Give Your Readers a Ride They’ll Never Forget
Today’s guest post is by suspense author Erika Mitchell: When I was ten, a family friend took me to Disneyland….
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A Behind-the-Scenes Peek at Sitting on the Bench
Today’s post is part of a series on professionals sharing tips and expertise in order to help novelists convey accuracy in…
5 How-To Tips for Writing Historical Fiction
Today’s guest post is written by historical fiction author Kat Flannery: When an author sits down to write a novel,…
How Best-Selling Writers Sabotage Themselves (and How to Learn from Their Mistakes)
You encounter an author, and it’s love at first page. You declare your devotion over Facebook and write giddy reviews…
Nailing Your Novel’s Genre in Your Opening Scene
In the last two posts on my blog in this Writing for Life section I’ve been exploring how writers can…
Tweaking Your Writing and Genre for Success
Last week I began talking about the wisdom in studying other authors’ works in order to nail a genre. This…
Nailing Genre by Studying Successful Authors
I’m going to talk a bit about craft in some of these Writing for Life posts since they are off…
5 Writer Goals to Help You Avoid Overwhelm
Are you feeling overwhelmed by all you have to do to be a writer? If so, join the club. Sometimes…
Play for Pay: Leisure Yields Ideas for Marketable Stories
Today’s guest post is from my inspiring author friend Karen O’Connor: On days when ideas and words are scarce, I…
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