Category: On Writing
FREE CLASSES: SHE WRITES UNIVERSITY
SHE WRITES UNIVERSITY has decided to open up their catalog of online writing and publishing webinars and make them totally free for the next 60 days, in response to people being a bit stuck inside during these times and having more time to work on some of their writing and publishing goals. They even discounted […]
Authors Interviewing Their Characters: Patti Callahan
AUTHOR PATTI CALLAHAN INTERVIEWS HER CHARACTER JOY DAVIDMAN BECOMING MRS. LEWIS is an exquisite novel of Joy Davidman, the woman C.S. Lewis called “my whole world.” At once, it is a fascinating novel and a glimpse into a writer’s life, but the book is above all a love story — a love of literature and […]
The Myth of Perfect Writing Locations by Erica Wright
I’ve never seen our neighborhood owl, but I can hear him from time to time, often when I least expect him. It can be the middle of the day and suddenly he starts calling, announcing himself to the community. It’s such a peaceful sound to come from an apex predator, and I wonder what this […]
Books Forward Launches Helpline To Assist Readers In Downloading Books
NEW ORLEANS, La. — With libraries and many bookstores closing physical locations for quarantine and Amazon suspending nonessential shipments, book lovers who prefer physical copies are faced with a dilemma of how to get their next great read. Not everyone is familiar with how to access ebooks and audiobooks, and figuring this out can […]
Authors Interviewing Their Characters: Allison Ashley interviews Lauren Taylor
Contemporary romance author Allison Ashley interviews Lauren Taylor, an oncology pharmacist who, in her novel PERFECT DISTRACTION, inconveniently falls for a patient receiving chemotherapy at the cancer center where she works. Allison: Thanks for agreeing to chat with me today. I brought extra coffee, want one? Lauren: Definitely, thanks. I never say no to coffee. […]
All The Light, All The Love
This wonderful piece by Ann-Marie Nieves appeared earlier this week on WRITERUNBOXED We are very grateful to be able to repost it here! I intended to write about new marketing communications strategies I’ve seen in the book world these days, but given the current pandemic and its impact on our industry, I’m going to pivot […]
How Do You Keep Creative Writing Alive In The Time Of Coronavirus?
Writing is a solitary profession and writers are labeled as folks who like to live inside their own creative cocoon that they step out off on rare occasions. But I’d like to clarify two things: Not all writers are introverts. Many of us thrive on the energy of the people around us. We are conversation […]
Random Acts Of Kindness!
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What I Learned From Writing About Women Writers
I have an obsession: creativity, and above all the creations of women. I’ve spent uncountable hours reading women’s writing, speaking to women who create, conducting research on their artistic process. Don’t get me wrong. I love men’s creativity too. What’s more – I’m aware that distinctions between “male” and “female” creativity can be dangerous. So […]
Expectations
Expectations can be as dirty a word as some of those four-letter ones I won’t spell out. It can be devastating when our plans don’t unfold the way we assume they will. In my coming-on-ten years as a published author, I’ve learned the benefits of managing my expectations toward writing and publishing. It’s an ongoing learning process and I don’t […]
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