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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 28, 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 29, 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 14, 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

Apr 1, 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 28, 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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Strange Bedfellows- Writers and Day Jobs

I've completed a first draft. Now what the hell do I do?

Know What You Write

Last Thanksgiving

Bamboo Shoots #5: Which Literary Characters the Pandas Would Like to Kill

Bamboo Shoots #4: How Pandas Overcome Writer's Block

Food 4 Plot - The Kim Pierson episode - Notes on the journey toward finding a literary agent and som

How did you ever come up with that?

Death Echoes

Food 4 Plot - The Sarah K. Stephens Episode