Month: July 2020

by Andrea Lundgren It’s a topic that, in real life, we think about more than we’d like to admit: how much we make, how much we can spend, and how we can make more money all has a place in our thoughts. via Do Your Characters Worry About Money? — A Writer’s Path

by Michael Cristiano One of the biggest challenges I have as a writer has very little to with writing and very much to do with time and motivation. After spending eight hours at a 9-to-5, writing often gets left out of the weekday equation, especially when other commitments like personal upkeep, maintaining relationships, […] via 5… Continue reading 5 Ways of Balancing Your Writerly Life — A Writer’s Path

by Roz Morris I’ve been asked this question twice recently–in a conversation on G+ and by a student at my Guardian masterclass the other week. In both cases, the writers had encouraging feedback from agents, but one crucial criticism: the characters all seemed too similar. And probably this wasn’t surprising because of their story […] via… Continue reading Help! My Characters Are All Too Similar! 5 Tips to Make Them Distinct — A Writer’s Path

by Doug Lewars You most certainly can judge a book by its cover and most of us do on a regular basis. We may not judge very well but we most assuredly do it. Think how often you’ve walked through a library or bookstore without any particular book in mind and selected one […] via Coming… Continue reading Coming Up With a Unique Book Title — A Writer’s Path

The Jane Austen Society by Natalie Jenner Just after the Second World War, in the small English village of Chawton, an unusual but like-minded group of people band together to attempt something remarkable. One hundred and fifty years ago, Chawton was the final home of Jane Austen, one of England’s finest novelists. Now it’s home […]… Continue reading Review- The Jane Austen Society — Kristin Kraves Books

Six Degrees of Separation is a meme hosted by Kate over at Books Are My Favourite and Best. It works like this: each month, a book is chosen as a starting point and linked to six others to form a chain. A book doesn’t need to be connected to all the titles on the list, […]… Continue reading Six Degrees of Separation – From What I Loved to A Life of My Own — A life in books

Matthew Toffolo: What is your novel about? Mark Renshaw: A cyborg private detective Infected with a tekvirus teams up with a sexbot operated by his estranged daughter (#awakward) to solve all his cases and find a cure before he shuts down 2. What genres would you say this story is in? Sci-Fi comedy with a […]… Continue reading Interview with Novelist Mark Renshaw (CYBORN) — Matthew Toffolo’s Summary

And then, not expecting it, you become middle-aged and anonymous. No one notices you. You achieve a wonderful freedom. ~ Doris Lessing, British Novelist Except when you’re locked down by a virus. via Stolen Quote: Anonymous — Chasing Unicorns

These are times that are creating great and widespread anxiety, to be sure. Many people report experiencing nightmares. Few of us can remain fully unscathed as we’re forced to change our routines and cut ourselves off from the people and places that have offered comfortable reassurance. And being alone with our thoughts does not, as… Continue reading “My mind is a bad neighborhood that I try not to go into alone.” (Anne Lamott, Novelist) — annieasksyou…

Every Portis fan has a different favorite passage from his novels, but they agree on one thing: no one wrote like Portis. via Novelist Charles Portis Was a True Original — Longreads