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Learning How And When To Take Advice
I wrote my debut novel in six weeks. Okay, that’s not quite true. I wrote what I thought was my debut novel in six weeks, and then I revised, edited, and workshopped it for over three years before it was finally published this past November. As easily as the initial writing flowed, the refining and […]
New Year’s Writing Resolutions: Part Two
We asked some of our favorite authors to share their New Year’s Writing Resolutions with us! This is Part Two! Find Part One HERE Kaira Rouda, USA Today Bestselling Author I’m not good at New Year’s Resolutions per se, but since I am in the midst of my next work in progress, so for me, […]
I Resolve to Buckle Down…and Lighten Up
According to the History Channel, the ancient Babylonians were the first to make New Year’s resolutions around 4,000 years ago. The Romans did it too. Back then, it was more about appeasing the gods than self-improvement, but the basic premise is the same: atone for one’s faults and vow to do better. Lately, resolutions have […]
You Are Not Alone
Many people, I think, imagine writers alone in a room in front of a computer screen furiously typing their stories. While this is absolutely true for me, I also email all day with a few close author friends until we need a new thread because so many messages are flying back and forth. We talk […]
New Year’s Writing Resolutions: Part One
We asked some of our favorite authors to share their New Year’s Writing Resolutions with us! This is Part One! Lisa Barr, Award-winning author of THE UNBREAKABLES (HarperCollins, June 4, 2019). Write, Edit, Revise, SELF-CARE, repeat. Note: This year, 2019, I added SELF-CARE into the plot twist. As a Mom of three daughters, with a very […]
Q and A with BARBARA TAYLOR BRADFORD
Barbara Taylor Bradford, OBE is one of the world’s best loved storytellers. Her 1979 debut novel, A Woman of Substance, ranks as one of the top-ten bestselling books of all-time, with more than 30 million copies in print. To date, she has written 35 novels — all bestsellers on both sides of the Atlantic. Master Of His […]
Persona: When the Voice Is Not Your Own
This whole process began with hearing voices. I was working in my journal one night when this voice began, with no prodding, no expectation. It was strong and sure, a woman’s voice, dictating lines, whole poems. The first scribbled line was, Well I guess this is the freak show. I was shaken, to tell the […]
The Heart Behind My Words
I am still completely blown away that my first novel Her Greatest Mistake was taken on by my lovely agent, earned me a three book deal and has now sold over 50,000 copies. All this happened in less than a year. Is this real? Did this actually happen? I’d already launched myself into Who I […]
Why I wrote Companion Of The Ash
I am a writer of historical fiction — historical fiction from a woman’s perspective. Women, especially in the Classics, have long been underrepresented and shown to be weak, vulnerable, and often signified the darker side of humanity. Great Classical writers like Homer and Euripides showed women to be sorceresses and weaklings, more apt to swoon […]
Writing Lessons From My Dog
Sounds wacky, doesn’t it? I learned valuable writing tips…from my dog? Maybe I should rephrase that. Thanks to my dog, I have learned how to be a more disciplined writer. I’ve had dogs my entire life but it wasn’t until my husband and I brought home a little black fuzz ball—a Schipperke we called Zoey—that […]
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