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Read you, wrote you

"A man only learns in two ways, one by reading, and the other by association with smarter people." Will Rogers And I agree. Although,...

Nicole Asselin

Oct 4, 20182 min read

Pay No Attention to the Writer Behind the Curtain

In a few short weeks my book will be released to the world, my very first baby, the one I spent years fretting about and writing and...

Laura Kemp

Oct 3, 20183 min read

Dollar Store Finds / Little Free Library

As an author, books ending up at the dollar store are a strange and curious things. I know several ways it could have happened but...

Tiffany Rose

Oct 1, 20182 min read

Going to The Library

Several months ago, I had this weird, quirky idea that involved going back to my hometown and donating a couple of books to The Library....

Elgon Williams

Sep 30, 20185 min read

The Edge of the World

Like Sandra, one of the main characters in my Thuperman Series, as a kid I always dreamed of going to California. After all, it was the...

Elgon Williams

Sep 27, 20183 min read

Notes From an Indie Book Tour

I write this as a public service. There are multiple aspects of this post I would rather not even talk about, but I feel like documenting...

Matt Coleman

Sep 25, 201810 min read

David Swinson's THE SECOND GIRL: get ready for your new favorite antihero

THE SECOND GIRL is the first novel in David Swinson’s Frank Marr trilogy. Frank Marr is a retired police detective in DC who works as a...

Penni Jones

Sep 24, 20181 min read

THE SURPRISING EFFECTS OF WRITING A SCREENPLAY

National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is just around the corner. Last year, the annual November event did not result in a novel for...

Joanna Evans

Sep 23, 20182 min read

A Simple Hack for Keeping Track of Your Plot

How do you plot out a novel? I am not an outliner, but I'm not really SOP (seat of pants) either. I've got a general idea of where I want...

Susan Kuchinskas

Sep 22, 20182 min read

Marketer, Sell Thyself

Book marketing is not easy. When I signed the contracts for my first novels, I thought that after my many, many years in advertising (I...

Ward Parker

Sep 21, 20183 min read

Light at the End of the Tunnel

Well, almost all editing is done, an ARC is available for this work. The second round of substantive editing went by very quickly, so I'm...

Jeff Messick

Sep 20, 20181 min read

Jule's TAKING MYSELF TO THE MOVIES

A SIMPLE FAVOR (2018), MADAME CURIE (1943) Second week of September and that back-to-school feeling and the crisp Maine day had me back...

Jule Selbo

Sep 19, 20186 min read

Think.

A man-for the sake of this story, we’ll call him Jim-loved his family more than anything in the world. He wanted to take them on their...

Sherrie Orvik

Sep 18, 20183 min read

JULE'S TAKING MYSELF TO THE MOVIES BLOG

Jule's TAKING MYSELF TO THE MOVIES Rainy, autumn days have arrived and I wake up every day, check the movie schedules at my local...

Jule Selbo

Sep 16, 20184 min read

Louisiana Girl in Hurricane Season - Memories of Andrew

I was sixteen years old, the same age as my daughter is now, but I remember that night like it was yesterday. And it still makes me cry....

by Nola Nash

Sep 15, 20183 min read

Resting

I’m a big proponent of letting your manuscript rest prior to editing. This is because, for most writers, a great deal of writing happens...

Rachel Schoenbauer

Sep 15, 20182 min read

Cheri's 20 Questions! - An Interview With Author, Katie Masters

Welcome to the fifth edition of Cheri's 20 Questions! My interviewee today is the amazing Katie Masters. Welcome! Katie writes in several...

Cheri Champagne

Sep 14, 20186 min read

Writer On The Storm

I’m writing this a few days before hurricane Florence makes landfall along the east coast. It’s a monster category 4 storm, which means...

Benny Sims

Sep 13, 20182 min read

To outline or not to outline - what was the question?

I'm at the end of a 3rd draft (rapidly becoming a 4th) of a middle grade adventure novel. My 13 year protagonist/hacker moves into his...

Tony Ollivier

Sep 10, 20183 min read

Some Fans Deserve More Than a Signed Book

A year ago, 3 students from Licking Heights High School wrote to me and expressed how much they enjoyed reading my first book, Crimson...

Christine Gabriel

Sep 10, 20182 min read

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