by editor | Mar 14, 2026 | Articles, Book Marketing, Resources for Writers
What Bay Area Authors Should Know About Book Reviews You write a book. You edit it, format it, launch it. Then you realize: no one outside your immediate circle knows it exists. That’s where professional reviews come in. And in the Bay Area, this conversation...
by editor | Mar 11, 2026 | Articles, Book Marketing, Resources for Writers
What Bay Area Authors Should Know About Book Reviews You write a book. You edit it, format it, launch it. Then you realize: no one outside your immediate circle knows it exists. That’s where professional reviews come in. And in the Bay Area, this conversation...
by editor | Jun 22, 2019 | Articles, Author Interviews, Book Marketing, Resources for Writers, Written
City Book Review-er Jane Manaster interviews Alex Hiam about his latest book for tweens, Silent Lee and the Adventure of the Side Door Key. See below for more information about Jane and Alex, and see our review of Silent Lee here. Jane Manaster: Why a female...
by Susan Burrowes | Jul 10, 2018 | Articles, Book Marketing, Book Publishing, News + Features, Resources for Writers, Writer to Writer
I wrote my book quickly, taking months rather than years. I wrote it with the urgency of emotion, grateful that my addicted daughter was still alive and still willing to be part of our family after being sent to a brutal wilderness experience, a locked-down treatment...
by Christie Nelson | Jul 2, 2018 | Articles, News + Features, Research, Resources for Writers, Writer to Writer, Writing Process
It’s been said novelists have been driven mad trying to move characters from one room to the next. Spatial arrangements are often not our forte. But stories are deeply rooted in settings. In fact, place holds a key role in fiction. Try to imagine Willa Cather’s novels...
by Holly Niner | Jun 22, 2018 | Articles, News + Features, Resources for Writers, Writer to Writer, Writing Inspiration, Writing Process
The swing hung from the branch of a willow tree split in two by lightning. It was my quiet place. Under its shade, I observed the world, contemplated life, and read more books than I can count. The books came from a wonderful city library with circular staircases and...
