Episode 49: Mastering Voice and Point of View – Interview w/ Beatriz Williams
…and trusting them to fill in the blank spaces. Plus: Beatriz shares her #1 tip for writers. Resources: If you’d like to learn more about Beatriz Williams, check out her…
…and trusting them to fill in the blank spaces. Plus: Beatriz shares her #1 tip for writers. Resources: If you’d like to learn more about Beatriz Williams, check out her…
…dark times, kept at it. Making comedy specials. Doing stand-up. Writing comic novels. The wheel kept turning. And as a result, so did we. Now we have this new comedic…
…the questions volleyed back at us have been consistent—and consistently skeptical: How in the world does that work? Do you divide up the writing? Does one write and the other…
…Wood), and R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul (illustrated by Frank Morrison). Today we’re discussing her picture book Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre (Illustrated by Floyd Cooper). When she’s…
…example of mine: Tell us in the comments below: What are your experiences with writing contests? Carol Van Den Hende is the award-winning author of Goodbye, Orchid, a public speaker,…
…Sarah Wendell and Candy Tan (Smart Bitches, Trashy Books) give us a great quote from romance author Lisa Kleypas: “But after twenty-two years of being published, I’ve come to realize…
…professional fiction magazines. You’ll hone your craft by considering and reconsidering every single word. To paraphrase Aristotle: “An unexamined story is not worth writing”. You’ll even get a tougher skin…
…comes down to connecting these two dots: What does the other person want/need? How can I align that want/need to what I can bring to the table? Once you connect…
…and felt hopeless a lot, silly even. I’d come to regret telling my friends that I was trying to publish a novel. But during that time, I kept writing and…
…winter months. There were moments when gazing into the fire or reading a book while everyone was rushing to start on goals for the new year felt counterproductive. I had…