by Jill Williamson | Aug 30, 2023 | Author Life, Encouragement, Getting Published, Guest Posts, Learning from Other Authors, Writing, Writing Life
Crystal Grant is a daydreamer who adores freshly-baked cookies and anything with fur or feathers. During the day, she strives to instill a love of books and learning within her young students. As a hearing-impaired, home-school graduate, she found her voice in writing...
by Stephanie Morrill | Mar 29, 2023 | Author Life, Encouragement, Learning from Other Authors, Writing Life
For many years, I’ve envied those who pursue careers with well-defined paths. If you want to be a teacher, you go to college, you get your degree in education, you log your student teaching hours, and then you start applying for teaching jobs. None of that is...
by Jill Williamson | Mar 15, 2023 | Getting Published, Learning from Other Authors
(A version of this post was originally published September 24, 2012) Query letters often feel daunting and mysterious, but they really haven’t changed much in the past dozen years. Roseanna White wrote an excellent post that you can check out...
by Jill Williamson | Feb 15, 2023 | Author Life, Brainstorming, Learning from Other Authors, Writing
I’ve been to many writing retreats. Most of them have loose schedules. We write. We eat. We write. We sleep. We write. We sometimes go out into the world for a change of pace. But we usually come right back and write. I prefer retreats where the authors who come...
by Jill Williamson | Jan 18, 2023 | Goals, Learning from Other Authors, Writing As A Business
Many of you have likely heard my publication story, how the first time I pitched my book, I bombed big time? The speaker had just taught how to write a logline, and I ignored everything he said. If that wasn’t bad enough, I was pitching him a book that...
by Jill Williamson | Nov 16, 2022 | Learning from Other Authors, Setting, World Building
If you missed the first post in this series, check it out here: Geography for Worldbuilding, Part One Last week you designed a map. You considered the placement of plate tectonics and added mountains to your landscape. Today we’re going to talk about how to decide...
