Tag: featured
Deleted Scene from My Secret to Keep
Deleted Scene from My Secret to Keep Last month my essay was about how much research is too much. This month I’m showing you what happened when I got myself wrapped up in the car Anne used to teach Maggie to drive. I devoted endless hours researching the car’s design, the interior and exterior colors, […]
Reasons to Hurry Up with that First Draft
Reasons to Hurry Up with that First Draft By Lynn Sloan Writing a novel takes time. Between writing the opening line on the first draft to typing END on its last page, months and usually years have elapsed. For most of us writers, planners or pants-ers and those in between, the first draft involves false […]
How Horticulture Has Influenced My Writing – Maureen Hartman
Not all writers take the traditional path toward their craft. A degree in creative writing or modern literature isn’t always our first calling. Some meander, wandering through one course of study or career path after another on our way to our desired destination. Neither is wrong, and without the life experiences I’ve had on my […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Diane Cohen Schneider
The Devil Wears Prada meets the high stakes of Wall Street in this smart, funny novel by a former Wall Street sales pro that is written for everyone who’s had a love/hate relationship with their job. ANDREA HOFFMAN GOES ALL IN Andrea Hoffman is an overeducated, underemployed, and unmotivated recent college graduate—until an unexpected robbery blasts […]
Publishing Journey: Song For Ria
I won’t lie, there were a few days, after Song for Ria was published, when I looked at its web pages on Amazon and watched its ratings go down. My self-confidence tunnelled a hole in the ground that I wanted to bury myself in and I eventually decided not to look at those pages again […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Colette Dartford
Authors Interviewing Characters: Colette Dartford Colette was inspired to interview Grace, the main character in her new novel, The Mortification of Grace Wheeler. Colette has cast herself in the fictional role of Feature’s Editor at Liberty magazine. Colette is writing a series called The Reluctant Protagonist, which profiles women whose choices have plunged them into […]
THE PROCESS OF WRITING WOMAN THROUGH THE AGES
THE PROCESS OF WRITING WOMAN THROUGH THE AGES Nowadays I see having been rejected at birth by my father on account of being the ‘wrong’ gender as the greatest gift I’ve received in my life. If that sounds strange, I’ll explain: had I had the idyllic childhood that my two young grandchildren in Devon are […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Arlene Mark
Author Arlene Mark shines light on a myriad of hot topics from global warming, immigration, and the impact of war at home, to unlikely friendships and parent-teen relationships in THE YEAR WITHOUT A SUMMER (August 16, SparkPress, 12-16 years, grade 7-9). Perfect for fans of The Ice House by Monica Sherwood and The Queen Bee and Me by Gillian McDunn as well as […]
The Healing Power of Writing One’s Own Story – by Renee Linnell
RENEE LINNELL is a former surf model, a professional Argentine Tango dancer, and a serial entrepreneur with an Executive Masters in Business Administration from New York University. She made her publishing debut in 2018 with The Burn Zone, a memoir of her experience as a cult survivor. Her latest memoir is Still on Fire. The […]
Writer Friendships
For the longest time I sat in my office diligently typing, inwardly moaning because writing is a solitary process. And I’m an ambivert with strong extrovert leanings. But as it turned out—just this one time—I was wrong. Writing is not solitary. You may technically be alone when you write (although it can feel pretty crowded […]
Recent Comments