This past month really drained me. My analysis for Dracula was due May 28—this is a full Story Grid workup in the vein of a PhD thesis. The drop dead date had been haunting me for months. If I missed it, my book wouldn’t be published in October (which is ideal for a book about Dracula). I mean, let’s be honest. There was a lot at stake here. I’ve deconstructed Bram Stoker’s
Summer is around the corner so, I’m going to ignore the fact that I still need my winter coat here in Newfoundland, and begin my beach read recommendations! One of the things I like best about Dear Mrs. Bird is that author AJ Pearce starts the story with a bang. Not literally, although she could have given that it’s set in wartime England. What I mean is that the story starts right
Being an author is remarkably similar to being a mother. It’s insanely hard work, yet infinitely rewarding. The reality of it is much different than we thought it would be. And, no matter how many advice books we read, in the end we figure it out as we go along. That doesn’t stop us from wanting to see how others do it. When we notice kids thriving, we ask parents how they
Jane Fonda’s Prime Time might seem like an odd choice given that Mother’s Day is this month. And I’ll be honest, I was hoping to recommend a novel about motherhood. I looked high and low and read (or partially read) about a dozen books. I discovered that books about motherhood fall into a few broad categories: First, there are humorous books with variations on the kids-say-the-darndest-things jokes, or I’m-so-frazzled-I-need-wine jokes. Are
A few months ago I got up the courage to pitch a podcast idea to Tim Grahl. Tim is a book marketing expert—the kind of expert who charges a king’s ransom to run one book launch and who puts authors on the New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller lists. The gods must have been on my side that day because he said yes and now our weekly coaching
Author Gail Honeyman Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine is a rare find. Published in 2017, it’s the debut novel from Scottish author, Gail Honeyman and it earned her the Costa First Novel award. I’m telling you, this is a writer to watch. If Eleanor Oliphant has not already been optioned for film, it will be soon. When you read this book, you might initially wonder what I see in it. At first blush, Eleanor
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