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Dutch by birth and serial emigrant, Barbara currently lives with her husband and daughter in a tiny village in Galicia, Spain, as basic and simple as can be. W Barbara's website.
Writing from Multiple Viewpoints
Writing from Multiple Viewpoints Natalie Lund My first novel, We Speak in Storms, rotates between four perspectives—three teenage outsiders who encounter an abandoned car in the wake of a tornado—and a fourth voice, the ghosts of a tornado that struck the town drive-in generations before. In my second novel, The Sky Above Us, I rotate […]
Much More Than A Group Blog!
I’ve been part of a group blog for nearly nine years. The six Wicked Authors were all starting our careers as mystery writers when we started the blog in 2013. Today we have eighty published books among us. But our blog is so much more than a five-days-a-week web presence. Each of us would tell […]
The 5 Deadly Sins of Women Writers
by Carmen Amato The world needs the creativity and ideas that are uniquely yours to offer. If any of these deadly sins put your progress on hold, kick it to the curb as fast as you can. Envy “Look at her. She’s doing much better than me.” Said every woman writer at least once. You […]
Post-it Notes, Planning and Plotting: Finding the Method in the Madness of Writing a Novel
Louisa Scarr I am currently two weeks into writing a new novel, at the juxtaposition where my vision of the masterpiece is the furthest possible point from the jumble of words on my screen. I know the story (kind of). I know the twists and turns (ish). But getting to a finished novel? Well. It […]
Interview with Barbara Linn Probst
Barbara Linn Probst Tell us about your new book! What is The Sound Between the Notes about? As Kirkus Reviews has described it, The Sound Between the Notes is “a sensitive, astute exploration of artistic passion, family, and perseverance.” It’s a story about what happens when a woman—a pianist—who’s always struggled with identity is given […]
Brittney Morris Interviews Alex Rufus
“Morris succeeds in blending moments of ‘Black boy joy,’ superhuman abilities, intergenerational trauma, mental health (including a description of self-harm), and loss into a resonant story of fraternal love that first compels, then devastates, and will be remembered for a long time.” —Publishers Weekly, starred About THE COST OF KNOWING Dear Martin meets They Both Die at […]
Thank You, Carolyn See: Learning To Make My Own Literary Life
How do we come by all of these writing books? Because most writers do not go out and buy a library of books all at once. Rather, they come into our lives one book at a time. We accrue the basics via instructors, classes, friends or resources listed in the back of other books. New […]
My Writing Process By Nina Restieri
From the outside, it looked like she had it all figured out, but she couldn’t shake the feeling that something was missing, which made her miserable – and being miserable made her feel guilty. Looking around, she realized that most of the other moms she knew were hiding their own overwhelm, sadness, and stress behind […]
How I Improved My Writing And Found My Writing Voice
Five years ago, I quit my job to write. Thinking I knew what the task required—a computer, ideas, and time, I devoted myself to the job I’d been waiting my whole life to embrace. And embrace it, I did, tapping at that keyboard ceaselessly until my first draft was complete. Proud of my completed work, […]
How Being a “Regular Mom” Inspired Me to Write a Series for Parents
It is with a heavy heart that we share author Karen Bongiornio passed away suddenly and unexpectedly at the age of 61 in early February due to a spontaneous cerebellar hematoma. Karen was so proud and excited for her upcoming book, The ABCs of Being Mom: Advice and Support from the Mom Next Door, Birth Through Kindergarten, being published on April 6th. Being […]
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