Name: Katerina Baker Author of: The Corner Office (Self Published) Can you tell me about the first piece you remember writing? When did you first realize you wanted to pursue writing as a profession? I always thought I would be a full time writer in retirement, but until then I am managing to write in […]
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Author Spotlight: Sam Boush
Name: Sam Boush Author of: All Systems Down (Lakewater Press) From: Portland, OR Can you tell me about the first piece you remember writing? The first “book” I ever wrote (as far as I can remember) was also the one that made me want to be a writer. Winnie-the-Pooh fanfic. Me, maybe five […]
Author Spotlight: Sharonlee Holder
Name: Sharonlee Holder Author of: Resurgence; Renegade (coming in 28 May 2018; Changing Tides Publishing) From: Johannesburg, South Africa Can you tell me about the first piece you remember writing? It was so long ago that I think it involved a stone tablet, hammer and chisel. LOL. I do, however, remember writing a short […]
Author Spotlight: Susan Pape
Name: Susan Pape Author of: (with Sue Featherstone) A Falling Friend; A Forsaken Friend From: A village between Leeds and Ilkley in Yorkshire. Can you tell me about the first piece you remember writing? I used to make up a lot of stories when I was a child, and I’d tell them to […]
Getting Back to Business
A few months ago things became quite chaotic. I quit my job, started a new one, and then went on a vacation (one that had been planned and mostly paid for before I knew I was quitting my job!). Now, I can happily say I am on the downhill slide from that unruly time period. I’ve […]
Do you NaNoWriMo?
National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is just days away. What is NaNoWriMo, you ask? NaNoWriMo is a yearly event in which writer’s set a goal to write an entire novel (or 50,000 words) in thirty days. I know, it seems insane. I think that every time I make the commitment to do it. But I keep […]
Novel Writer’s Playlists
I cannot write in silence! A quiet work environment causes my brain to send out little stimuli-seeking tentacles that grasp at any, and every, other noise in the world. Once I’m distracted by the guy with the leaf blower, the birds, the plane flying overhead, the lady walking the corgi and my own dogs shifting […]
When It’s Okay to Not Write
Every writer has hit some sort of a writing slump. Maybe you’ve lost your momentum, your excitement for a project, or maybe you just don’t know how to progress or where your story is going. There is no limit to the number of tips and articles to help you get past a period of writer’s […]
Online Writing Contests: To Join or Not to Join?
There are no limits to the number and types of writing competitions you can join online. You can submit a 35-word pitch or submit a longer manuscript for a more in-depth contest. The goal of the contests is the same: to get your manuscript before an agent/publisher who will (fingers crossed!) love it. In the […]
Slush Pile: Interview With a First Reader
You’ve finished your novel, done no fewer than a hundred proof-reads and thirty revisions. Now you are ready to submit. But what happens between the moment you hit that ‘Send’ button and finally get a response can be a bit of a mystery to many writers. Who reads your manuscript? What’s the process? What gets […]