Welcome to DonnaLevin.com
I'm a San Francisco author and writing teacher here to provide resources for writers of any level of experience. I am the author of the novels Extraordinary Means (William Morrow) and California Street (Simon & Schuster), as well as two books on writing: Get that Novel Started and Get that Novel Written, both published by Writer's Digest Books. Visit often for updates about newly released books and trends in publishing. Send me a message--and be sure to read and add your comments on my new blog, below.
Writing in the Wine Country
You don’t have to live in San Francisco, or another major urban center, to thrive as a writer.Anywhere in California will do just fine, thank you.
Chicklit from the Block
Scribd.: the New Self-Publishing Highrise
A dream? Well, as Bloody Mary sings in South Pacific, “You gotta have a dream/If you don’t have a dream/How you gonna make a dream come true?”
A Hand in History
It has been said that “the Internet is word of mouth writ large.” (Why yes, in fact, it was first said by yours truly. Thank you for asking.) And so it was on the Internet that I “heard” about Lincoln’s Hand a new mystery by Joel Fox, published by Echelon Press, which introduces series hero Zane Rigby, an FBI agent with more baggage than will fit under the seat in front of him.




