by Adeline Macdonald Clean steam iron the linen sheets, white and crisp and beautiful and without fault or fold White walls upon white walls with nothing to upset you or hurt you or make you cry or want to leave or want to think Do you love it? Is it…
By Warren Adler I’ve spent the best part of my life writing, thinking about writing and publishing, and, lately, more and more about the dramatic, revolutionary changes that are taking place in the way we communicate with each other and how it impacts on our future as writers. The fact…
Bestselling author Stephen King discusses the art of writing short stories and short fiction in this video interview, and speaks about how many new writers forgo writing short stories to focus on writing a novel, sometimes before they are ready to navigate “the quagmire of the novel.”
In this video, bestselling writer Anne Rice offers advice to writers. The author of 32 books, Rice’s latest work, “Prince Lestat,” will be released in late October 2014.
by Gabbi Hall Crime writers tell some of the most tantalizing and thrilling stories, taking us into criminal minds and behind the scenes of solving a crime. Authors Karin Slaughter, John Harvey and Kathy Reichs share their advice for aspiring writers in these Cornerstone Publishing videos. Karin Slaughter, author of…
by Amanda Marsico Essay-writing season is dwindling down and there are only a few more weeks of classes left which means I get to share another set of tips and insights from the 2013 James River Writers Conference. In the third session I attended, Kathryn Erskine, Elizabeth Huergo, and Dean King, led…
by Amanda Marsico I’m here with installment two of the James River Writers Conference 2013 sessions review. The second session I attended was led by the 2013 finalists in fiction for the Library of Virginia Literary Awards: Gigi Amateau, Clifford Garstang, Robert Goolrick, Lydia Netzer, and Kevin Powers, moderated by Peggy…
by Scott L. Miller Don’t ever give up. I worked on my first novel for twenty years off and on, tossed characters, cut it in half and rewrote it 17 times. If someone tells you that you don’t have what it takes, that’s one opinion. Write for yourself, not…
by Alycia King Almost everyone loves a character that is good and fights through every problem he or she is faced with. But what about those characters that aren’t so righteous? The villains. There’s no law that says you can’t have both a villain protagonist and a gripping story. Jeff Lindsay, author…
by Alycia King “Close your heart and mind to nothing.” That’s the advice self-published author Damon Marbut received from his writing instructors. With that in mind, Damon wrote and published his first novel, “Awake in the Mad World,” which is an entrant for the Pulitzer Prize and has advanced into…
Laura DiSilverio is a professional author who has written nine books published as Laura DiSilverio, Lila Dare and Ella Barrick. Her 10th mystery, “Swift Run,” debuted in November (St. Martin’s Minotaur). She taught writing for three years at the United States Air Force Academy and now teaches four to six times…