by editor | Aug 15, 2016 | Articles, Guest Contributors, News + Features
If Jonathan Shapiro’s credentials don’t get your attention, his charm and poise as a speaker certainly will. He spoke at San Francisco’s iconic Ferry Building book store, Book Passage, recently while on tour for his debut novel, Deadly Force. Mr. Shapiro’s background...
by editor | Aug 8, 2016 | Articles, Guest Contributors, News + Features
By Jennifer Dwight If you haven’t met Jessica Anya Blau yet, or her inimitable character, Lexie, (The Trouble with Lexie, just released), delight awaits. Jessica, who has previously written such hits as The Summer of Naked Swim Parties, Love and Death with the In...
by editor | Jul 5, 2016 | Articles, Guest Contributors, Resources for Writers, Writing Process
By Beau North The day I got confirmation that Longbourn’s Songbird had been selected for publication was one of the happiest of my life. I was visiting my friend and writing partner on the East Coast when I saw the email, and even though it was still morning there, I...
by editor | Jun 7, 2016 | Articles, Guest Contributors, Writing Inspiration
By Erin Lindsay McCabe As a former literature major and English teacher, I thought I understood the power of words on a page. But I always saw books in contexts where a community already existed—a school, a classroom, a book club made up of longtime friends. It wasn’t...
by editor | Jun 7, 2016 | Articles, Guest Contributors, Research, Writing Inspiration, Writing Process
By Beau North I’ve always believed in the power of words. Just one word can evoke pleasure, nostalgia, or melancholy. Some words even induce a physical reaction, a shortening of breath, a quickened heartbeat. I have a friend who gets physically sick at the sound of...
by editor | Jun 7, 2016 | Articles, Book Marketing, Book Publishing, Guest Contributors, Resources for Writers
By Kayla Salgado On a late afternoon in fall, perhaps after returning from a lecture in a Greek or Roman studies course at Oxford, young Oscar Wilde sits in his cramped dormitory and contemplates a long while, his MacBook Air open before him on the desk. Fragments of...
