by Jill Williamson | Oct 16, 2012 | Writing
Guest blog by Susie May WarrenThere you are, you’ve got a blank computer screen, and the smallest tickle of an idea, something you’ve read, or seen, some question you think might be interesting tackled in a book. But where do you go from there? How do you...
by Stephanie Morrill | Oct 15, 2012 | Uncategorized
by Stephanie MorrillThere are some things about my writing space that are nice-to-haves. Like my worn copy of Writing the Breakout Novel or a thousand pictures of my kids.But there are some things that I just have to have in my writing space or it wouldn’t...
by Jill Williamson | Oct 12, 2012 | Writing
by Jill WilliamsonOn Tuesday I talked about labeling your characters. I had labeled my Captives character Mason as an analyst. And I sometimes compared him in my mind to Mr. Spock from Star Trek or Sheldon Cooper of The Big Bang Theory to help me write his...
by Stephanie Morrill | Oct 11, 2012 | Uncategorized
by Stephanie MorrillToday’s the last post in the how to get your novel published series. So far we’ve covered:1. Write a good, full-length book2. Educate yourself on the industry3. Work to identify your genre, target audience, and brand.4. Grow your...
by Stephanie Morrill | Oct 10, 2012 | Uncategorized
by Stephanie MorrillToday I’m continuing our series on how to get published. So far we’ve covered:1. Write a good, full-length book2. Educate yourself on the industry3. Work to identify your genre, target audience, and brand.4. Grow your audience (also...
by Jill Williamson | Oct 9, 2012 | Writing
by Jill Williamsonphoto©2009 Bradley Gordon, FlickrAt a writer’s conference I attended, the brilliant Susie May Warren suggested that when you start thinking up new characters, you should give them a label. Susie is the author of many books and owns My...
by Stephanie Morrill | Oct 8, 2012 | Uncategorized
by Stephanie MorrillI’ll confess, I’ve been feeling rather nervous about this topic as I saw it inching closer on the calendar. Partially because it seems like every agent wants different things. I’m a girl who likes rules because then I know what to...
by Jill Williamson | Oct 5, 2012 | Brainstorming, First Drafts, Genres, Plot
Looking for fresh plot ideas? Well… there probably aren’t any. And that’s not necessarily a bad thing. As I’ve said before, there are no new ideas, just fresh ways of writing them. The book, Thirty-Six Dramatic Situations by Georges...
by Stephanie Morrill | Oct 4, 2012 | Uncategorized
by Stephanie MorrillAfter a brief detour yesterday about discovering the truth in our manuscripts, let’s get back to talking about how to get novels published. I gave a quick overview of the process here, but as a reminder, these are the steps I had listed:1....
by Stephanie Morrill | Oct 3, 2012 | Uncategorized
by Stephanie MorrillI had a whole topic planned for today, but then I went to the Florence and the Machine concert on Monday night and my plans completely changed.One of my favorite Florence and the Machine songs is Heartlines, partly because I love this line in it:In...
