by editor | Dec 20, 2018 | Articles, News + Features
We asked our 91 reviewers which ONE was their favorite book released in 2018. Perhaps one of their recommendations is something you’ve also read this year or something you might enjoy. Most of them said that’s like asking a parent to choose their favorite...
by editor | Mar 13, 2018 | Articles, Book Publishing, Guest Contributors, Writer to Writer
By Lara Lillibridge I’ve had several writers tell me some version of, “I could never deal with people rejecting my book, so I’m going to self-publish.” I’m here to tell you that is the wrong decision. Publishing a book is like riding a bicycle, or it was for me,...
by editor | Mar 7, 2018 | Articles, Writer to Writer
By Patricia Keeler A Wannabe I sat on the bed and put my feet up on the bathtub. Something was tapping on the window. But the glass was painted over, so I didn’t know what. I’d made it to the tiny New York apartment of a friend of a friend of a friend. I...
by editor | Feb 26, 2018 | Articles, Guest Contributors, Research, Resources for Writers
By Nina Sadowsky The index cards start in a tidy pile on my desk. As a writing project progresses, the pile of old-school, variously colored cards grows, forming the arc of the story. I assign each chapter a card, using a color-coded system to differentiate character...
by editor | Feb 16, 2018 | A Bookish Blog
By Susan Bishop Crispell We all have a picture in our minds of how we envision our lives playing out in the future. The city or state we’ll live in, the person we’re going to marry, the house where we’ll raise our families. But rarely does life work out exactly the...
