Writing Class: Recent Episodes
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These episodes are fun and informative 15 minute tutorials on how to write a book, develop charachaters, set plot points, getting published as well as adapting your writing career for the unexpected
Florence A. Bliss is an author from Las Vegas, NV who has a keen eye for writing love stories full of drama, heartache, humor, and enough seduction to light the pages on fire. With an MFA in creative writing from UNLV, Florence loves to write across genres but has found her home in romance.
Audrey Lee started writing fiction at the young age of eleven, when she and her best friend co-authored a masterpiece about gallivanting around London with the members of Depeche Mode, Wham!, and Duran Duran. Unfortunately, these spiral notebooks have yet to find a publisher evolved enough to understand the genius buried within.As a result, The Mechanics of Memory is her first work of published fiction.Audrey lives in the San Francisco Bay Area
DEBRA YATES hails from Ohio but now resides in St. Pete Beach, Florida. Although she began her writing later in life, she did so with great passion. Being of Cherokee descent and having had stories passed down from generation to generation, Debra found herself drawn to family history, to the point of enlisting a genealogist to verify her conclusions. Traveling to relevant destinations along the East Coast and in the Midwest, she brought her findings back to the peace, calm, and tranquility that she feels God has provided to her in the Sunshine State. With the release of Woman of Many Names, she now puts her sights on a followup to document the next stage of her seventh-greatgrandmother's historic life
Lisa Towles is an award-winning, Amazon bestselling crime novelist and a passionate speaker on the topics of fiction writing, creativity, and self care. Lisa has 11 crime novels in print with a new psychological thriller, Codex, forthcoming in June of 2024. The first two books of her E&A Investigations Series (Hot House and Salt Island) were both #1 Amazon Kindle Bestsellers with Book 2 (Switch) due for release in the Fall of 2024. Lisa also writes standalone thrillers, such as her November 2023 release, Terror Bay, and The Ridders, which won an American Fiction Award. Lisa is an active member of Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, and International Thriller Writers. She has an MBA in IT Management and works full-time in the tech industry.
Dr Irina Webster, is the author of the books: The Secret Energy of Your Body, How to Heal Using Intuitive Healing, Pregnancy From A to Z and other books about intuitive health and wellness. She is a medical doctor, who following her retirement from the conventional medical industry, promotes the value of Medical Intuition and Intuitive Healing to the world.She lives by the motto that healing is always possible and even if your problems are big and illnesses are severe, you have the power within to heal yourself through Intuitive Healing.
Dan Fridd and his wife talk to us about the book business. No, its not about publishing. Today we're dabbling in the business of selling books. Also what it takes to book store
SG Tasz published her first piece of writing at the age of eleven. She wrote a poem for a class that was selected to be a part of a regional student anthology, at which point she retired from poetry, knowing that this was the highest accolade a poem of her's was likely to receive. However, she still has a copy of that anthology. As you can see, she was a bit dark even then. She is a multimedia writer.
Arjun Chaudhuri is the Founder & CEO of the organisation Ukiyoto Publishing. He is an emerging entrepreneur of the year AACC '21 and has a innovative start-up of the year.
Andy started his literary agency in February, 2008. Andy represent authors who write books in a wide range of subjects including: narrative non-fiction, science, journalism, history, current affairs, contemporary culture, religion, children's books and commercial and literary fiction.
Hope Gibbs grew up in rural Scottsville, Kentucky. As the daughter of an English teacher, she was raised to value the importance of good storytelling from an early age. Today, she’s an avid reader of women’s fiction. Drawn to multi-generational family sagas, relationship issues, and the complexities of being a woman, she translates those themes into her own writing.Hope lives in Tennessee with her husband and her persnickety Shih Tzu, Harley. She is also the mother of five. In her downtime, she loves playing tennis, poring over old church cookbooks, singing karaoke, curling up on her favorite chair with a book, and playing board games.Hope has a B.A. from Western Kentucky University and is a member of the Women's Fiction Writers Association
Three Muses won the Petrichor Prize for Finely Crafted Fiction and was shortlisted for the Gotham Book Prize. Buzzfeed, NPR and the Washington Post have given Three Muses a lot of love. With a starred review from Kirkus, Three Muses made The Millions’ most anticipated second half of 2022 list. Vulture Magazine included it in “57 Books We Can’t Wait to Read This Fall.” L.A. Parent called it “an exquisitely crafted novel, and POINTE Magazine selected it for its “5 New Ballet Books to Look Forward to This Fall.”
