Category: How To and Tips
On Writing The Accidental Series
The accidental series When readers asked about a follow-up to my debut novel, Sugar and Snails, I was surprised. Although I had thoughts about how my character, Diana, might have developed since 2004 when the novel is set, I didn’t plan to explore them in fiction. Savvy authorpreneurs know that you can sell more books […]
My Writing Process by Rebecca Heath
by Rebecca Heath One thing I love almost as much as reading a wonderful book and travelling along that journey with the author, is to read about how that book came to be. There is something so interesting about reading another author’s writing process, like seeing behind the curtain of a magic trick for a […]
From Nursing Home to Published Author
I’m told the average author doesn’t query publishers from a hospital bed in a nursing home. I’d like to think, then, that I’m not your average author, because that’s what I did in the summer of 2020. Since that time, I’ve had two novels published and a novella releasing at the end of May. Not […]
My Writing Journey by Hope Gibbs
My Writing Journey… By Hope Gibbs As a debut novelist at the age of fifty-one who had absolutely no experience before I produced a 95,000-word manuscript, I’m often asked a question. “Was it a dream of yours to become a writer?” and I reply, “Yes, since I was a little girl.” But it wasn’t books […]
You Can’t Know It All: Why I Wrote the Book By Wanda Wallace
You Can’t Know It All: Why I Wrote the Book By Wanda Wallace I have coached many women who were seen as great, amazing contributors in the workplace – highly valued by clients, managers, peers – but who were not seen as the next leader of the group. On the one hand, these women were […]
The Blogging Writer: Why Running A Successful Blog Benefits Every Writer
So maybe you’ve heard the dirty and unsettling news; survival as a writer these days depends on a platform. I used to shudder upon hearing those words. Like many beginning writers, I had a tendency towards introversion and the mere thought of putting myself, or my work, out into the world seemed very perilous. However, […]
Three Non-Writing Tips to Get You Writing
When I started writing, I wished I had someone in my life who could tell me exactly what to do and where to begin. Lately, I’ve been talking a lot on radio, podcasts, and television about how to get started as a writer. Even if you are an established writer and feeling stuck, or only […]
A Novel Approach to Dealing with Grief
A Novel Approach to Dealing with Grief I was forty when a heart attack claimed my husband’s life and changed mine forever. In the immediate aftermath of suffocating grief, I couldn’t fathom anything good coming out of such a traumatic experience. But I was wrong. When my husband died, I found my writer’s voice. As […]
SETTING RESEARCH: WHEN YOU DIDN’T WRITE WHAT YOU KNOW
SETTING RESEARCH: WHEN YOU DIDN’T WRITE WHAT YOU KNOW A woman floats peacefully in a swimming pool at night, a spangled view of the city behind her. The image wouldn’t leave my head, and over time turned into a central scene in my debut romance novel, PAINTING CELIA. Naturally, my character needed a house with […]
A Persistent What-If: The Complicated and Inelegant Process of A Book Idea
A Persistent What-If: The Complicated and Inelegant Process of A Book Idea Gin Phillips Stop me if you’ve heard this one: A writer walks into a room. Before long a hand goes up. “So how do you get the ideas for your books?” someone asks. With a smile, the writer gives them a concise, elegant […]
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