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Pages as Mirrors: The Need for Diverse Books by Jennifer J. Chow
by Jennifer J. Chow When moving to a new area, some people look for a good school district, wide paved roads, or lush green parks. One huge benefit I search for is a nearby (preferably within walking distance) library. I’ve had a love affair with libraries ever since I was a kid. My brother and […]
AUTHORS INTERVIEWING THEIR CHARACTERS: DANIELLE WONG INTERVIEWS AMELIA COLE
AUTHORS INTERVIEWING THEIR CHARACTERS: DANIELLE WONG SWEARING OFF STARS tells the story of Amelia Cole―Lia for short—one of the first women studying abroad at Oxford University in the 1920s. Finally free from her overbearing Brooklyn parents, she finds a welcome sense of independence in British college life. Lia quickly falls for Scarlett Daniels, an aspiring […]
Hacking Your Creative Flow: How Tracking Your Word Count Can Make You a Better Writer
By Nicole Bross As a writer, there’s an easy way to increase your productivity that you may not have considered: tracking your daily word counts. Whether you’re a freewheeling pantser who lets your story develop as you write or a hard-and-fast outliner who plans every chapter and scene before you write a word, taking a […]
Fulfilling a Dream – Making Your Book into a Movie
By Jan Walters What possessed you to make a movie? I asked that same question many times throughout my movie journey. For many authors, when we write a book, the characters, the conflict, and their journey overcoming a situation become very real. I wrote Red Sunset Drive, which is part of the Ghost and A […]
My Mother Made Me Do It : Why I Write
“My Mother made me do it” and that’s how Gonepausal got started. Out of the blue she got the idea that I should write a “Dear Oprah” diary because she thinks I’m funny. I believe Oprah was on a diary kick at the time. “Mom that is crazy,” I would exclaim. Then it didn’t seem […]
Writing About Your Mom Without Guilt
by Andrea Simon In the 1960s, there was a famous television commercial for Anacin pain reliever that featured an aproned female stirring a liquid-filled pot at the stovetop. After a hovering older woman suggested adding a little salt from a shaker (that she happened to have handy), the younger one screamed, “Mother, PLEASE, I’d rather […]
Publishing News Kismet
In November, I had the amazing opportunity to attend the WriterUnboxed Unconference in Salem Massachusetts, as well as the privilege of sharing space with 120 other highly motivated and highly talented writers and authors. It was my third time to attend and I’m hoping to rack up a fourth in 2021. If you’re not familiar […]
I Write Crime Fiction to Tell the Truth
I Write Crime Fiction to Tell the Truth May Day, my first published mystery, released March 8, 2006. It took me another ten years to reveal to the world via a TEDx Talk that I’d written it as a response to my husband’s suicide. In the decade between May Day’s publication and my TEDx, when […]
Five Things I’ve Learned From My Social Media Cleanse
By Nicole Meier Last September during the launch of my third novel, I found myself hosting three Facebook pages, a Twitter feed, an author newsletter, and an Instagram account. Thanks to an amazing publicist and a passionate community of #bookstagrammers, news of my release traveled fast and I soon found myself engaged in bookish conversations […]
How Storytelling Will Evolve in The Future
The art of storytelling is always evolving. There may be essential ingredients that are non-negotiable, such as having a start, beginning and end, and usually a cast of characters, but within that structure are a myriad number of possibilities to frame the story. And then the way stories are delivered is changing all the time […]
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