Amy is an author who writes with heart and tells a great tale. She runs many businesses yet she still finds time to write.
Samantha Skal (she/her) is an Author Accelerator certified book coach who specializes in coaching mystery, thriller and suspense authors from novel planningShe is the 2023 Co-Director of PitchFest, the agent pitching event at Thrillerfest, International Thriller Writers annual writing conference, and a frequent volunteer mentor for the Women’s Fiction Writers Association (. She is also a member of Mystery Writers of America , and Sisters in Crime.
Dzifa Benson is a multi-disciplinary live artist who uses literature as her primary mode of expression. The intersections between science, art, the body and ritual and by the question of who or what is invisible animate Dzifa's practice
The CEO and founder of Writerwerx University, which helps authors with their book planning, writing, editing, and design needs. In addition, WU offers literary education and support for screenwritings, novelists, poets, and other text-based creatives. Oh, yeah! I’m also an independent author myself
Alexa Bigwarfe is a mother to 3 wildlings who keep her on her toes. She is an advocate, activist, speaker, author & author coach, publisher, and podcaster. Her writing career began after her infant daughter passed away at 2 days old and she turned to writing for healing. Since then, she has used her writing platform for advocacy and activism to support mothers, children, and marginalized voices. She began a nonprofit, Sunshine After the Storm, to provide support, care, healing retreats, and grief recovery to mothers in their most difficult time. She is the creator and co-host of the Lose the Cape podcast, which features moms working to make a difference in their children’s lives and has co-authored and published four volumes under the Lose the Cape brand. Her primary business is Write|Publish|Sell, a company dedicated to shepherding authors through the massive process of writing and publishing their books like a pro. She owns her own publishing house, Kat Biggie Press, and a children’s book publishing company, Purple Butterfly Press – both dedicated to bringing stories of hope, inspiration, encouragement, and girl-power to the world.
Tenesha is the CEO and founder of Writerwerx University, which allows her to help authors with their book planning, writing, editing, and design needs. In addition, WU offers literary education and support for screenwritings, novelists, poets, and other text-based creatives. Tenesha is an independent author herself! She has written in multiple genres, including psychological thriller, mystery, romance, erotica, fantasy, and self-help.
Author of over 23 multi-genre books, RoderickE was born 1968 in Indianapolis Indiana. He was adopted at age 4. He has been employed since age 16 at various private sector jobs. His present job is in process development at an international logistics company, but he has worked many jobs you'd expect from an average person including; dishwasher at the local American Legion, fry cook at a fastfood restaurant, clerk at a toy store, training supervisor over a call center along with other jobs.
Tanerra is a published author and contributing writer for Woman of More Magazine.
In addition to being a retail entrepreneur, she is a motivational speaker, coach, and mentor with a special interest in helping women and teen girls.
Tanerra not only inspires them through her workshops, and coaching, but aims to provide them with practical resources, tools, and access that enables them to improve their personal and professional lives.
Che Jr. is a bilingual sixth grader. Who created his first published story at the young age of 7. He enjoys playing with his friends and cousins. When indoors he likes playing Roblox, watching YouTube® videos, and being with his mom and dad. Che is credited for translating his first book into Spanish himself. Lastly, he works with his mom during events and speaking engagements to inspire and encourage other youth.
