by Guest Author | Apr 4, 2017 | Columns, Featured, Writers on Writing
Drawing Inspiration from Life by Dave DiGrazie When Editor-in-Chief Whitney Smyth gave me this chance to share my literary hopes and struggles, I wanted to sing to you, scream at you, convince you to care. My writing is a kaleidoscope of peril. Schizophrenic...
by Guest Author | Mar 28, 2017 | Columns, Featured, Writers on Writing
Eavesdropping Towards Better Dialogue by Kevin Michaels As children, we were taught that it was rude to listen to other people’s conversations. I often heard “Mind your own business” whenever I eavesdropped on conversations at school or on the playground. Girls were a...
by Site Owner | Dec 6, 2016 | Adventures in Self-Publishing, Columns, Featured
Awards: What Every Self-Published Author Needs to Know About the Benefits of Awards Programs If you’re like most authors, you’ve probably wondered — dreamed even — about the possibility of winning an award for your book. You’ve probably also wondered about how to go...
by Site Owner | Nov 29, 2016 | Columns, Featured, Writers on Writing
Seriously, Why Do NaNoWriMo? It’s not like you actually “win” anything. By Jennifer Levine Unless you’re in the thick of it NaNoWriMo, or National Novel Writing Month, is counter-intuitive. After all, writing is a solitary pursuit. It’s more fun to romanticize...
by Site Owner | Nov 15, 2016 | Columns, Featured, Writers on Writing
The Importance of Taking a Break By Kira A. McFadden Writers write – this mantra is heard in every corner of the writing industry, and it’s true. The very nature – the core, if you will – of being a writer is that we write. To become successful, we...