rasch's blog Blog About: Authors / Stories / Books / Writing Every now and then I stumble across an author who makes me feel like the world’s biggest hack. My spouse reads about three books a week. That’s how I “found” S ...
Angela Rasch - 2021/09/19 - 10:39pm - 10 comments
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Any Takers?
Author: Angela Rasch Angela Rasch's blog Blog About: Authors / Stories / Books / Writing A few days ago, Doppler Press published How You Play the Game. It is the twenty-first book I’ve written that has been sold on Amazon. I donate 100% of the proc ...
Angela Rasch - 2021/09/29 - 9:50pm - 3 comments
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Comments
Author: Angela Rasch Angela Rasch's blog Blog About: Authors / Stories / Books / Writing Based on my experience, with over a dozen books published on Amazon and over one hundred stories published on BC: You are three times more likely to receive a ...
Angela Rasch - 2021/12/17 - 1:25pm - 19 comments
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Resolutions
Author: Angela Rasch Angela Rasch's blog Blog About: Authors / Stories / Books / Writing According to one article the most popular New Year's Resolutions are: Exercise more Lose weight Get organized Learn a new skill or hobby Live life to the ...
Angela Rasch - 2022/01/05 - 10:53pm - 18 comments