Tag Archives: SF Writers’ Grotto

Darkness & Light

Posted on April 3, 2015 by Lindsey Crittenden

Lent has officially ended. Today is Good Friday, the second of the three days (Triduum) leading up to Easter Sunday. Today — or rather, tonight, at sundown — marks the start of Passover. I’ve been thinking today about story, without … Continue reading →

Posted in faith, prayer, reading, spirituality, teaching, Uncategorized, writing | Tagged Easter, Good Friday, Habit of Happiness, Lent, Lindsey Crittenden, narrative, Palm Sunday, Passover, Phil Klay, Prayer in the Furnace, Redeployment, SF Writers' Grotto, stories, story, suffering, Triduum | Comments Off

Formula One?

Posted on June 21, 2013 by Lindsey Crittenden

Before beginning the post itself, I’m happy to report that my piece on agreeing to disagree on matters of faith is in the July/August issue of Spirituality & Health, hot off the presses! As I write this, the piece isn’t … Continue reading →

Posted in community, craft, writing | Tagged 52-Pickup, Blake Snyder, Lindsey Crittenden, novel formula, novel outlines, novel revision, plot formula, plot structure, Plot Whisperer, plotting, Robert McKee, screenwriting, SF Writers' Grotto, Smoke Smoke Fire, story formula, Wallace Stegner | Comments Off

Branding

Posted on January 25, 2013 by Lindsey Crittenden

Yesterday over lunch at the Grotto, where I’m subletting office space, another writer (also finishing up her novel) and I got on the topic of branding. You know, the “author brand.” I resisted the first time I heard the phrase, … Continue reading →

Posted in community, prayer, spirituality, writing | Tagged A History of the Present Illness, author branding, author photos, author publicity, elevator speech, Lindsey Crittenden, Louise Aronson, Mary Gaitskill, SF Writers' Grotto, The Water Will Hold You, Veronica | 4 Comments

Out of the Faith Closet

Posted on June 22, 2012 by Lindsey Crittenden

When I started blogging, a little more than a year ago, I did so as an exploration of social media as a tool to reach my readers, to “build my brand” as a writer. I was curious about (and a … Continue reading →

Posted in faith, prayer, spirituality, writing, writing groups | Tagged A Skeptic Learns to Pray, blog posts, blog topics, blogging, blogs, building brand, Deborah Bryan, Facebook, faith, Lindsey Crittenden, Meghan Ward, Monster in Your Closet, prayer, praying, religion, religious topics, SF Writers' Grotto, skepticism, social media, spiritual autobiography, spiritual memoir, spiritual topics, spirituality, taboo topics, The Water Will Hold You, Twitter, virgin birth, writer's brand, writers' taboos | 11 Comments

How do you keep writing when you don’t have time?

Posted on October 28, 2011 by Lindsey Crittenden

When I started this blog, last spring, while taking Meghan Ward’s Social Media Madness for Writers class at the Grotto – which I highly recommend to any Bay Area writer mystified by the demands and protocol of social media – … Continue reading →

Posted in writing, writing groups | Tagged blogging, Lindsey Crittenden, Meghan Ward, novel, revision, Rincon, SF Writers' Grotto, social media, social media madness, the Grotto, writing, writing schedule | 8 Comments

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