Something of Value
Being an author has to be about more than passion, more than our love of writing. We have to offer readers something of value. Best-selling author Jack Carr tells us how.
Read MorePosted by Our Special Guest | Apr 15, 2020 | Craft
Being an author has to be about more than passion, more than our love of writing. We have to offer readers something of value. Best-selling author Jack Carr tells us how.
Read MorePosted by Our Special Guest | Apr 8, 2020 | Craft
Historical fiction writing requires more than a leap of imagination. Author Liz Milliron offers five tips to effective writing about another time and place.
Read MorePosted by Our Special Guest | Mar 23, 2020 | Life
“This place that I’m writing from is both intensely personal but also feels bigger than myself.” Award-winning author and writing instructor Carol Goodman writes a letter to her students that captures life as we live it now.
Read MorePosted by Our Special Guest | Mar 11, 2020 | Marketing, Publishing
Image is perception and perception is reality, even publishing. So if you want to become an A-list author, maybe it’s time you start doing the things that A-listers do!
Read MorePosted by Our Special Guest | Feb 26, 2020 | Craft
Do you have a tough time writing from a first-person POV? Bestselling novelist Carol Goodman explains how she helps her students (and herself) face down this literary challenge.
Read MorePosted by Our Special Guest | Feb 12, 2020 | Craft
In speaking the thoughts, feelings, truths, and lies of your characters, dialogue engages the reader and gives them what they need to live the protagonist’s life. Mary Higgins Clark award winner Lori Rader- Day has four big ideas for how to write better dialogue.
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