by Jill Williamson | Nov 13, 2012 | Writing
by Jill WilliamsonI’ve done some research these past few weeks on this topic, and here’s what I found: Mystery novels make you think. Suspense novels make you sweat.But let’s look a bit closer at each.The Mystery NovelA mystery is a secret. A puzzle to...
by Stephanie Morrill | Nov 12, 2012 | Uncategorized
by Roseanna White, editor for WhiteFire PublishingAsk an Editor Not long ago, Stephanie blogged on finding the literary agent that’s right for you. I’d already known I would be writing about finding the publishing house that’s right for you, so this...
by Jill Williamson | Nov 9, 2012 | Writing
By Jill WilliamsonI started writing my novel The New Recruit in 2004. I attended my first writer’s conference in 2005, where I learned that my writing needed a lot of work. Near the end of 2006, I was preparing to attend a large writer’s conference in the...
by Stephanie Morrill | Nov 7, 2012 | Uncategorized
by Stephanie MorrillI don’t want to make anybody die of jealousy or anything, but some things are just way too good to keep to yourself. Like this:Oh yeah. That’s my daughter and I on the left, my friend Kelli on the right … and Ree Drummond in the...
by Jill Williamson | Nov 6, 2012 | Writing
by Jill WilliamsonThis thing all things devours:Birds, beasts, trees, flowers;Gnaws iron, bites steel;Grinds hard stones to meal;Slays kings, ruins town,And beats high mountains down.–J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit(Guess the answer in the comments...
