I like editing but often, I might come back to a work I loved and decide it’s garbage and then return again and love it. Refining it is like sculpting in a sense and discovering deep levels of the story without (hopefully) making it become contrived.
Charles Souby – 25 May 2020 Continue reading
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This tiny nugget threw me for a major loop. Annie Oakley was one of the greatest heroes of her time. How is it no one knows of this story? Why has this never been told before?
Gary M. Krebs – 19 May 2020 Continue reading
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Writing a book of any kind is an exercise in self-discipline. Writers say every novel has a beginning, an end, and a muddle in between. Continuing to write when I’m in that muddle area is always difficult, and I always surprise myself when I keep going and get through it.
Martin Roy Hill – 13 May 2020 Continue reading
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I have guilty pleasures like anyone else, but my “jam” is definitely non-fiction, diversity (both in content and authors), books set in a destination, horror, morbid topics (i.e. books about death), historical fiction, books written by female authors, books that have a “deeper” message about hot topic issues (i.e. abortion, race, etc), and so on.
Ashley Hubbard – 10 May 2020 Continue reading
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I had been looking for a way to write a sort of road trip-like story about a boy and his dog, and I thought using a robot and his dog could be a great way to explore artificial intelligence and how memories can be interpreted as well as explore the bonds between humans and animals, and humans and semi-inanimate objects.
Joey Rodriguez – 7 May 2020 Continue reading
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I still feel very strongly that most people who pick up a book of fiction want to be swept away into a story, whether it’s romance, adventure or even horror. It’s the same reason why we go see a movie or play a videogame. We want the experience.
Petra van der Ploeg – 4 May 2020 Continue reading
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I think any character is made up by a collage of qualities collected from real people you know, or from yourself.
Kayla Eason – 1 May 2020 Continue reading
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After an agent gave me some excellent, succinct advice about “raising the stakes,” I realized I had to take the plunge and make the difficult decision to cut several chapters and characters, even though I loved them.
Jill Caugherty – 21 April 2020 Continue reading
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The love story between my two main characters was so much fun to write—the characters seemed so real to me almost from the first page, and the chemistry between them was palpable on the page. It almost felt like I got to just sit back and watch them interact with each other.
Dallas Woodburn – 21 April 2020 Continue reading
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I had three friends who each committed suicide and each one came to me in a dream and asked me to tell their story.
Dennis Smith – 15 April 2020 Continue reading
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