by Jill Williamson | Sep 11, 2019 | Book Club Posts, First Drafts, Learning from Other Authors, Story Beginnings
We are in week two of the Go Teen Writers Book Club. I’m enjoying this book so far and hope you are too. Let’s jump right into things today, shall we? Story Trumps Structure, Chapter 2: Orientation Chapter Recap: Mr. James is talking about story openings in this...
by Jill Williamson | Aug 28, 2019 | Guest Posts, Learning from Other Authors, Self-Publishing, Writing
Jill here. A couple things before we dive into today’s interview. First, congratulations to Jerah Winn, who won a copy of Story Trumps Structure by Steven James from the blog giveaway. Yay! For those of you joining the book club, today is your first reading...
by Jill Williamson | Aug 21, 2019 | Go Teen Writers Book Club, Learning from Other Authors, Reading, The Craft of Writing, Writing
The title of this post says it all, doesn’t it? We are starting a book club! This isn’t just any book club. This is a book club in which we will read books on the craft of writing fiction. We’re going to take it slow with this first book. We’ll...
by Jill Williamson | Aug 7, 2019 | Book Proposals, Getting Published, Learning from Other Authors, Marketing, Self-Publishing, Writing As A Business
Jill here. I’ve been published for ten years now and have launched 22 books so far with plans to launch ever more. So, I’m finally starting to get a handle on this whole “book launch” thing. Kidding. But also not really… Here’s the...
by Jill Williamson | Jul 17, 2019 | Editing, Encouragement, Getting Feedback On Your Writing, Grow An Author, Learning from Other Authors
I’m in grad school to become an elementary teacher. Last week in my Literature class, I learned how to do reading and writing assessments for my students. I found the whole experience rather fascinating. Being a writer myself, I knew I’d need to critique...
by Jill Williamson | Jun 5, 2019 | Author Life, Ghostwriting, Guest Posts, Learning from Other Authors, Middle Grade
Jill Williamson here. When I was at the Mount Hermon conference this past April, I was so excited to connect with another Jill! Author Jill Osborne told me all about a middle grade series she’d been working on for Zonderkidz with former NFL running back, Rashad...
