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Learning to Rewrite Therese here. Today’s guest is debut author Sara J. Henry, whose novel, Learning to Swim, about what happens to a woman after she dives into Lake Champlain to rescue a boy flung from a ferry and ends up in the… |
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I Wrote a Book…Then What? Please welcome guest Jenny Milchman to Writer Unboxed! Jenny’s short fiction has been published and reviewed online and her novel of literary suspense is currently on submission. She’s the founder of the series Writing Matters, which draws authors and publishing folk from… |
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4 Ways to Beat the Feast-or-Famine Cycle A guest post by Linda Formichelli of The Renegade Writer If you’ve been a freelance writer for more than a couple of months, you’re probably familiar with the feast-or-famine lifestyle. For two months you have nothing, and then suddenly you’re… |
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The Second Golden Rule of Writing A guest post by Eric Cummings of On Violence What one writing rule applies to every writer? Last year–technically 14 months ago, but you know what I mean–I tried to answer this riddle. I called it my Golden Rule of… |
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Bring Back that Lovin’ Feeling Therese here. Please welcome guest Kristen Lamb to Writer Unboxed. Kristen is the author of the best-selling book, “We Are Not alone–The Writer’s Guide to Social Media,” which hit #4 on Amazon last week in Computers & Technology. Kristen has… |
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It’s Time To Finish Your Book: 9 Productivity Tips for Writers A guest post from Joanna Penn from TheCreativePenn.com Life is full of distractions and our writing time can be eaten away if we don’t impose some discipline. We find our work in progress or book idea has sat unfinished for… |
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Full Boil or Slow Simmer? Therese here. Today’s guest is debut author Liz Michalski, whose novel, Evenfall, just released. It’s “a story of strong women, young and old, looking for acceptance and redemption in their own distinct versions of home,” says Booklist. It’s also a… |
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Are You Totally Missing Out The Heater Syndrome In Your Writing? By Sean DSouza of Psychotactics Ever walked into a cold room on a chilly night? You know what I mean. On a really cold night, step into a freezing room and turn the heating on full. The heater chugs. It… |
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3 Layers of ‘Layering’ in Fiction Therese here. Today’s guest is A. Victoria Mixon, a professional writer and independent editor with over thirty years’ experience in both fiction and nonfiction. She is the coauthor of Children and the Internet: A Zen Guide for Parents and Educators… |
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The 3 Traits of a Writer—and Why You Can’t Succeed Without Them A guest post by K.M. Weiland of Wordplay: Helping Writers Become Authors. Writers come in all shapes and sizes, from all personal backgrounds, all walks of life, and all cultures and countries. We’re a varied bunch, but we all have… |
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Start Small Therese here. Today’s guest is debut novelist, Eleanor Brown, author of The Weird Sisters, which just released this past week. It’s a book about three sisters, named by their lyrical father after Shakespearean characters, who love each other but don’t… |
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Why You’re Only 1/4 of A Writer And How to Make You Whole Again A guest post by Ollin Morales of Courage 2 Create About a year ago, when I decided to sit down and write my first novel, my biggest problem with the writing process wasn’t that I was a bad “proofreader,” or… |
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Why We Write Therese here. Today’s guest is author Catherine McKenzie. Catherine’s second novel, Arranged, was just released–a book so fantastic, I had to blurb it. She’s here today to talk about what propels us forward as authors, especially beyond the first published… |
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Crazy Love Therese here. Today’s guest is aspiring author Lisa Ahn, who is busy seeking publication for her first novel while she dives into her second. She has published articles in the journals Criticism, Texas Studies in Language and Literature, and Twentieth… |
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The 7 Secrets of an Indie Editor A guest post by Victoria Mixon of A. Victoria Mixon, Editor. Many years ago, when I was a starving writer wrestling day and night with the phenomenal angel of the fiction craft, I got thrown on my back a lot.… |
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How to Set Goals That Make Sense: A Writer’s Perspective A guest post by Linda Formichelli of The Renegade Writer Twice a year, in December and June, I work on my “life plan”: It’s like a business plan, but it encompasses career/finances, health, relationships, and volunteering. Each section includes a… |
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Writing is its own reward Therese here. Today’s guest was a quarter-finalist in our search for an unpublished contributor for Writer Unboxed. Samantha Clark runs a nice blog of her own, called Day by Day Writer, where she blogs about the writing life, among other… |
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How a mid-list print author learned to love e-self-publishing Please welcome historical romance novelist Gretchen Craig to WU today. Gretchen is the award winning author of Always and Forever and Ever My Love, both set among the Creoles and Cajuns of early Louisiana. Her new book Crimson Sky takes place in… |
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In the spotlight – overnight! Please welcome aspiring author Dale Mayer to Writer Unboxed. Dale recently became a finalist in Brava’s Writing with the Stars contest, but was left scrambling when she realized the contest organizers required her to have a platform: a website and… |
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Virgins in Fairy Tales Therese here. Kim Hudson, author of The Virgin’s Promise, joins us again today to discuss the female protagonist’s journey in fairy tales. After studying the lauded The Hero’s Journey, along with the Jungian perspective in psychology, Kim developed her own… |
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Can You Build A Business On Article-Writing Alone? A Guest Post By Sean DSouza of Psychotactics Imagine you were to start up an Internet-based business. And told that to promote your business, you would not be allowed to do any affiliate marketing. Or joint ventures. Or any… |
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Do not show your writing to your mother or your lover Therese here. Author Randy Susan Meyers first turned me on to Betsy Lerner–author, former editor, and now an agent with Dunow, Carlson and Lerner Literary Agency. Betsy wrote a book that Randy raved about called The Forest for the Trees,… |
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Get Your Eagle Eye On: 10 Tips for Proofreading Your Own Work A guest post by Leah McClellan of Peaceful Planet The best blog post I read this morning—of many—is good. Very good, actually. It flows. It’s fresh. It has a rhythm that drew me in and made me want to read… |
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Accentuate the Positive: Hope and the Aspiring Writer Kath here. Please welcome Boston-based poet and novelist L.J. Cohen to Writer Unboxed. L.J. was a finalist in our quest to find an unpublished contributor. She’s been a part of the WU community for years, having contributed a two-part guest post for… |
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Reality-Based Romance ™ Today’s guest post is by contemporary romance author Alison Kent. Alison is writing in a new subgenre of the romance market: the reality-based romance. Her new book, THE ICING ON THE CAKE, is a fictionalized retelling of a real-life… |
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Use Facebook and Twitter to Drive Crowds to Your Blog A guest post by Donny Gamble You have a nicely crafted blog or webpage, in which you put a lot of effort adding that nicely written content, but now you need people to read those posts. Traffic is of major… |
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Practical Tips For The Nighttime Novelist Kath here. Please welcome Joseph Bates, author of The Nighttime Novelist: Finish Your Novel in Your Spare Time to WU. Bates’s fiction and nonfiction have appeared in The South Carolina Review, Identity Theory, Lunch Hour Stories, The Cincinnati Review, Shenandoah,… |
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Down the Mississippi Without a Paddle Kath here. Please welcome Pamela Toler to WU. Pamela was a quarter-finalist in our unpublished author contest. We’re pleased that she is able to guest post with us. Enjoy! I wrote my first novel the summer between high school and… |
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I Get By With A Little Help From My Friends Therese here. I’m thrilled to have guest, debut author and personal friend Amy Atwell with us today. Amy has long been mama to a thriving Yahoo community called GIAM or Goal In A Month. She’s generous with her time, positive,… |
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