Category: How To and Tips
Where do you get your Ideas from? By Tríona Walsh
Where do you get your ideas from? Like many writers and would-be writers, I’m voracious in my consumption of anything writing related. Interviews, podcasts, blogposts, anywhere writers talk about their writing and writing lives, I’m there. An article like this, for instance, would be just the thing! During this obsessive deep-dive, I’ve noticed there is […]
Second Acts, by Jill Piscitello
Second Acts, by Jill Piscitello Most authors will tell you they’ve loved writing since they were children. I’m no exception. But pursuing a career as an author always seemed impractical. Somewhere around the age of twenty, I caught the tiniest glimmer that publishing a book was possible. Another college semester had ended, and I was […]
Ten Lessons about Writing Memoir that I Learned from Reading Memoirs
Ten Lessons about Writing Memoir that I Learned from Reading Memoirs Dian Seidel Memoirs never appealed to me much…until I accidentally started writing one. When a writing coach told me my short essays could be the basis for a memoir, I figured I’d better educate myself about the genre. So I read lots of memoirs, […]
Six Things I’ve Learned After Publishing My First Book
Six Things I’ve Learned After Publishing My First Book by Laura Whitfield I participated in my first literary festival last weekend as part of a panel about finding fun and taking risks. During the event the moderator asked, “What was fun about writing your book?” “I can’t say that writing my book was fun,” I […]
Five Truths on Technology, Creativity & the Power of Human Stories
By Kris Spisak A lot of headlines scream for our attention these days. Some caterwaul about how writers no longer have a place in the world. Others claim storytelling will be hijacked by modern technology. But here’s the truth rarely in the conversation: Creativity is the essence of humanity itself. It’s how we have survived. […]
My Writing Journey by KD Sherrinford
KD Sherrinford- My writing journey. A voracious reader from an early age. I became fascinated by the works of Agatha Christie and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. I read the entire Sherlock Holmes Canon by the time I was 13. I was a shy, introverted child; always found in the library with my head in a […]
Facing The Blank Canvas: Have the Self Confidence to Tell Your Story
Facing The Blank Canvas: Have the Self Confidence to Tell Your Story In Henry James’ short story “The Madonna of the Future,” an older artist shows his visitor a blank canvas where the painting he has envisioned will one day materialize. “The elements are all here,” the artist says, pointing to his head. His excuse […]
Compassionate Caregiving and Writing By Suzanne Marriott
Compassionate Caregiving and Writing By Suzanne Marriott Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries, without them humanity cannot survive. Dalai Lama XIV I remember the moment I realized I was going to be my husband’s caregiver forever. I knew Michael had multiple sclerosis, and I knew this would be a progressive disease. Yet, knowing something […]
How Self-Kindness Set My Creativity Free
How Self-Kindness Set My Creativity Free by Martha Engber I never knew the crippling burden of being unkind to myself until two years ago when I was 56. I’d just completed my forthcoming memoir, Bliss Road, about being the non-autistic daughter of an undiagnosed Autism Spectrum Disorder dad. I’d spent the previous eight years wading […]
My Pathway to Self-Publishing by Marisa Jones
My Pathway to Self-Publishing by Marisa Jones It’s hard to believe I’m a published author. This week, my debut historical novel, A Dangerous Land, has been released to the world. What a surreal feeling. Something I never thought would come to pass. It certainly wasn’t an easy road to get here. For two years I […]
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