Welcome back! On Monday, I turned this space over to debut authors and KT Literary clients A.L. Sonnichsen and Krista Van Dolzer, who discussed the tricky balancing act of motherhood (with multiple young ones) and writing. Here’s the thrilling conclusion to their conversation! A.L. Sonnichsen: I like how you talked […]
writing habits
I’m currently in Bologna, meeting with dozens and dozens of foreign publishers, pitching my authors’ manuscripts for foreign translation, but while I’m there, I’m delighted to turn the blog over to my clients Krista Van Dolzer and A.L. Sonnichsen, both of whose Winter 2015 debut novels I’ll be chatting up […]
Welcome back, all! Did everyone have a good holiday break? Get some reading in, or editing, or some fabulously relaxing writing time? I hope so! Alas, I didn’t get quite as much done as I’d hoped — it turns out an 11-month-old is not the most conducive partner for quiet […]
My friend @gooddirt shared an interesting article today discussing the age-old writer’s dilemma: which comes first when you’re writing, characters or plot? The post also shares five great tips on starting with either, and so I highly recommend giving it a read. But it got me wondering — do you […]
Since I’m out of the office this week on vacation, I’ve turned my blog over to my clients, who wanted to share their thoughts with you on a variety of subjects. I let them have free rein because otherwise, well, just trust me, it’s for the best. Today’s post is […]
So I started a new project on January 1st, to take at least one picture every single day and post it. And it got me thinking about deadlines and goals we set for ourselves. I’m curious — of those of you that participated in NaNoWriMo, how many of you have […]