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How to Write With a Partner (Without Needing to Hide the Body)

by editor | Mar 9, 2018 | Articles, Writer to Writer

By Jen J. Danna The questions I get most as an author center around the fact that I write with a partner. I’m certainly not the first author to team up with a partner, but I know that my relationship with Ann is a little different than many writing partnerships. Many...

Writing Shame

by editor | Mar 8, 2018 | Articles, Writer to Writer

By Peter Gajdics In the spring of 2004, when I was 39 years old, I started writing a memoir about my six years in a form of “conversion therapy” at the hands of a licensed psychiatrist, and the medical malpractice suit I’d filed against the doctor for treating my...

Invasion of the Index Cards

by editor | Mar 8, 2018 | Articles, Writer to Writer

By Nina Sadowsky The index cards start in a tidy pile on my desk. As a writing project progresses, the pile of old-school, variously colored cards grows, forming the arc of the story. I assign each chapter a card, using a color-coded system to differentiate character...

Why Being in the Music Business Convinced Me to Self-Publish

by editor | Mar 5, 2018 | Articles, Writer to Writer

By Joseph Davida For most of us, there are parts of life that are just plain dreadful. A good example is getting invited to, or even worse, being asked to participate in, somebody's wedding. Despite the fact that it's almost certainly bound to cost us something, we...

PR Stunts Pay Big Dividends: How TESLA and a Cowboy Author Won Our Hearts — and Our Minds Followed

by editor | Mar 5, 2018 | Articles, Book Marketing

By Scott Lorenz, Westwind Communications PR stunts get a bad rap because many are either ill-conceived or poorly executed. But I like them and have been involved in many successful ones. One recent PR stunt of note paid huge dividends when Elon Musk sent a TESLA into...

Plant-Based Eating for the Whole Family

by editor | Feb 25, 2018 | Articles, vegetarian, What's Cookin'?

By Holly Scudero Some people might think that a plant-based diet—what you might call “vegan”—is too extreme for children. But the truth is that pretty much every parent ever wants their kids to eat more vegetables. Conversations between new parents often veer into...