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Strange Bedfellows- Writers and Day Jobs
All I really want to do is write all day. Even the editing part. Hell, even the writing the book synopsis part. But I can't. I have a day...
Nola Nash
Jan 15, 20192 min read
I've completed a first draft. Now what the hell do I do?
Stuck on what to do after you've finished a first draft? Learn the easy steps to move your manuscript to the next level.
Tony Ollivier
May 27, 20183 min read
Know What You Write
"Write what you know." Age old advice to writers. But I would argue this advice is a tad....incomplete. I'd say, "Write what you know,...
Nola Nash
May 15, 20182 min read
Last Thanksgiving
My daughters have grown up and moved away. Sarah lives in central Illinois. Amanda lives near Boston. Rob, the eldest of the three and my...
Elgon Williams
Nov 28, 20173 min read
Bamboo Shoots #5: Which Literary Characters the Pandas Would Like to Kill
Welcome to the fifth installment in the weekly Bamboo Shoots: The Care and Feeding of Pandas. From He Who Must Not be Named to Bella Swan...
Zara Kramer, Publisher
Jun 14, 20176 min read
Bamboo Shoots #4: How Pandas Overcome Writer's Block
Welcome to the fourth installment in the weekly Bamboo Shoots: The Care and Feeding of Pandas. This week, my Pandas talk about one of the...
Zara Kramer, Publisher
Jun 7, 20175 min read
Food 4 Plot - The Kim Pierson episode - Notes on the journey toward finding a literary agent and som
This week, we are hearing from the lovely and talented Kim Pierson. I'm super lucky to call her my critique partner and friend. I have...
Dana Faleti
Apr 13, 20177 min read
How did you ever come up with that?
Inspiration comes and a writer writes. It’s a simple process that doesn’t always come easily. But I think every writer develops a system...
Elgon Williams
Mar 31, 20173 min read
Death Echoes
Sometimes the story comes first and it hangs around festering as it pauses at certain stages only to be drawn together and become a...
Elgon Williams
Mar 27, 20174 min read
Food 4 Plot - The Sarah K. Stephens Episode
Sarah K. Stephens, author of the riveting domestic thriller - A Flash Of Red - talks about writing and cooking and shares an Easter egg reci
Dana Faleti
Mar 25, 20173 min read
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