What we noticed right away about The Huffington Post’s List of Overrated Writers was that, unusually for these lists that circulate (100 Best Writers, 50 Best Books), this disparaging list included women, people of color and even gay people. Small wonder that icon status would be awarded only to be torn asunder. The article’s author offer to come up with an Underrated Authors list, but we decided not to wait.
Underrated Writers: A Conversation Read More »
The Book Writing World is here to support your writing success, from helping you figure out your best way of writing a book to preparing your for publication and beyond. (My youngest is running around flying Buzz Lightyear, jumping him off the couch, shouting, “To infinity and beyond!”) We work with folks writing books, whether novels, memoirs and narrative non-fiction. We’ve got a few academic books happening here as well. The marathon book writing process we share creates a tight and supportive community who are setting goals, getting motivated and writing books. Here’s the news and notes from the Book Writing World this week and coming up!
Winners, Writers, Plot Read More »
“Hakawati” means “storyteller” and although Rabih Alameddine makes a distinction in this interview between writing a novel and writing a story, he does both masterfully in his spellbinding book The Hakawati. Here’s our in-depth interview about writing and the writing life, momentum, mastery and marketing. And if you comment you might win a book!
Rabih Alameddine: The Hakawati (Learn It, Be It, Win It) Read More »
“What Fancy sends, the writer must order by Judgment.” — James Gardner
The Storyteller, The Brain and The Winner Read More »
This is going to be a chatty, informal blog. I’ve been promising some great links to my Book Writing World members and I thought I’d post them here for everyone.
Great Links on Publishing and Writing Plus Some Chattiness Read More »
It was wonderful to speak with Lucy Jane Bledsoe about her writing–from gathering daily momentum to mastering craft to handling the rigors of marketing. I toured her small office with its particular objects, meant to inspire or to connect the writer to what matters to her and looked out at the treed hills where she
Interview with Author Lucy Jane Bledsoe Read More »
This week in the Book Writing World, we are talking about identifying our own best writing processes and the putting the supports in place to make those into successful, functional systems that get us where we want to go.
All right! Here’s the “Coffee Headache” movie, with a valuable reminder for all of us who want to go it alone! And un-caffeinated. Do you harbor any of these “solo cowboy” beliefs?
Coffee and Support Read More »
Answers to your questions about the Book Writing World, the courses, the bonuses and discounts and more.
Book Writing World is LIVE: FAQ Read More »
Tomorrow–Thursday, June 3, 2010, we will open to doors to the Book Writing World to the public for the first time ever. Forget your $20,000/ year (or semester) grad school (even if you’ve already graduated) and get the kind of support and inspiration most writers only dream about. I don’t actually like to toot my
Finish Your Book This Year! Important Instructions Read More »
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