Writing

Articles and books about the writing process.

Self Publishing Misconceptions

Fellow author RJ Keller and I created, several years ago, a writers' comic relief YouTube series called "Inside the Writers' Studio."

We usually focus our episodes on the humorous aspects of some of the frustrations of writers (while also, at times, making fun of writers, as in our episode titled "Writer Stereotypes"), but after reading an interview with Sue Grafton in which she refers to self-publishing as "lazy," I guess you could say we set aside the "funny" and responded seriously to this misperception.

New Poll...Vote for Mockup Anthology Cover

I have set up two possibilities for our MWSA 2012 Anthology cover. As you know, the theme and the title is "Silent Battlefields" -- Here are the two mockups. They will of course look different once we know how many pages we will have and what we really want to put on the back.

Here are the two choices.

Option One -- Gettysburg in golds and browns.

Many Genres One Craft: Lessons in Writing Popular Fiction

Title: Many Genres One Craft: Lessons in Writing Popular Fiction
Author Michael A. Arnzen, Heidi Ruby Miller
Genre: How-to
Reviewer: Terry L. Shoptaugh

ISBN (links go to the MWSA Amazon store): 0938467085

Well-known authors affiliated with Seton Hill University's MFA program offer advice on how to write successful genre novels.

Author(s) Mentioned: 
Arnzen, Michael, ed.
Miller, Heidi Ruby

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