She didn't start straight away, that comment sowed a seed and several years, two children, and hundreds of thousands of words later, she completed a novel that she felt was worthy of publication. The result was Coming Home for Christmas, a heart-warming story about friends, family, and the magic of love at Christmas.
The rest is history.
When she's not writing, she is publishing through my imprint Harpeth Road Press.
A professional editor for over 10 years. From line editing to proofreading, she has worked on almost every genre of book from true crime to self help, from memoirs to horror. While she will edit anything, she especially love true crime, dark fiction, self help and other nonfiction, and children's and young adult books. She is also COO of Genius books.
Erin Branscom has read everything she can get her hands on for as long as she can remember. To this day, her favorite place is still the library. In 2021, after a decade of writing novels just for fun, she finally decided to finish a book series and has found writing novels to be her greatest escape
Dave is an avid book marketer. His work in both publishing and book marketing has been featured in Forbes, Entrepreneur, ALLi, Huffington Post, and even Market Watch.
He has been blessed to have worked with many New York Times bestselling authors in multiple genres and topics like Ted Dekker, Orson Scott Card, Kevin J. Anderson and more. He has also been a paid consultant to major publishing companies helping with digital sales, advertisement methods and sales page optimizations.
Her work has appeared in the Washington Post, the New York Times, NPR.org, theatlantic.com, The Millions, and a variety of other publications including The Asian Wall Street Journal and the International Herald Tribune. Her novel, Acceptance, was made into a television movie starring the hilarious Joan Cusack.
Susan is the president of the PEN/Faulkner foundation
LAURA co-authored the successful Collage and Montage series for McGraw-Hill. Later in her career, she directed the Graduate Teacher Program, working across all disciplines to improve instruction at the university level. She also published in graduate education and professional development. Currently, she devotes her time to writing and gardening at her home in Colorado.
She has been an educator, Communications Adjunct Professor at Belhaven College, administrator, and Public Relations Director of the Mississippi Department of Education and Millsaps College, a liberal arts college in Jackson, MS. She was the founding director of the Greater Belhaven Market, a producers’ only market in a historic neighborhood in Jackson, and even shadowed Martha Stewart.
As the Executive Director of the Craftsmen’s Guild of Mississippi (300 artisans from 19 states) which operates the Mississippi Craft Center, she wrote their stories to introduce them to the public.
Best-selling romantic suspense author Colleen Coble’s novels have won or finaled in awards ranging from the Best Books of Indiana, the ACFW Carol Award, the Romance Writers of America RITA, the Holt Medallion, the Daphne du Maurier, National Readers’ Choice, and the Booksellers Best. She has over 4 million books in print and her books have been on the USAToday bestseller list, the ECPA, CBA, Publishers Weekly, and Amazon bestseller lists. She writes romantic mysteries because she loves to see justice prevail. Colleen is CEO of American Christian Fiction Writers. She lives with her husband Dave in Indiana
Mekdela is here to talk about this problem, and so much more! She’s a plus-size, Black/African, second-generation refugee woman with a lot to say about body image - and your followers will want to join this conversation!
We’d love for you to collaborate with Mekdela on an interview or guest speaking spot. You can find one of her recent guest posts here, to get an idea of her thoughtful and innovative writing style.
Betsy Randolph Women Writing the West 2021-2022 President, Betsy Randolph writes primarily fiction but dabbles in historical fiction, memoir, and non-fiction. Her Cat Carlyle Mysteries and Noah Pool Adventure Series are set in Guthrie, Oklahoma, where she lives with her husband, George.
Anish Chandy is the founder of Labyrinth Literary Agency, it is a full service agency based out of New Delhi. Anish was a Senior Commissioning Editor at Penguin Random House where he commissioned for non-fiction and commercial fiction.
