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How Romance Almost Hijacked My Heroine’s Journey And My Novel’s USP
When I worked as a therapist, I met many people with an upside-down notion of love. They were looking for someone to rescue them from a sense of being unlovable. What they needed was to learn to love themselves. In publishing my debut novel, I almost made the same mistake for my character. Invited to […]
Don’t Wait For Inspiration; Make It Happen!
In the fall of 2017, I was feeling both exhilarated and burnt out. I’d recently quit my job in a public defender’s office where I’d spent most of my legal career representing indigent people appealing their convictions of the worst crimes imaginable: murder, rape, burglary, robbery, drug dealing. Striking out in a new direction, my […]
SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO LIE: EXCERPT
We are delighted to partake in the blogtour for SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO LIE: The Life and Times of Louise Fitzhugh, Renegade Author of Harriet The Spy (Seal Press Hardcover; December 1, 2020; $30) by LESLIE BRODY— an acclaimed biographer known for revealing the stories of delightfully complicated feminists in modern history. Harriet the Spy, […]
Imperfect Alchemist: Writing Women’s Voices
By Naomi Miller Many popular novels about Renaissance women picture them in relation to powerful men. One need look no further than the steady stream of novels about the wives of Henry VIII, perpetuating a phenomenon that I have named the “Noah’s ark approach,” which positions women in dependent relation to famous men. Contemporary readers […]
Lazarus Remembered – The Creation of a Story Told with Words and Music
Lazarus Remembered, a story told with words and music, is an immersive audiobook. My debut novel, it’s a contemporary family drama that explores the challenges within non-traditional family structures and how the pressure to conform to society’s expectations can tear lives apart. It features a soundtrack with thirteen original songs by my husband, composer Andy […]
How I Turned My One Star Review Into My Most Succesful Advert
Whether you read every one or ignore them completely, there’s no denying that reviews can impact a book’s success—especially negative ones. So how do you handle that horrendous 1-star that makes no sense and is pulling down your overall rating? Well, this week I decided to turn it into my most successful advertisement. Let’s start […]
Write Like No One Is Watching
I’m trying my hand at erotica for the first time in my life. I’m working on something that opens with a murder. But it’s also kind of funny. I’m finally getting this book of my heart out. I’m writing short stories with my boyfriend that are just for us. This is a sampling of the […]
The Second Bell and A Language of My Own
by Gabriela Houston I write in a language that is not my own. It gets more dramatic than that. I think and dream in a language I have no birthright claim on. I’m Polish, but I write in English, which would often surprise people when I told them of my jobs as an editor, or […]
YOUR STORY, MY STORY : Excerpt
We are delighted to partake in Connie Palmen’s Blog tour for her book YOUR STORY, MY STORY From the award-winning author of The Friendship comes a shattering, brilliantly inventive novel based on the volatile true love story of literary icons Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes. In 1963 Sylvia Plath took her own life in her London flat. […]
Magic In Writing
So you want to write fantasy. You have your compelling and relatable main character, your wicked villain and a world full of magic that can do, well, everything. And then it hits you: if magic can solve any problem… why are there still problems? Don’t worry, this is an extremely common first-draft woe—and one that […]
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