Interview with Laura Kinsale
I get to read a lot of interviews with writers, editors, publishers, and other assorted interesting people. This interview posted on Tartitude is very fun. Not just because award-winning NYT...
View ArticleStumped by Dialogue?
This is just to let you know that one of our advertisers, Pennwriters.com, has a very affordable online class for learning to write effective dialogue beginning February 1st. The course instructor is...
View ArticleNavigating Self-Publishing, Interview with Victoria Strauss
Lisa Abbate of Wordmountain.com has done a terrific interview about self-publishing with author-advocate and co-founder of Writer Beware, novelist Victoria Strauss. Ms. Strauss outlines some of the...
View ArticleTips for YA Writers
If you don’t know about YA Highway yet, you should definitely check it out. And also, impromptu interviews to file away for fun and educational purposes:
View ArticleParanormal Roundtable on Suvudu!
Need a remedy for the late-winter blahs? Suvudu announced they’ve got your cure. They’ll be hosting a live round-table discussion of Paranormal and Urban Fantasy. See the website for details: On...
View ArticleAWer New Releases!
Congratulations to AbsoluteWrite members Stacia Kane and K.A. Stewart on today’s release of their respective books! I’ve been waiting for the release of both of these books with great anticipation, for...
View ArticleInterview at Writer Unboxed
If you’ve ever wondered about the behind-the-scenes workings at Absolute Write and the Absolute Write forums, Jan O’Hara over at Writer Unboxed has just posted a two-part interview with me about AW,...
View ArticleDelaware Dangerous!
I’ve been corresponding with Lela Gwenn, an event organizer for a writer’s retreat that allows a writer to experience encounters with fist, blade, or gun, in a controlled and safe environment under the...
View ArticleFour Scary Things Writers Must Learn to Embrace!
Guest post by Francesca Nicasio When I first started out, there were some things that I tried to avoid as much as possible because they were uncomfortable scared the crap out of me. It didn’t …...
View ArticleThe 3 Most Important Elements of Fiction Writing
By Magdalena Ball Even highly celebrated and well-paid authors miss them. While almost all writers are clear on the importance of plot, there are other writing skills such as a strong narrative voice,...
View ArticleNaNoWriMo & the Power of Positive Peer Pressure
Guest Post by Eldon Hughes P to the 4th power? P-Diddlying? Whatever. It’s what doing NaNoWriMo successfully is all about, taking advantage of the power of positive peer pressure. Every year since 1999...
View ArticleBuilding a Better Biography
By Ami Hendrickson Whether you are a beginning writer or an established byline, it behooves you to construct a biography as a means of introducing yourself to those who haven’t yet had the pleasure of...
View ArticleBoth Sides of the Fence: What I Learned about Writing by Being an Editor
By Dawn Allcot I just submitted a story to a trade magazine. This is nothing unusual for a freelance writer. It’s even less unusual since I regularly contribute to this publication. Seconds later, in...
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