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Guest Post by Kendra C. Highley, Young Adult Author

Writing for a YA Audience Many people ask YA author’s what it’s like to write for a YA audience, and what the challenges are. Personally, I love to write Young Adult, finding it a fertile ground to explore things like love, friendship, struggles, and triumphs. Teenagers face things for the first time, and that addsContinueContinue reading “Guest Post by Kendra C. Highley, Young Adult Author”

Guest Post from Author Taylor Anne

Girls’ Weekend – Attempts at Writing… As an author I, like many others, struggle with finding time to write. My normal schedule is stretched out between the day job, family, writing, and the business side of being an author. Yes, this is a business and you have to treat it like one. That’s a wholeContinueContinue reading “Guest Post from Author Taylor Anne”

Interview with Author Joe Schwartz

Why did you choose to write in your particular field or genre? I’ve always had two goals as a writer. First, to always entertain myself. I like finding something I can’t even remember writing occasionally in a drawer or notebook. It’s like seeing an old photo of yourself when you thought you were fat andContinueContinue reading “Interview with Author Joe Schwartz”

Guest Post by author Jami Gray

Exploring the Top 10 Writerly Terms In a world where words are strung together into intriguing tales of heart-pounding adventure, soul-enlightening love, or instinct screaming mysteries, there exists a creative breed with a language all their own. Behold the writer, the one who tames the sentences into entrancing stories the captivate readers everywhere! *end MovieContinueContinue reading “Guest Post by author Jami Gray”

Guest Post by author Terrence McCauley

As part of my blog post, I decided to do a Top Ten List of What I Learned As A Writer. One Take all top ten lists with a grain of salt. Yes, they’re good for sharing the list compiler’s experiences or opinions in an easy-to-read manner, but they’re still just his/her opinions based onContinueContinue reading “Guest Post by author Terrence McCauley”

Guest Post by author Megan Tayte

Clearing the Cheerio-Strewn Decks: Ten Jobs I Have to Do Before I Can Write In an ideal world, I would write five to six books a year alongside bringing up my kids, doing my day job, keeping up with the housework and swimming three times a week. Theoretically, it’s possible: I wrote my five-bookContinueContinue reading “Guest Post by author Megan Tayte”

Guest Post by NYT Best-Selling Thriller Author J. Carson Black

FINDING THE BOOK YOU ARE MEANT TO WRITE By J. Carson Black The first book I ever wrote was a ghost story. I was enamored with Peter Straub’s and Stephen King’s works. It took three years to sell it for $2500 (before the agent’s cut)—not exactly cost effective! But I’ll never forget when I heldContinueContinue reading “Guest Post by NYT Best-Selling Thriller Author J. Carson Black”

Let It Burn – a Guest Post by Author A.B. Funkhauser

In the run up to this year’s NaNoWriMo, I’d half expected to struggle, owing to the tedium of a couple of broken bones that limited my ability to roam free range, and the fine line I’d drawn between completion of the sophomore novel and starting another manuscript. Turns out, I didn’t have to worry. SomewhereContinueContinue reading “Let It Burn – a Guest Post by Author A.B. Funkhauser”