by Stephanie Morrill | Oct 15, 2025 | Learning from Other Authors, Reading, The Craft of Writing, Writing Life
Since I recently talked about learning from great writers and books you love, it seemed fitting that we should also talk about learning from books you don’t like. Some of the most valuable lessons I’ve learned as a writer are from books that I never finished reading....
by Shannon Dittemore | Aug 14, 2020 | Creativity, Reading, The Craft of Writing, Writing, Writing Life, Writing Voice
I have a thing for real life history that plays out like fiction. Lately, I’ve been reading up on Robert Hanssen and Aldrich Ames. Two men, one from the FBI and one from the CIA, who sold American secrets to the Russian and Soviet intelligence services during and...
by Stephanie Morrill | Jul 3, 2020 | Guest Posts, Reading, The Craft of Writing
Taylor Bennett is a dandelion-wishing, world-traveling lover of books, words, and stories. Based in the PNW, she dreams of seeing the world and writing stories set in unique locations. Although she dreams of traveling to many different places, her favorite destination...
by Shannon Dittemore | May 1, 2020 | Author Life, Reading, Writing, Writing Life
This week there’s been some buzz in the online book community. Especially in the YA sector where an author who’s been fairly quiet for a while jumped back into the thick of things. Stephenie Meyer, the author of the Twilight Saga, posted a countdown on her...
by Shannon Dittemore | Oct 18, 2019 | Learning from Other Authors, Reading, Writing Life
I talk to authors all the time. Some of them are friends, some are acquaintances, and some are simply folks I meet at book events. For the most part, authors are easy to talk to. Primarily because, at the very least, we have two things in common: the publishing...
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...
