Category: On Writing
Authors Interviewing Characters: Dana Mentink
Fire Mountain, Dana Mentink Fire rains from above as they fight to discover the truth and stay alive. In the shadow of a threatening volcano, long-haul trucker Kit Garrido wakes up in her crashed big rig, unable to recall what happened or why she’s suddenly in possession of someone’s baby. Fiercely independent, she has to […]
The Third Novel By Jill McCroskey Coupe
By Jill McCroskey Coupe “Last year at the Kauai Writers Conference, Salman Rushdie offered a keynote in which he said: ‘Writing is a mess.’ He couldn’t be more right. There’s nothing about the process of writing a book that follows a prescribed way of doing things or a specific formula. Just keep writing and letting […]
What to Expect When Publishing a Book
By Lauren Wittenberg Weiner I’ve always said that one of the critical drivers of my success over my life is that I can write really well under substantial time pressure. My high school English teachers should be credited for that, and it got me through high school and college and even my PhD with a […]
Writing Through Challenging Times
by Tracy Shawn It takes energy, determination, and focus to get those words down. And it can be even more challenging to find the motivation to write when being bombarded by bad news and anxious thoughts. And let’s face it, there’s lots of bad news out there—plus a lot more of us are feeling a […]
The ‘Unintentional Medium’ Who Switched from Memoir to Fiction
‘Unintentional Medium’ who switched from memoir to fiction. Perceived wisdom tells us that everyone has a book in them, and I do believe this is true. The question is what separates a rather ordinary story from a great book? Well, my guess is belief; belief in yourself and belief in your book. My own path […]
When Your Father Reads Your Novel Inspired by his Life
By Lisa Montanaro My father doesn’t really read. Well, okay, he reads boating magazines and car manuals, but not books. Certainly not novels. And yet, when I received the publishing deal for my debut novel, he called, and after congratulating me, said, “So, when am I going to read this manuscript?” “You want to read […]
Writing in the Space Between Identities
It’s not coincidental that this current limb of my life—where I’m interrogating my relationship to medicine—coincides with the moment I’ve begun sharing my soul through writing. In hindsight, it makes perfect sense that one would herald the other. The kind of surrender required to trust the universe and write from that truth cannot coexist with […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Kelli Estes
By Kelli Estes In the magnificent Scottish Highlands, two devoted mothers separated by centuries discover a haunting connection in a gripping novel by the USA Today bestselling author of The Girl Who Wrote in Silk. Struggling with the tragic end of her marriage, Keaka Denney is on a bittersweet adventure in Scotland with her son, Colin. She’s joining […]
Writing a Book While Pregnant (and in the Fourth Trimester)
By Sheila Vijeyarasa Some books take time to percolate. Mine arrived like a bolt of lightning, then poured out in a steady, determined trickle over two trimesters of pregnancy and the first three months of my son’s life. Yes, I wrote my second book while growing a human, birthing that human, and learning how to […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Court Stevens
TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD “This is a writer that understands people down to the bones. Her characters are fallible and hopeful, flawed and loving, and so real they have stayed with me.” –Joshilyn Jackson, New York Times bestselling author “A knockout.” —Booklist Starred Review This is a story of the rich and the very poor. This is a […]
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