Camielle wrote Forever is the Worst Long Time, it was an RT Reviews Top Pick and an Amazon, InStyle, and Real Simple best book of the month. Booklist called her fourth book, Woman Last Seen in Her Thirties, “fun and engaging,” while Bookreporter said it was “filled with life’s wisdoms.” In 2019, Camielle's fifth novel, I’m Fine and Neither Are You, was an Amazon Charts and Washington Post bestseller. Library Journal describes the latest novel, This Won’t End Well, as “witty and delightful” in a starred review. The seventh novel, Don’t Make Me Turn This Life Around—the follow-up to Life and Other Near-Death Experiences—is out now, and Camielle just wrapped up Everything Must Go, which will be out spring 2022.
Laura Moe spent most of her working life as a librarian and English teacher in central and Southeastern Ohio, but moved to Seattle where she writes full-time and is an active member of EPIC Group Writers and SCBWI. Moe is the author of YA novels BLUE VALENTINES and BREAKFAST WITH NERUDA (Simon & Schuster/Merit Press, 2016) named by the New York Public Library as one the Best Books for Teens in 2016 and shortlisted for the WA State Book Award. She is owned by a spoiled white cat
Ronda Miller is a graduate of the University of Kansas, a Fellow of The Citizen Journalism Academy, World Company, She created poetic forms loku and ukol. She was the co-chair, along with Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg, for the Transformative Language Arts Conference at Unity Village September, 2015. Miller was the poetry contest manager for Kansas Authors Club (2011-2014). District 2 President of Kansas Authors Club (2015 – 2017), and the club's Vice President (2016 – 2017). She is the club's current President (2018 - 2019).
Melissa Amster lives in Maryland (DC Metro area) with her husband, two sons and daughter. When she's not reading and interviewing authors, she is working as a media manager for a book publicity company. In her spare time (what's that?!?), she likes to watch her favorite shows on TV, bake challah and desserts, and host meals and other gatherings
A serious journalist with national exposure, Marissa understands how media works and what reporters want. Her journalism work has appeared in USA Today, National Geographic and other major publications. She is now interviewed by media like Forbes on best practices for book marketing.She joined the Books Forward team more than 10 years ago and now oversees the day-to-day operation of the firm. Named one of Publishers Weekly’s Star Watch Honorees, Marissa is both respected and adored by clients for her always encouraging and can-do approach. She is the first and final voice on all Books Forward matters, and she presides over all aspects of our publicity campaigns, including media and book tours, video development, social networking, production and creative planning, and business decisions.
Tif Marcelo is a veteran US Army nurse and holds a BS in Nursing and a Master’s in public administration. She believes and writes about the strength of families, the endurance of friendship, heartfelt romances, and is inspired daily by her own military hero husband and four children. She hosts The Stories to Love Podcast, and is the USA Today bestselling author of In a Book Club Far Away, Once Upon a Sunset, The Key to Happily Ever After, which was a Target Diverse Book Club pick, The Holiday Switch, and the Heart Resort and Journey to the Heart series. She and her books have been featured in The Today Show, Shondaland, Real Simple Magazine, The Asian Journal and more!
Farena Bajwa is a talented poet, storyteller, actor, filmmaker, and voice-over artist. Even though she studied Marketing Management, her creativity comes from her heart. Whether it’s filmmaking, voice-over, or acting, she owes it to her life philosophy: ‘’learning by doing’’. ‘’Flowers Grow on Broken Walls’’ is Farena’s first written collection of poetry that speaks about the journey to self-healing after experiencing the loss of someone, but mostly, the loss of yourself. She wants to inspire her readers using her power of words to make them feel less alone and to let them know that no matter what they go through, healing is just around the corner, cheering for you
Kristine Raymond penned hidden springs series and contemporary romance series. She also writes tempted and seasons of love a collection of four seasonal programs.
Sue Campbell plunged headlong into the study of story structure. They formed an editing group and were soon joined by Rachelle Ramirez. Anne and Rachelle found Story Types so crucial to their own writing process that they both trained to become developmental editors.
Sue then took her content marketing and copywriting background and trained under Tim Grahl of BookLaunch.com to become a Certified Book Launch Coach.
