Category: How To and Tips
On Writing A Memoir by Sandra CH Smith
Good grief…write a memoir? Unwrap all the little boxes and let the dark secrets out? Let them all know who I really am or was? You’ve gotta be kidding! No way, Jose! Well, that’s what I thought when someone suggested I write a book about the seven years I spent sailing alone in the Pacific. […]
What’s a 60-Something Feminist Doing Writing a Book about Dating Men?
What’s a 60-something feminist doing writing a book about dating men? My debut memoir is about wildly, unabashedly dating men in my late fifties and finding my forever partner. I feel like I’m letting down my younger feminist self. What other women are writing All around me (literally – my book is one of dozens […]
Unstuck: Writing the Beginning Over and Over
This blog series, Unstuck, explores some of the ways fiction writers find themselves stuck and offers tips from successful writers for getting unstuck. Unstuck is a six-month series published the first Monday of the month. Every writer gets stuck at one time or another. Being stuck can trigger feelings of anxiety and self-doubt (to name […]
Sarah Patt: On Writing
I feel incredibly fortunate to have a job I absolutely love! I am a one-on-one tutorial teacher in a private school for children with a language-based learning disability. I help them in reading, writing, and spelling. My campus which is in a quaint seaside town thirty miles north of Boston, Massachusetts enrolls students in the […]
Plotting Tips for New Novelists
When I started writing seven years ago, there were so many aspects of creating a novel that I learned by trial and error. In my opinion, nothing compares to early readers who give it to you straight about how your characters are coming off on the page, whether your premise is sound, if your descriptions […]
Writing and Painting: Two Sides of the Same Coin?
It’s not really surprising that so many authors are also artists – the disciplines are two sides of the same coin. You can write a story in pictures and you can paint a picture with words. If you are blessed – or cursed – with a creative streak that creativity will out. I come from […]
GOING AFTER INSPIRATION BY DEVELOPING CREATIVE MUSCLE
By M. M. DeLuca Writers are frequently asked where their ideas come from. Truth is, finding ideas is not a passive process. As novelist, Jack London said, “You can’t wait for inspiration, you have to go after it with a club.” And wielding a club requires muscle. Creative muscle. Regular workouts help to develop it. […]
Want to Write Book Reviews? Some Helpful Questions to Get You Started
Want to Write Book Reviews? Some Helpful Questions to Get You Started Erin Flanagan I first started writing book reviews seriously in 2015 when I was burned out from writing fiction and looking to get back to my original love of reading. For me, book reviews were a way to support other writers, champion their […]
United by Books: Lessons From a Bookseller-Turned-Author By Nicole Magistro
United by Books: Lessons From a Bookseller-Turned-Author By Nicole Magistro Indie bookstores feel like home – for 15 years I owned a bustling shop in an upscale resort town in Colorado. We thrived on building community, hosting events, and hiring friendly and voracious readers who loved to talk about books. During my tenure, I worked […]
Healing Through Writing
In retrospect, my learning of my mother’s unexpected death played like a scene out of a Lifetime movie. Torn from sleep by someone banging on my front door, I threw on my robe and rushed downstairs. I saw a police car parked outside and a uniformed officer on my porch. Groggy and confused, I opened […]
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