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Here’s What My Savvy 24-year-old Protagonist Taught Me … By Lisa Barr
Here’s What My Savvy 24-year-old Protagonist Taught Me … By Lisa Barr Every author knows that putting out a new book into the world comes with a 24/7 “I’m-SO-Sick-of-Me” social media presence. I made a pact with myself this time around that I needed to do something meaningful to me personally to promote my third […]
The Story Behind the Story of Girl in Ice By Erica Ferencik
The Story Behind the Story of Girl in Ice By Erica Ferencik Like a lot of novelists, I write what I’d like to read, what I wish existed in the world but as far as I know, does not. Girl in Ice was inspired by a mingling of five fascinations: a scene from the original, 1931 […]
How a Song Became a Novel
By Jennifer Haupt The kernel of the idea for my novel began with iconic song lyrics: Come as you are, as you were As I want you to be As a friend, as a friend As an old enemy Nirvana’s powerful and haunting song “Come As You Are” has long been at the top of […]
Revising for Tone During Difficult Times
Revising for Tone During Difficult Times By Katherine Cowley I spent most of 2020 writing and revising my novel, The True Confessions of a London Spy. It was a difficult book to write for all the reasons you would expect…shutdowns, school closures, family worries, life upheavals, the rising pandemic death toll, and sickness spreading, spreading, spreading. Somehow, […]
Feminism and Domestic Space by Ariane Torres
My novel, We are the Kings, came together as a tangle of ideas not long after my grandmother died. Her death was sudden, a car accident, but that’s really all I know. I’ve sort of refused to learn more, mainly because it doesn’t really matter. I was lucky that I never saw her in decline. […]
How One Woman Overcame Pandemics, Mental Illness, Sexism, War, and Napoleon to Build a Champagne Empire
How One Woman Overcame Pandemics, Mental Illness, Sexism, War, and Napoleon to Build a Champagne Empire By Rebecca Rosenberg For centuries, women have faced the devastation of pandemics and roadblocks of sexist laws. Yet, one of them, the audacious and determined Barbe-Nicole Clicquot, found a way to build a champagne empire despite the hardships. In 1805, […]
Zero to Twenty: My Publishing Journey
Zero to Twenty It’s wonderful to have a dream. Unless, as happened to me, the dream becomes so precious you’re afraid to try make it come true in case it crashes to the ground and smashes into a million sad disappointed pieces. I’d wanted to write for so many years – started now and then, […]
My Roller Coaster Journey to Finding an Agent
By Sara Brunsvold Like many aspiring authors, I have dreamed of being a writer since childhood. In 2012, I began to seriously pursue authorhood, investing time and money into honing my skills and learning the industry, all with an eye toward building a sustainable career. A literary agent was a partner I saw as important […]
Writing What I Wish I Knew: Surviving and Thriving After an Abusive Relationship
My name is Dr. Amelia Kelley and I am a trauma-informed therapist and advocate for survivors of domestic violence and other forms of relationship trauma. With over fifteen years of experience as a therapist, I have been witness to stories from clients who overcome incredible trauma and various forms of abuse. Their stories have become […]
Unfinished Business
Cai Emmons on writing, life and living with ALS I am working as diligently as I can on a new novel, but novels cannot be rushed, and at the end of every work day, as I lay down the unfinished manuscript, a thought haunts me. What if I don’t have time to finish this novel […]
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