Author Archive: Joyce Yarrow
How A book Launch Became A Performance Piece
by Joyce Yarrow It’s interesting how we tend to compartmentalize our lives without thinking about it — professional vs. personal, friendships vs. business relationships, hobbies vs. work life— the list goes on. When I began writing novels it seemed natural enough to separate my literary activities from my music career as a singer/songwriter. After all, […]
A Writer’s Dream
“When will you stop checking out books from the library and start writing?” My husband asked me this more than six months after my announcement that I was going to write a novel set in Spain during both medieval and modern times. In it, I would explore endangered connections between cultures that are vital to […]
Pen Pals – Five Ways Authors Can Show the Love
Publishing is a highly competitive industry, with more than 60,000 books expected to be published this fall season alone. It’s easy to feel overwhelmed when your book is on the verge of a breakthrough but your efforts to promote it are threatening to break you as well. Whether traditionally or self-published, we’ve all been there, […]
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