Pages & Platforms is a powerful team that can help you realize the full potential of your story and launch it into the world.
R. S. Twells, author of the novel The Field Agent, the first book in The Agent Bennet Saga, currently living and writing in British Columbia, Canada.
Rick Lupert has been involved in the Los Angeles poetry community since 1990. He is the recipient of the 2014 Beyond Baroque Distinguished Service Award for service to the Los Angeles poetry community. He served for two years as a co-director of the Valley Contemporary Poets, a non-profit literary organization, established in 1980, which produces readings and publications out of the San Fernando Valley.
His poetry has appeared in numerous magazines and literary journals, including The Los Angeles Times, Rattle, Chiron Review, American Mustard, Radius Lit, Red Fez, The Bicycle Review, Silver Birch Press, The Nervous Breakdown, Indiefeed, Voicemail Poems, Muddy River Poetry Review, Yay!LA, FreezeRay Poetry, Stirring, The Blue Jew Yorker, PoeticDiversity.org, MoonGarlic E-Zine, Jewels of Elul, Zuzu’s Petals, Caffeine Magazine, Blue Satellite and others
Have you ever wondered how a book gets reviewed? We have. Hear how the process goes from book reviewer Jennifer Copeland. She reviews many books she loves to read on her site Jenny's cozy book
Francine Rodriguez, and is an author, but she wasn’t always an author. She grew up in and around downtown Los Angeles. Later, she worked as a Civil Rights and Equal Employment Opportunity Investigator in the Federal sector. Altogether, before becoming Francine Rodriquez, Author, she worked in the fields of law and psychology for over thirty years. It is her experience as a professional in those fields that informs her writing.
George Weinstein is the author of numerous novels in diverse genres, including the sassy Southern mystery Aftermath, his suspense thriller Watch What You Say, modern relationship novel The Caretaker, novel of forgotten US history The Five Destinies of Carlos Moreno, and the Southern Gothic historical novel Hardscrabble Road, a favorite with book clubs.
George speaks often at book clubs, conferences, workshops, and other events. He has been an active participant and leader within the Atlanta Writers Club since 2001 and directs the AWC’s twice-yearly Atlanta Writers Conference,
Kathleen M. Rodgers is a novelist whose work has appeared in Family Circle Magazine, Military Times, and in several anthologies. A professional writer for more than forty-five years, her novels have garnered many awards and favorable reviews. She’s been featured in USA Today, The Associated Press
CAROL VAN DEN HENDE is the award-winning author of Goodbye, Orchid which won the American Fiction Award, Pinnacle Achievement Award, IAN for Best First Novel, two Royal Dragonflys, received honorable mention in NY Book Festival and finalist in the Best Book Awards. When she’s not penning stories of resilience and hope, Carol applies her MBA to marketing and strategy (in chocolate, sweet!).
Rebecca Dimyan is an award-winning writer whose nonfiction essays and short fiction have appeared in national and international publications. Rebecca teaches writing and literature at several universities in Connecticut. She is co-founder of the Ridgefield Writers Conference and now leads the Woodhall Press Writers Conference.
D.L. LeGere is a publishing professional with over fourteen years of experience in the US, specializing in the trade nonfiction, fiction, gift, and outdoor markets. He has worked with a vast network of industry professionals and published hundreds of titles,
Through the years, Heather Weidner has been a cop's kid, technical writer, editor, college professor, software tester, and IT manager. Vintage Trailers and Blackmailers is the first in her cozy mystery series, the Jules Keene Glamping Mysteries
Janet Todd is an internationally renowned novelist and academic, best known for her non-fiction feminist works on women writers including Jane Austen, Aphra Behn and Mary Wollenstonecraft. In recent years, she has turned her hand to writing novels, publishing Lady Susan Plays the Game in 2013, A Man of Genius in 2016 and Don’t You Know There’s a War On? in 2020. Her latest book is Jane Austen and Shelley in the Garden: A Novel with Pictures and was recently reviewed and recommended in Washington Post.
