Category: How To and Tips
Creating Yoga Books Helped Me Stretch My Writing Voice
Creating Yoga Books Helped Me Stretch My Writing Voice By Holly Lebowitz Rossi “Write the book you want to read,” goes the classic aphorism. In my case, I persuaded my longtime yoga teacher to partner in writing two books I want to be able to pull off my shelf when I need to be reminded […]
Interview with Jessica Lizel Cannon, author of The Proactive Caregiver
Interview with Jessica Lizel Cannon, author of The Proactive Caregiver In THE PROACTIVE CAREGIVER, Jessica shares her journey of caring for her mother, who lives with mixed Dementia, including FTD coupled with Bipolar Manic Depression Disorder. We are delighted to feature this interview with her. What motivated you to write your book? Like many others, I […]
Discomfort and Boredom: How I Wrote my Debut Novel
Discomfort and boredom: how I wrote my debut novel. Eva Aldea My husband still apologises sometimes for dragging me to Singapore just as I was offered a permanent post as a Lecturer in English Literature in London, effectively putting the nail in the coffin of my academic career. He also knows how much I hated […]
Micki Miller: My Writing Process
When I was asked to write an article on my writing process, I was a little stumped. My process, as I saw it, was to sit and write. No magic spells (I wish) no talismans, no rituals that make the words skip onto the page and arrange themselves in award-winning order. At times, my process […]
Why I Wrote a Disabled Serial Killer
Why I Wrote a Disabled Serial Killer by Elizabeth Mitchell Over the past few years, I’ve seen more disabled characters in fiction. What I haven’t seen is a lot of disabled people. As a woman with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and multiple other invisible illnesses, I find that troubling. Often, disability is used to bolster other characters, […]
How Your Cover Speaks Volumes
How Your Cover Speaks Volumes By Christina Hamlett The popularity of self-publishing has given rise to a new breed of frugal entrepreneurs—authors who eschew hiring professionals to edit their books, take their headshots and design their book covers. The latter strategy in particular is rarely a smart idea, especially if one’s cover art dictates a […]
How to get Publisher the Mindful Way
How to get published the mindful way Whether you are starting out as a writer, querying agents, or have a publishing contract, you will have experienced the highs and lows of this writing life. Social media is full of ecstasy and angst. ‘OMG I’ve had two full MS requests.’ ‘I’m so excited, an agent has […]
The Inspiration Behind A Dangerous Education, by Megan Chance
The Inspiration Behind A Dangerous Education, by Megan Chance Ideas have always come easily to me. I get them from everywhere: movies, the news, television, music, other books, research … really, they fly at me endlessly. What isn’t so easy is finding an idea that sticks, or that is big enough to hold its own […]
Kwan Kew Lai: On Book Events
The time has come, to talk of many things: Of book events— and signing—and book tours—Of Margaret Atwood —and Stephen King—- Recently Chelsea Banning, a librarian who published her debut novel, Of Crowns and Legends tweeted that she was bummed only two people showed up for her first book signing event despite several RSVPs. Famous […]
Publishing Journey: Of School and Women
I surprised myself by publishing a book. And at my age I didn’t think I had any surprises left. Of School and Women was born from my days as an undergrad and bartender. It’s woven together with my infatuation with the clarity of truth in hindsight, mixed in with nostalgia and blended with a dreamy […]
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