Writing Resources

Elmore Leonard on Writing

A prolific writer of more than 40 novels, Elmore Leonard authored westerns such as “3:10 to Yuma” early in his career before embarking on crime novels. Many of his novels, including “3:10 to Yuma,” “The Captives,” “Get Shorty,” “Jackie Brown” and “Out of Sight,” have been adapted into movies. Leonard…

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Authors Must Learn to Sell What They Write

by Yvonne Perry Many a writer aspires to be a published author – by any method, whether self-publishing or being accepted by one of the “big six publishing houses,” such as Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins, Macmillan, Penguin Group, Random House or Simon & Schuster, or one of their imprints (subsidiaries). What…

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5 “Wicked” Tips from Author Gregory Maguire

by Michelle Dunn From writer’s block to “Wicked” — author Gregory Maguire offers five tips  to help you get the ink flowing. Write every day. Journal, postcard, Facebook entry, sonnet, screed or soliloquy. Doesn’t matter. Every day. Read every day, but read outside your comfort zone. If you hate poetry, try…

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