Category: How To and Tips
Rebounding from Rejection: A How-To Guide To Survive the Emotional Turmoil That Is the Writing Business
Rebounding from Rejection: A How-To Guide To Survive the Emotional Turmoil That Is the Writing Business By Jen Braaksma Rejection sucks. It’s a given in writing, of course. Everyone—even the most famous among us—has had their brilliant work rejected by agents and publishers. Stephen King’s Carrie was rejected more than 30 times. Agatha Christie couldn’t […]
Where Is That Next Big Idea?
Where Is That Next Big Idea? A question every author gets asked at some point is, “Where did you get the idea for your book?” The answer can be surprising, disturbing, or as simple as, “I’m not sure, it just came to me.” I admit a bit of envy of authors who say they have […]
The Rocky Road to Publication and How I found my Literary Agent
THE ROCKY ROAD TO PUBLICATION AND HOW I FOUND MY LITERARY AGENT ANN O’LOUGHLIN There is one thing for certain for most writers, the path to publication is a long, winding and often lonely route. My journey was no different. Now, as my sixth novel The Irish House is published by Bookouture , I sometimes […]
Exclusive Excerpt from Hello Anxiety, My Old Friend
Exclusive Excerpt from Hello Anxiety, My Old Friend Natalie Kohlhaas has become known as the therapist that helps people when “talk therapy” has failed. Using a multitude of modalities, she supports each individual shift the emotional residues that may hold them back. Natalie is the Founder and Clinical Supervisor of Serenity Tree Counseling and Wellness. […]
Sarah J. Makowski: On Language and Writing
Since childhood, I’d dreamed of living in England, the birthplace of my literary heroes. I’d walk through Bath arm-in-arm with Anne Elliot. I’d run into the Pevensie kids on the train to London. Like Bridget Jones, I’d get a publishing job, commuting daily from my thatched Tudor cottage nestled inside a secret garden. Who knows? […]
Writing Midlife Emergence: Free Your Inner Fire
Midlife Emergence: Free Your Inner Fire By: Jen Berlingo, MA, LPC, ATR After two decades of guiding my psychotherapy and coaching clients through life’s major transitions, I experienced my own profoundly transformative passage in my early forties. At the time, I heard an inner call I could not deny, asking me to live more fully […]
Why We Wrote Our Book: The Importance of Building an Owner’s Mindset in Family Enterprises
Why We Wrote Our Book: The Importance of Building an Owner’s Mindset in Family Enterprises By Wendy Sage-Hayward, Gaia Marchisio and Barb Dartt Our book,“OWN IT! Building an Owner’s Mindset at Every Age,” aims to shed light on the importance of intentionally developing an owner’s mindset within family enterprises. Through our own experiences and work […]
On Writing MY LOVE NIKOLA TESLA
By Ana Atanaskovic One of the happy endings of my writing journey is publishing my novel MY LOVE NIKOLA TESLA in America, the country where the story takes place. And it happened in November last year. But I would like to start from the beginning. As a young girl, I was greatly inspired by my father. […]
Book Promotion Tips From a Publicist Turned Writer
I’m a writer but I also walk through life with a publicist’s eye. I’ve worked in PR and social media for more than twenty five years and with my debut thriller out in May 2023, I’m taking an even keener look at how authors promote their work. There’s a lot to learn and book publishing […]
The Adventure Indeed Continues
Two years ago, I had written http://booksbywomen.org/the-adventure-continues/ and the adventure indeed continues, but with a different emphasis. When a non-writing friend tried to pigeonhole what I was doing as a “hobby” I started pondering why I was so into writing. It was not to make money, or even a living – the day jobs had […]
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