Category: How To and Tips
Not all who Wander are Lost
Not all who wander are lost If you followed the path of my career from where I am today back to my adolescence, you might ask yourself what disaster of a map I was looking at. Today, I am a visiting professor of physics at a liberal arts college, as well as an author of […]
Six Universal Truths About Writing Novels
The Girl in the Maze. I was on a creative writing course and was drafting short exercises for different assignments. But some time in the second year of the course, in spring 2017, I realised that what I was creating were not separate pieces but part of a longer story which by late 2021 would […]
My Journey into the World of Victorian Women Doctors By Olivia Campbell
My Journey into the World of Victorian Women Doctors By Olivia Campbell Today, when a young woman announces her intention to become a doctor, she is greeted with cheers and praise. In the 1800s, such an announcement might plunge family members into depressive episodes and may even see the young woman disowned. Women interested in […]
Rethinking Revenge: Injustice, Empathy, and Common Ground on a Bridge over the Thames
The plot for Down a Dark River leapt at me from a contemporary story that I couldn’t put out of my head. Some years ago, I read an article about race and the law in the US that included an account of a young Black woman in the South who jaywalked across a quiet street. […]
I had Life Boredom and didn’t know it
By Elizabeth Gonzalez James I used to be a singer. From sixth grade on, I practiced scales and memorized entire musicals alone in my bedroom. I sang at competitions. My first job when I was sixteen was belting out operatic Happy Birthday serenades at Macaroni Grill. My senior year I was voted “Best Voice.” In […]
Thoughts on Writing Comedy by Faye Brann
Thoughts on writing comedy by Faye Brann, author of Tinker, Tailor, Schoolmum, Spy and winner of the unpublished Comedy Women in Print Prize 2020 When I first began writing, it was a terribly serious endeavour. I was studying for an MA while living in Dubai, and my tutor recommended I pen a narrative nonfiction about […]
Sarah Stonich: On Writing
In my RayAnne trilogy, Fishing! meets up with RayAnne Dahl after she’s fled the misogynistic pro sport-fishing circuit to land out of her league in the rarified realm of public television, which poses its own set of challenges. Reeling is the follow up, wherein RayAnne takes the show abroad to New Zealand. When this character […]
Travel Helped Me Become a Writer – And Fulfilled a Prediction
Travel Helped Me Become a Writer – And Fulfilled a Prediction When I was about eight and living with my parents, grandparents and two siblings in Miami Beach in a two-bedroom bungalow with Cuban tile floors, my father played the horses. I never knew if he would come back from the track smiling or ready […]
The Blogger-Author Relationship—Gaining 5-Star Status
If your relationship with the blogging community consists of a mass email dump to Dear Blogger every time you release a new book, you’re missing the point. Book blogs don’t just add to the string of 5-star reviews you’re hoping to wrap around your new release. Book bloggers also host authors, participate in book hops, and provide content related to reading […]
Launch Your Book with Great Reviews: 4 Tips to Get You Started
Searching for rocket fuel to launch your book? Great reviews can shoot your masterpiece right up the Amazon lists. Potential buyers demand an unbiased critique of a book’s merits to simplify the task of finding the next great read. Most expect to find at least ten glowing reviews on a book’s product page before they’ll […]
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