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A Writing Life: Ronna Wineberg
A Writing Life I’m a fiction writer and sometimes I’m asked about my writing life. The question has caused me to think about my writing process and what a writing life entails. My writing life consists of different parts: writing, submitting work, creating books, publicizing a new book, giving readings, building community, and reading literature. […]
Down the Rabbit Hole for The Emerald Necklace by Linda Rosen
Down the Rabbit Hole for The Emerald Necklace by Linda Rosen Several years ago, I was at a party at a historic house in Delray Beach, Florida. It’s nooks and crannies, narrow hallways, and cozy rooms called to me. I wasn’t sure how I was going to use the two-story home, built in 1923, in […]
From Pantser to Planner
A writerly evolution by Gillian Harvey Like many writers, I have always been in a hurry to get words to paper. An idea will come to me and I’ll need to rush to the nearest post-it post-haste. Until recently, when writing novels, if the muse took over, I had no time to make plans, create […]
Clay-Writer Turned Creativity Evangelist
Clay-Writer Turned Creativity Evangelist Several years ago, my husband dubbed me a “clay-writer”. “You sculpt with words and write in clay,” he elaborated. His description referenced the fact I was a potter and enjoyed sculpting vignettes out of polymer clay (think Sculpey or Fimo vinyl plastic clay which can be baked in the oven.) At […]
Jessica K. Foster interviews Andy and Lucas from Andy and the Extroverts
Authors Interviewing Characters: Jessica K. Foster interviews Andy and Lucas from Andy and the Extroverts Andy and the Extroverts Seventeen-year-old Andy Stevens has no friends. She’d rather chew rusty nails than talk to anyone ever since her bestie ditched her freshman year. Her oblivious mom has the audacity to pack her up and send her […]
Writing Likeable, but Difficult, Characters
Writing Likeable, but Difficult, Characters Emma Barry We’ve all seen the reviews that say, “The protagonist wasn’t likeable. Two stars.” But what does it mean for a character to be likeable? For me, it’s rooted in relatability. If a character is too perfect, they will likely feel aspirational. I might want to be them, but […]
How Lockdown Life in 2020 inspired The Bad Neighbour
How Lockdown Life in 2020 inspired The Bad Neighbour As awful and unsettling as it was at the time, my experience of living through the Covid-induced lockdowns had one positive outcome, as far as I’m concerned: it inspired my fifth book. Set in an English village in 2020 from the start of the first lockdown […]
THE ENDANGERED PROTAGONIST By Christina Hamlett
THE ENDANGERED PROTAGONIST By Christina Hamlett The book jacket premise was intriguing enough for me to part with $7 at the airport gift shop: A beautiful woman, suffocated by the demands of wealth and public adoration, decides to take a break and go incognito. (Oh, but that we should all be cursed with such problems…) […]
When Your Book Features a Misunderstood Career
When Your Book Features a Misunderstood Career When I first got the idea for my debut novel, ONE TOUGH COOKIE, I knew it would be set at a food manufacturing plant, similar to the one I used to work at. I have a PhD in Food Science and previous work experience as a quality assurance […]
On Writing The Accidental Series
The accidental series When readers asked about a follow-up to my debut novel, Sugar and Snails, I was surprised. Although I had thoughts about how my character, Diana, might have developed since 2004 when the novel is set, I didn’t plan to explore them in fiction. Savvy authorpreneurs know that you can sell more books […]
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