Pamela Ebel offers a wealth of wisdom in this interview for our writer-focused series. She pursues writing with the drive and curiosity and wit that she devoted to her previous careers.
Ebel has been published in Shotgun Honey, YELLOW MAMA EZINE, Kings River Life Magazine, The BOULD AWARDS 2020 and 2021 Anthology, Tomorrow and Tomorrow 2021 Anthology, and other venues. Her poetry has appeared in the Delta Poetry Review. A native of California, she now concentrates on tales from her original home state and tales from the highways of the South. She also knows, like the Ancient Greeks and the Irish, that as a Southern writer you can’t outrun your blood.
She has turned to writing full time as of 2020, obviously either perfect or bizarre timing, and this will be her fifth career. She lives in Metairie, Louisiana, with her husband and two cats.
TIMINGS
- 00:40 Welcome / Introduction
- 6:25 Writing for the Love of It
- 8:45 The Money that Writers Make
- 11:35 Treat Writing as a Business
- 14:35 Connecting with other Writers / SMART Plan
- 18:12 Submission Guidelines / the Shunn Format
- 23:40 Writing Tools
- 26:15 Traditional vs Self-Publishing / Writing is Competitive
- 28:15 Short Story Advantages / Opening up Creativity
- 33:30 Building the Writing Resumé
- 36:36 Last Words / Closing
Total Run Time: 38:47
LINKS
The Shunn MS Format https://www.shunn.net/format/
Pamela Ebel https://pamebel.com/
Website https://thewritefocus.blogspot.com/2025/04/617-writers-on-writing-pamela-ebel.html
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