My books have a sitcom-drama element to them. If the reader only likes a traditional book format, my books might feel different at first. However, once they get into character and find the flow of the book, they can’t put it down.
Golden November – 15 August 2021 Continue reading
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Once I got the rhythm of my chapters; narrative, a letter, and a journal entry the story unfolded so easily. So many times, while writing it, I had a sense that this story had been there just waiting for me to write it.
Vicki Cody – 11 August 2021 Continue reading
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Though I had laid out the bounds of the story in advance, the characters told me who they were and what they were going to do as I sat with my yellow pad and laptop.
Cheryl Grey Bostrom – 7 August 2021 Continue reading
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I want to write books that I would love to read – books with strong, complicated characters, twisty plots, and a nice tinge of romance. I want to guide my readers to my imagined world, where they don’t have to think about picking kids up from school or getting the laundry done. I want them to immerse themselves, laugh out loud, gasp out loud, smile, frown, and finally to remember the book with a sigh of pure pleasure.
Jane Elizabeth Hughes – 3 August 2021 Continue reading
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I get an idea in my head and run with it. My best writing tends to come out that way.
John Etterlee – 31 July 2021 Continue reading
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I struggled with how much to reveal of intimate moments, of impulsive moments that led to problems, which felt like mistakes. I tried not to explain, analyze or judge – myself or others – but simply tell the truth.
Janet Luongo – 27 July 2021 Continue reading
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I write as a reader, and I get bored quickly as a reader. Accordingly, everything I write is lean, creative and purposeful so as to maximize stimulation.
Robin Murarka – 24 July 2021 Continue reading
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I don’t know of any writer who can claim a character is entirely fictitious. They have to be born out of your experience in some way, but I’ve learned from other writers to think of it like a blender. For each character, you throw in about a third of yourself, about a third of someone you know, and about a third specific characteristics that make the person come alive. Pulse until combined.
Susan Schoenberger – 21 July 2021 Continue reading
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You have to allow your characters to speak, to tell you their story. You have to believe they live and to give them a chance at living. Continue reading
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The idea spawned from my ranting about how I wish “my rational left brain could just shut-up my emotional right brain so I could stop ‘trying’ for the 800th time like it would really make a difference”.
AMS Golden – 14 July 2021 Continue reading
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