by Joan Lacy | Jul 11, 2018 | Articles, Writer to Writer, Writing Inspiration, Writing Process
These days there are many people who feel they have a story to tell and want to write a book. If you are one of them and don’t have a clue how to get started, here are five helpful tips to get things rolling. 1. Before everything else, do your homework! There...
by Nancy Springer | Jul 3, 2018 | Articles, Writer to Writer
It must have been around 1980, because I held a new copy of The White Hart, my first published fantasy novel, as I waited in a line that snaked clear out of the art center door and left me shivering in the cold. I also carried an old copy of Where the Wild Things Are,...
by editor | Mar 9, 2018 | Articles, Writer to Writer, Writing Process
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...
by editor | Mar 8, 2018 | Articles, Writer to Writer, Writing Process
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...
by editor | Mar 8, 2018 | Articles, Research, 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...
by editor | Mar 5, 2018 | Articles, Book Publishing, 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...
