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Seven Ways To Become A Better Writer
Somewhere along the way to becoming a novelist, I sidestepped the whole getting-a-formal-education thing that usually paves the path to traditional literary publication. It wasn’t an intentional decision; I had published a number of children’s picture books and arrived at a point in my career where I was ready to pitch an adult novel to […]
Twin Sisters and a Murder in a Gothic, Boarding-School Setting
By Michele Campbell, author of She Was the Quiet One. My first psychological thriller, It’s Always the Husband, struck a nerve with readers by chronicling the twisted relationships among three young women who meet as freshman roommates at an elite Ivy League college. The book is full of secrets and murder, but also focuses intensely […]
The 3 Biggest Myths About Outlining Your Novel
Do you avoid outlining, thinking it will stifle your creativity? Or do you do it but hate it? As a writing coach, I’ve seen outlining save so many authors — even those who consider themselves die-hard pantsers (writers who love to fly by the seats of their pants) or who are convinced they’ll never learn […]
The Dragon at The Gate
The Dragon at The Gate: An Edited Excerpt from Raw: My Journey from Anxiety to Joy, by Bella Mahaya Carter When I was younger, I never knew when my anxiety might get triggered, though I did know that extended family gatherings were likely to stir, if not explode, my issues to the surface. I remember […]
The Book in the Drawer, or Writing About Your Family Members
I started my first novel by accident. I was on the phone with my mother at the time—and to keep myself sane while I talked to her, I idly started typing what she was saying in her animated, breathy, giddy voice. She had just that day decided to get married again! To a man she […]
Birth Announcement: SWAP / MEET
Swap / Meet made its debut in June 2018 from Space Cowboy Books in Joshua Tree, California, USA. It arrived as a chapbook, handmade with quality papers, measuring 8.5″ x 5.5″. It was conceived, written, and delivered in the nine months following my move home to the Mojave, although I grew up in Connecticut. Each […]
Meet Emilia Bassano: Poet, mother, feminist and Shakespeare’s reputed muse
Morgan Lloyd Malcolm: Writing Emilia The following piece appeared first on Shakespeare’s Globe Blog Morgan Lloyd Malcolm is a playwright and screenwriter – her newest play, Emilia was written specifically for the Globe Theatre. A story of the often beguiling and always fascinating Emilia Bassano – whom many consider to have been a muse and inspiration for Shakespeare – Emilia opens on 10 August […]
The Stories Behind Objects
My mother died recently so my sister and I had the sad task of sorting through her belongings. Neither of us had any idea that she had kept so much of our family’s past. We found diaries and letters, clothes from our childhood and hers. Funny little things that had been saved because they must […]
An Open Letter to My Future Writer Self
An Open Letter to My Future Writer Self, First, congratulations, because if you’re reading this, you’ve survived quite a bit. Personal struggles and heartbreak and dismissal from those who thought your dream was not a worthy one. You’ve raised three amazing kids alongside a writing career, but only after years of child-raising alongside a demanding […]
Success Vs Successful
Last year I sat in my daughter’s bedroom with the door closed and locked, headphones in place and computer open. It was the only way to find a quiet, alone space in the middle of the summer to complete a pre-publication interview with an online radio program. I couldn’t be in my room—no—they’d expect that […]
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