Janet has published and edited more than 40 books including the complete works of Mary Wollstonecraft (with Marilyn Butler), of Aphra Behn, and, as General Editor
Lauren has loved books since before she learned to read and she was a lifelong bookworm she has the great privilege of spending her career close to what she love. They have allowed her to explore people, places and ideas she wouldn’t be able to experience without them. As a professional book editor and publishing executive she gets to work with writers and words and ideas all day. She is the author of bookish broads.
Oksana is the author of the bestselling memoir, American Gypsy (FSG, 2012). Her works have appeared in Rumpus, Slate, and Time magazines, and in a number of literary journals and anthologies. Oksana was the 2013 BMI - Library of Congress Kluge Center Literary Award recipient and the 2020 recipient of the Picador Guest Professorship Award from the University of Leipzig, Germany. In 2018 Oksana founded Lounge Writers, an online creative writing studio where writers of all levels and genres can stay inspired and hone their craft.
Serena Agusto-Cox, a Suffolk University alum, claims that she writes more vigorously now than she did in her college poetry seminars. Her day job continues to feed the starving artist, and her poems can be read in Dime Show Review, Baseball Bard, Mothers Always Write, Bourgeon, Beginnings Magazine, LYNX, Muse Apprentice Guild, The Harrow, Poems Niederngasse, Avocet, Pedestal Magazine, and other journals. An essay also appears in H.L. Hix’s Made Priceless, three poems in Love_Is_Love: An Anthology for LGBTQIA+ Teens, and a Q&A on book marketing through blogs in Midge Raymond’s Everyday Book Marketing. She also runs the book review blog, Savvy Verse & Wit, and founded Poetic Book Tours to help poets market their books.
She attended Knox College for her B.A. in English Creative Writing with a minor in the Pedagogy of Poetry. While there, she worked for the Association for Black Culture Centers (A.B.C.C.) under Dr. Fred Hord and Ms. Terry Duffy. In addition, she was a TRiO Achievement Program scholar, as well as a Ronald E. McNair Fellow. Monica studied abroad in Dakar, Senegal for a semester in 2010, where she wrote 85 poems, struggled to speak Wolof, and decided to never join the Peace Corps.
Bianca Marais is the author of the beloved Hum If You Don't Know the Words and If You Want to Make God Laugh.
She teaches at the University of Toronto's School of Continuing Studies
where she was awarded an
Excellence in Teaching Award for Creative Writing in 2021.
She runs the Eunice Ngogodo Own Voices Initiative
to empower young Black women in Africa to write and publish their own stories,
and is constantly fundraising to
assist grandmothers in Soweto with caring for children
who have been orphaned by HIV/AIDS.
She is the co-host of the popular podcast, The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
I'm Tonya Nagle, Ph.D. I've been writing a lot longer than I've had those last letters. I started writing over 15 years ago for publication. I have been traditionally and independently published. I work in higher education as a writing coach, an adjunct faculty member, and a curriculum designer.
I am a book coach and freelance editor working with romance authors that want to take their books and their business to the next level. Let's talk about your book or series concept, together we can identify opportunities to engage the reader so they fall in love with your writing.
Bethany, a former youth minister’s wife and high school cheerleading coach turned author, speaker, and business owner. Graduated with a Masters of Fine Arts in Communication, where I concentrated on marketing and public relations. A goal is to take those skills and apply them to writers, authors, and brands.
Karen wrote the first draft of Getting It Right (Akashic Books) on airplanes, in the Delta Sky Club, and in hotel rooms around the country and the world. The book tour was amazing. Friends hosted her in their homes, clubs, events, conferences, and book clubs. Independent and Barnes & Noble bookstores across the country welcomed her.
Kathleen Fair is a former teacher that now writes. She also heads up a chapter of the writing group.
