Nine classic self-help books to get you through January
Time once was that the self-help book was the dysfunctional cousin on publishing’s family tree. The first was said to be published in 1859 (Semuel [Read More]
Month: January 2018
George Saunders: what writers really do when they write
A series of instincts, thousands of tiny adjustments, hundreds of drafts … What is the mysterious process writers go through to get an idea on [Read More]
5 simple reasons why writing is hard, really hard
Never mind doing it well. You sit there, or lie there, or stand there with a fancy crank-up desk, and punch letters on a keyboard. [Read More]
How Writing Can Help Young People In Care Cope With Loneliness And Loss
My passion for writing started as a teenager growing up in foster care. I lived with great foster parents, but due to my experiences, and [Read More]
George RR Martin funds scholarship for budding ‘worldbuilders’
Game of Thrones author will sponsor place at Clarion West Writers Workshop to ‘help the next great fantasist on the long journey ahead’ Citing his [Read More]
Great-grandmother pens book as ‘an act of love’
TERRE HAUTE — Marylin Leinenbach will tell you she’s a mathematician, not a writer. But that didn’t stop the Jasper native turned Indiana State University [Read More]
SleuthFest 2018 Announces Special Programming Geared Towards Helping Writers Succeed
BOCA RATON, Fla., Jan. 26, 2018 /PRNewswire/ Mystery Writers of America’s Florida Chapter will host the SleuthFest 2018 Writers Conference March 1-4, 2018 at the [Read More]
Improve Your Writing: 6 Tips for Becoming a Better Writer
Over the past couple of years, I’ve released dozens of videos and written dozens of articles on the topic of authorship. Some of those videos [Read More]
Writing Wanderlust: How Digital Nomads Write While Exploring the World
Writers can work from just about anywhere, so why not work from everywhere? Meet some “digital nomads” who are making a living while exploring the [Read More]
‘As a writer, getting inside the system is really tough’: My Swedish Career
Pettersson realized that there aren’t many opportunities for English-language writers, editors, and agents to meet up in Sweden, where she moved to from Chicago twenty [Read More]
Award-winning author visits TPS, kicks off writing workshop
Kyle Prue, award-winning author, gives Raymer Elementary School students a creative writing workshop on Friday. Looking out on an audience of nearly 50 eighth graders, [Read More]
What became of 2018 as the year of publishing women?
Only one publisher, And Other Stories, has answered Kamila Shamsie’s challenge to publish only female writers this year. But wider lessons are being learned, as [Read More]
Post-apocalyptic imagined future makes Regina student a top 10 finalist
Zoya Anwar, a Grade 8 student at École Harbour Landing elementary school, is a top 10 finalist in CBC Books’ The First Page student writing [Read More]
Writing winners: Napa Valley Writers hold a first student writing contest
“Six students were honored at the Jan. 10 meeting of Napa Valley Writers. Honorable mention went to Paola Machuca, Dariya Stuter and Ally Peterson. First- second- and third-place winners were Fernando Cisneros, Shaelynn Sublett and Olivia Ilsley.”
The students won cash prizes of $100, $75, and $50. The club hopes to make this contest an annual event and to expand to other schools in the future.
Editor’s note: Last fall, author Lenore Hirsch contacted the Register with a question: If the Napa Valley Writers, a branch of the California Writers Club, held a student writing contest, would we be interested in publishing the winning essays?
Writing the Sex Scene
Recently, I wrote a blog here at WITS about how to put sexual tension in your romance novel. But it felt like only half the [Read More]
Shelf effacement: how not to organise your bookshelves
A new trend to ‘coordinate’ the look of your library by turning the spines to face inward defies good sense. But apparently it’s catching on [Read More]
Influential publication The Awl shuts down amid a downturn in web publishing
After a nine-year run, the small but influential website The Awl is shutting down, along with its sister publication The Hairpin. The sites are the [Read More]
16 Practical Tips For Anyone Who Wants To Write A Book
If you want to write, you’ve got to read. “I know it sounds weird, but if you wake up in the middle of the night [Read More]
Lost in (mis)translation? English take on Korean novel has critics up in arms
A row over Han Kang’s award-winning novella The Vegetarian highlights the unavoidable difficulties of importing a novel from a very different language – but literal [Read More]
Young Emmanuel Macron wrote racy novel inspired by wife, claims new book
The French president’s early literary attempt inspired by romance with his teacher, later to become his wife, a new Brigitte Macron biography claims A new [Read More]
This author is cashing in on a real-life NYC tragedy
Leila Slimani’s novel “The Perfect Nanny” has become a global bestseller, winning critical acclaim for its young Moroccan-French author. It’s a well-told tale written in [Read More]