Category: How To and Tips
How Do You Create A Book?
You could hunt for a needle in a haystack—or you could write a book Penny Haw How do you create a book? It’s a question authors are asked and, when I first encountered it, I responded at length and in detail. I described ideas and inspiration, and spoke of credible characters, conflict, tension, and the […]
Ditch the Basic Business Bio and Write Your Whyography Instead
By Chris Olsen What do you do? This is quite possibly the most commonly asked question at networking events and dinner parties and on blind dates. In each of these settings, it leads to responses that include job titles: I’m a bookkeeper. I’m a floral designer. I’m a writer. And an answer like that leads […]
It’s Never Too Late To Change Genres
IT’S NEVER TOO LATE TO CHANGE GENRES (Even after you’ve written the book.) Seeing the book of your dreams (the one with your name splashed across the cover) become a reality can take many paths. And years. And a lot of missteps and giant leaps of faith along the way. But finally discovering the kind […]
Hard Work – But Glorious: Stories from the Herefordshire Suffrage Campaign
I always thought that when I did get round to writing a book, it would be a novel. I had no idea what it was going to be about, but it was going to be a satisfying retirement project to fill the winter days when I wasn’t gardening, preserve making or visiting historic properties. How […]
How to Build Financial Stability as a Freelance Writer
How to build financial stability as a freelance writer by Fiona Thomas Do you find yourself refreshing your bank balance hourly? Hoping that some long-forgotten invoice will be paid just in time? Or do you simply refuse to believe that freelance writing can offer you the same job security as working the regular 9-5? I’ve […]
My Journey to Publication: Emily Freud
Like most people who end up writing a book, I always wanted to write a book. As a teenager I grappled with quite debilitating social anxiety, so books and TV were my escape. I was indoctrinated through series like Sweet Valley High and Point Horror in my early adolescence, and then devoured all the ‘chick-lit’ […]
Beth Kephart: Teaching to Write
Teaching to Write Beth Kephart We have Zoomed into a room; we are present. We are holding Mary-Louise Parker’s words in our heads, her inestimable “Dear Daddy.” I have recited this essay’s final words as if I myself had written them, swallowed back the sweet and bitter of my empathy: Going up Sixth Avenue in […]
Marcie Maxfield Interviews Em
In Maxfield’s debut autofiction, Em’s Awful Good Fortune (August 3, 2021) main character “Em” seems like the consummate globe-trotter–traveling to Paris, Tokyo, Shanghai, Los Angeles and Seoul–but she’s handcuffed to her husband’s international career, having to give up her own in the process. Behind every Insta-worthy travel experience is the dark (but relatable) side of […]
Pay attention! Your Next Novel Can Come From Anywhere
Katie Crouch “Embassy Wife” author Pay attention. Your next novel can come from anywhere. I wrote Embassy Wife mainly because baboons broke into my house. Let’s back up. My husband, Peter, won a Fulbright to Namibia in 2015 to teach at the University of Namibia. At the time we were living in San Francisco. We […]
How I Selected the Stories in Coming Soon: Women’s Orgasm Erotica
How I Selected the Stories in Coming Soon: Women’s Orgasm Erotica by Rachel Kramer Bussel The idea for Coming Soon: Women’s Orgasm Erotica stemmed from a previous anthology I edited called Orgasmic, both of them focused on the many different ways women orgasm, which I knew is always a popular topic among readers. When I […]
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