by Jill Sessa | Oct 14, 2016 | Blog, Book Promotion/Platforms, Fiction How-to, Nonfiction How-to
by Lindsay Flanagan and Angela Eschler with insights from best-selling author Heather B. Moore The New York Times Bestseller List. The very name sends shivers down your writer’s spine. You envision your books will one day be emblazoned with the badge of honor...
by Jill Sessa | Jul 4, 2016 | Blog, Editing, Fiction How-to
by Kristin Ammerman Bestselling authors such as Brandon Sanderson, Mary Robinette Kowal, Jeff Wheeler, Cassandra Clare, Neil Gaiman, and others write novels as well as short stories. There are several reasons why novelists also write short stories. Sense of...
by Jill Sessa | May 20, 2016 | Blog, Editing, Fiction How-to, Nonfiction How-to
by Angela Eschler Next to “Write what you know,” the most common piece of advice I hear at conferences is “Just write every day.” I always cringe a little when I hear that. Not because it’s not good advice. It is. But because it’s not the best advice for a...
by Jill Sessa | Jan 26, 2016 | Blog, Editing, Fiction How-to
by Emilee Newman Bowles Hello, “dear reader” As a young English Lit student, I laughed to myself when a story addressed the reader like this. It used to be common to tell the “dear reader” the moral of the story. These days it’s passé. Even if you know you should...
by Jill Sessa | Jul 2, 2014 | Blog, Fiction How-to
A Strong Premise: Your Story’s Hook by Sabine Berlin with Angela Eschler In part 1 of our articles defining “high concept” and what makes for a bestseller, we listed one requirement as a “hook that’s easy to describe.” Think of the...
