Beyond the Writing: How to Build a Well-Rounded Author Life
…unfamiliar topics and genres. And at a certain point, when I looked back at all I had accomplished, I realized I had pieces of everything that amounted to almost nothing….
…unfamiliar topics and genres. And at a certain point, when I looked back at all I had accomplished, I realized I had pieces of everything that amounted to almost nothing….
…is a novel you’ve put aside for years, it’s almost better to think of it as an entirely new book, rather than simply a revision. And that gives you the…
…companies I’ve worked for, first passes are treated like rough drafts, and authors rarely see them. But again, this varies depending on company, book, editor, production team, weather—the usual. The…
…I truly met Nora Ephron until after she died. In 2014, my life (and the lives of my mom, dad, uncle, and grandma) revolved around visiting my beloved papa in…
…II, III, A, B, C method at one point in our lives but unless your brain works in a linear and orderly fashion, this format can do more harm than…
…with authors, speakers, coaches, and entrepreneurs—empowering them with the right mindset, knowledge, and tools to help them tackle their editing goals. You can learn more about Jeanette by visiting JeanetteTheWriter.com. …
…embrace. More than just an exercise in self-aggrandizement, or a nonfiction writer’s greatest hits, an essay collection can trigger reflection, contemplation, and self and societal assessment in a reader. Essential…
…idea that voice is the combined effect of a writer’s style, word choice, repetition, the rhythm and musicality of their language, sentence and paragraph structure, and other textual details. Kinds…
…joined a group as an invisible companion, rather than having a story told to them at a remove. I, as an author, should disappear in favor of the characters, of…
…ask to be brought back from the Underworld, and now that she is alive again, she’s angry enough to raise hell. It’s a good thing too, because hell is coming…