Category: How To and Tips
HARVESTING MEMORIES WITH THE MUSE
By Sophia Kouidou-Giles The other day, my neighbor spotted me out in the backyard watering and asked me, “I see you sitting in your kitchen by the hour and writing. Where do you get your ideas?” I blurted out, “Serendipity,” and laughed. The question lingered in my mind. However, my response did not feel entirely […]
Bringing the Wilderness to Life in Words and Pictures by Rosanne Parry
Bringing the Wilderness to Life in Words and Pictures by Rosanne Parry The thing I have loved the most about working on the Voice of the Wilderness books is working with an illustrator. And when we began back in 2019 with A Wolf Called Wander, the notion of creating an abundantly illustrated middle grade novel from […]
Should Writers Attend a Book Group that’s Discussing their Own Book?
Should writers attend a book group that’s discussing their own book? By Alice Fowler On a warm September night, in an English town, a writer steps into a room. Though she has been in this pleasant room before, the writer’s breath comes fast. Faces twist towards her, hard to read. What will happen in the […]
Reading and Writing Fiction Without Guilt: 4 Thoughts about Cultural Appropriation (and how to avoid it)
Reading and Writing Fiction Without Guilt: 4 thoughts about cultural appropriation (and how to avoid it) by Martha Engber When I began writing THE FALCON, THE WOLF AND THE HUMMINGBIRD in 2002, I did so for two reasons. I was fascinated by the inventiveness and stamina of the indigenous people of southern Connecticut, where my […]
On Creating Fall to Pieces by Editor Sonali Sharma
Fall to Pieces: Stand, Break, and Rise is a collection of stories and articles from 24 authors from India, the UK, Canada, the US, and Africa. The idea that lies behind creating this book stems from the word ‘glass’. Breaking the glass ceiling is important to continue living in a progressive society. It is vital […]
On Writing Tinderbox: One Family’s Story of Adoption, Neurodiversity, and Fierce Love
You know those writers in the movies with a whiskey glass always at hand? A cigarette’s red tip glows at their lips as they click the keyboard keys. They lounge at parties with other artists until the sun comes up. I’ve dreamt of that life. (Although, they always seem to be men, yes?!) In my […]
Writing a Book Under a Tight Deadline by L.G. Davis
Writing a Book Under a Tight Deadline by L.G. Davis I know firsthand the exhilarating mix of excitement and trepidation that comes with facing a tight deadline for writing a book. Just last year, I was juggling four books simultaneously and even editing three or four of them at the same time. One of those […]
Sleep: The Secret Ingredient that Creativity Needs
Sleep: The Secret Ingredient that Creativity Needs I recently signed a book contract for my 15th book tentatively titled The Loss That Binds Us. It’s a self-help book filled with real, relatable, and holistic tips to navigate grief. It’s a book that my father wanted me to write because he believed we need to normalize grief. It’s […]
Heroines with Unexpected Careers
Heroines with Unexpected Careers by Nan Reinhardt I love reading books where the heroine’s career is unexpected, which is why I had so much fun writing about boat mechanic Joanna Weaver in Meet Me in River’s Edge. I think as women writers (and readers), we want our heroines to have fabulous careers that crash through the […]
Jocks Are Inspiring Too by Sarahlyn Bruck
Pop culture enjoys pitting the jocks against the dorks, the popular kids vs. the outcasts. As book lovers, we know which set we’re supposed to identify with–the ones who spend hours in libraries, who kill time browsing bookstores, who fritter away a sunny afternoon indoors on the couch reading a book. We’re the introverts, the […]
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