Jan Rosenberg’s plays include What’s Wrong With You, How To Destroy An American Girl Doll, Never Have I Ever, Gusher!, Janie Wants A Dog, A Little Piece Of You, Do Not Leave Unattended, and The Discarded, among others. They have been presented in readings and workshops with Barefoot Theater Company, Vertigo Theater, LAByrinth Theater, ESPA*Drills at Primary Stages, Wide Eyed Productions, NY Madness, The 1 Minute Play Festival, The New Works Festival, The Farm Theater, and more
Jennifer McEwen launched the Town of Hilton Head Island’s first Office of Cultural Affairs and has developed and enacted strategies around using arts to expand the creative economy with a focus on increasing education offerings, improving the quality of life for residents and increasing cultural tourism efforts
Midnight Ace Book Bar created this space to provide a comfortable place where we can enjoy some literary adventures, virtual wine tasting, and pairings, as well as cigar etiquette. Her reviews are not only an avenue for supporting authors but an opportunity to share her thoughts on the titles she read with her fellow readers. She haves the blessing of winning several awards, rendering me the accolade of Award-Winning Book Ambassador.
Kristen Ashley is the New York Times bestselling author of over eighty romance novels including the Rock Chick, Colorado Mountain, Dream Man, Chaos, Unfinished Hero, The ’Burg, Magdalene, Fantasyland, The Three, Ghost and Reincarnation, Moonlight and Motor Oil and Honey series along with several standalone novels. She’s a hybrid author, publishing titles both independently and traditionally, her books have been translated in fourteen languages and she’s sold over three million books.
Lisa is an award-winning author, a speaker, and an advocate for mainstream distribution of fiction featuring multicultural protagonists. An avid reader, the only thing she likes more than curling up with a good book is writing one.
Hadley Raydeen has been both traditionally and self-published for seven years. In total, she has published 14 books with more titles on the horizon. Most of her books are set in contemporary times, regularly dealing with multicultural relationships. Hadley is also an editor of Romance and Erotica for ten plus years, with well over 200 books edited
Alyssa a multi-published author, the publicity manager for Mountain Brook Ink and Mountain Brook Fire, an editor with Sherpa Editing Services, and a freelance writer. Always happy to talk shop.
Stephanie started writing as soon as she could hold a pencil steady. At her alma mater, Washington College - a small liberal arts school in Chestertown is renown for its writing program, she studied English and Creative Writing was fortunate to be named winner of the 2001 Sophie Kerr Prize, the largest undergraduate literary award in the country. Her inspiration to start Salt Water Media evolved from her love of writing and her own experiences with publishing her novel, Crossings.
Austin is the president of the Columbia chapter. He is a novice writer, but a great leader for the Columbia chapter of writing. They have many informative sessions, on the craft of writing, as well as support.
Jen Graybeal specializes in self-published romance and mystery projects. I can also help authors struggling to get noticed by traditional publishers. Let's talk about your book or series concept, together we can identify opportunities to engage the reader so they fall in love with your writing.
Johnthan rose is the director of programs for the south flordia writers association. He is a long time poet and a recovering lawyer.
As of January, 2015, along with being an indie author, Patricia has also published with Lake Union Publishing. This is the women’s fiction arm of Amazon Publishing.
With a focus on her love of the south of France, women’s issues and ageing, her stories celebrate the feminine spirit and the power of friendship. Encouraging women of all ages to stare down the fear factor and embrace change, Patricia has heard from readers (men too!) ages 20 to 83
Charlie Rossiter, NEA Fellowship recipient and multiple Pushcart Prize nominee, hosts the twice-monthly podcast series at www.poetryspokenhere.com. His work has been featured on NPR and numerous statewide public radio networks. For 9 years he hosted the Poetry Motel TV program. He has performed at the Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival in NJ; Green Mill, Chicago; Nuyorican Cafe, NYC; and was among a handful of poets chosen to ever perform at the Chicago Blues Festival. He has toured as part of "3 Guys from Albany" and "Avant Retro" performance poetry groups. Like Kenneth Rexroth, I'm self-taught in poetry. Like Ferlinghetti I have completed many years of higher education
Betsy Boyd's fiction has been published most recently at Eclectica and Loch Raven Review, and in Story Quarterly, Sententia, Shenandoah and Verb: An Audioquarterly. She is the recipient of a Maryland State Arts Council award, an Elliot Coleman Writing Fellowship, a James A. Michener Fellowship and residencies through Fundación Valparaíso, the Alfred and Trafford Klots International Program for Artists and the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts. Her short story "Scarecrow" received a Pushcart Prize.
