Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Friends tell you that you need to write the story of your experience. And your story burns within you–you need to write it. So you set out to construct your memoir.
Before you take another step, …
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Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Friends tell you that you need to write the story of your experience. And your story burns within you–you need to write it. So you set out to construct your memoir.
Before you take another step, …
// by Wendy Lawton// 29 Comments
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Have you ever had one of those days when you were supposed to be writing but you found yourself staring at the screen, whining, “But I don’t feel like writing!”
Let’s explore some ways to eliminate ennui, …
// by Janet Grant// 30 Comments
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Reading sample chapters in proposals causes me to focus on every writing misstep. Too many missteps, and a potential client’s work is set aside.
When I prepare one of my client’s proposals to send to an …
// by Wendy Lawton// 41 Comments
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Too often we talk about how tough the writing world is. Today let me turn the tables and talk about the best things about being a writer today in 2018.
// by Cynthia Ruchti// 32 Comments
Blogger: Cynthia Ruchti
Word counts. They ramp the tension for writers on deadlines. They confound new writers who discover too late that the average contemporary romance is not 400,000 words, as are their debut unpublished epics. Word counts are …
// by Janet Grant// 50 Comments
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Recently I watched a TV interview with Ann Patchett and Daniel Pink on their favorite books of 2017. You can read the interview or watch it here.
I enjoyed the entire book-review approach to the …
// by Wendy Lawton// 32 Comments
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
I planned the perfect blog for you today. I was in the kitchen preparing a meal when it came to me. So very creative and I knew it would interest our blog readers. As I continued …
// by Janet Grant// 31 Comments
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
I’m not a novelist. I never will be. But on a regular basis I get to watch fiction writers spin their magic.
Well, it seems like magic to those of us who don’t have the gift …
// by Wendy Lawton// 24 Comments
// by Mary Keeley// 21 Comments
Blogger: Mary Keeley
I highly recommend participating in a critique group. You can improve your own craft as you critique your partners’ work often as much as you can by receiving their feedback on your work. But this can’t replace …