Laura Nicole Diamond's debut novel, Shelter Us, is just out, and Christina Baker Kline says she "couldn’t put this lovely book down." Laura also edited the …
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So you want to write a novel with another person?
Liz Fenton and Lisa Steinke write novels. Together. And they do it while living thousands of miles apart--Liz in San Diego and Lisa in Chicago. They are …
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10 Writing Tips from the Masters
10 Writing Tips from the Writing Masters: “Above all, a well-imagined story is organized around extraordinary human behaviors and unexpected and startling …
7 Fabulous Writing Tips (and Publishing Tips too!) from my 1st Books Guest Authors
I'm celebrating the 7th anniversary of 1st Books this week -- yes, 7 years of terrific guest author posts and other writing and publishing tips! -- with 7 tips …
19 Twitter Tips for Authors + Others
What makes people follow, favorite, click, and retweet? This post updates one I did two years ago--a generation or more in social media right?--with info I …
13 Writing Prompts To Get the Ink Flowing
When you want to write but aren't sure how to start... In The Wednesday Sisters, Linda gets everyone writing by spilling her purse out over a picnic table, …
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Christine Breen: a first novel … at age 60!
My guest this week, Christine Breen hails from Kiltumper, Ireland, where she lives with her husband, the novelist Niall Williams, in the cottage where her …
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8 Great Writing Tips from F. Scott Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald never lived to see The Great Gatsby acknowledged as an American classic. Today is the 90th anniversary of its publication, and I'm a total fangirl, …
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BookWorks, Pacific Grove CA
When Mac and I first explored Pacific Grove almost two decades ago, there was a charming bookstore in town that was one of the reasons we seriously considered …
6 Writing Tips from Kazuo Ishiguro
The truth is the combination of dazzling on the page and dazzling in person is rare. So my intrepid traveling companion was not enthusiastic about attending the …
