by Tim Miller | Apr 16, 2018 | Articles, Book Publishing, Guest Contributors
In early 1921, dejected over the fears of publishers that was likely to leave his novel Ulysses unpublished, James Joyce needed a shoulder to cry on. Living in Paris at the time, he paid a visit to Shakespeare and Company, the Left Bank bookstore run by his American...
by editor | Oct 31, 2017 | Articles, Guest Contributors, Writing Process
By Dori Jones Yang Confession: I am not a Chinese boy living in 1870s Connecticut. I was not alive in the 1870s. I have never lived in Connecticut. I am not a boy. And I am not Chinese. Whew! Got that off my chest. We writers of historical fiction are called to...
by editor | Sep 19, 2017 | Articles, Guest Contributors, Writing Inspiration
By Anne Leigh Parrish Americans are practical people. We think about profit and loss, success and failure, maximizing our utility, avoiding diminished returns. We’re healthy Capitalists. We live for the business model of constant, steady growth. We seek profits at...
by editor | Sep 18, 2017 | Articles, Guest Contributors, Writing Inspiration
By Cate Holahan Where do you get your ideas? The question is a favorite at mystery conferences and most novelists—myself included—cobble together an answer about an overheard anecdote, news story, or image that served as the genesis for a recent book. But the answers...
by editor | Jan 19, 2017 | Articles, Guest Contributors, Writing Process
By Tracy Weber If you were to ask novelists why they write, most would readily assert that it’s not for the money. The writers I know would become significantly richer steaming lattes. Penning a novel is a work of love, or in my case, a work of loves. A Fatal Twist,...
by editor | Oct 27, 2016 | Articles, Guest Contributors
By Daniel Babka Approximately 305,000 books were published in America during 2014. Mine was one of them. Roughly 40 indie books a month (001% of the total) found their way onto the pages of Kirkus Reviews Magazine, the industry publication circulated to publishers,...