MICHELLE BARKER is the award-winning author of The House of One Thousand Eyes as well as a poetry chapbook, a YA fantasy novel, and a picture book. Michelle also works as an editor and workshop leader
Rosemerry is the co-host of Emerging Form, a podcast on creative process (with Christie Aschwanden), co-director of Telluride’s Talking Gourds Poetry Club (with Art Goodtimes) and co-founder of Secret Agents of Change (with Sherry Richert Belul). She also directed the Telluride Writers Guild for ten years.
She teaches and performs poetry for addiction recovery programs, hospice, mindfulness retreats, women’s retreats, teachers and more.
Annie started a blog, with all sorts of names (Readingaholics Book Reviews, & We Keep Turning Pages) but nothing stuck until The Write Review which officially began in 2010.
In 2012 she enjoyed working as an Associate Reviewer with Samantha March of Chick Lit Plus, and that was a lot of fun. She taught me things about Blogging that I did not know.
Betsy Boyd's fiction has been published most recently at Eclectica and Loch Raven Review, and in Story Quarterly, Sententia, Shenandoah and Verb: An Audioquarterly. She is the recipient of a Maryland State Arts Council award, an Elliot Coleman Writing Fellowship, a James A. Michener Fellowship and residencies through Fundación Valparaíso, the Alfred and Trafford Klots International Program for Artists and the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts. Her short story "Scarecrow" received a Pushcart Prize.
Kathleen is a wonderful writerthe grateful recipient of five Maryland State Arts Council grants. Her collection, Aliens and Other Stories, won the 2013 Washington Writers Publishing House Fiction Prize. Since 2014, She serves as President and Managing Editor of WWPH
Lainey is a digital nomad, creator and host of The Best of Women’s Fiction interviews & podcast, part-time resident of the beautiful city of San Miguel de Allende in Mexico, avid instagramer, and full-time writer of women’s fiction.
Lisa Kessler is a Best Selling author of dark paranormal fiction. She’s a two-time San Diego Book Award winner for Best Published Fantasy-Sci-fi-Horror and Best Published Romance. Her books have also won the PRISM award, the Award of Excellence, the National Excellence in Romantic Fiction Award, the Award of Merit from the Holt Medallion, and an International Digital Award for Best Paranormal.
Lori Duffy Foster is a former crime reporter who writes fiction and nonfiction from the hills of Northern Pennsylvania, where she lives with her husband and four children. She was born and raised in the Adirondack Mountains of New York State, where a part of her heart remains.
Her short fiction has appeared in the journal Aethlon, and in the anthologies Short Story America and Childhood Regained. Her nonfiction has appeared in Healthy Living, Running Times, Literary Mama, Crimespree and Mountain Home magazines.
Her first serious venture into writing was at age four, when she wrote a love letter to a little boy named Timmy. Several years later, she submitted her short story, "Palettes and Brushes", to Jack and Jill Magazine. Now, as an author, all of her writing...and her life in general...are intertwined with the arts.
Suzanne Mattaboni dispense her multi-decade information on Public Relations to you so you can get your book noticed by the Media.
Athena Dixon is a poet, essayist, and editor. She is the author of The Incredible Shrinking Woman (Split/Lip Press 2020) and No God In This Room (Argus House Press 2018). Her work also appears in The BreakBeat Poets Vol. 2: Black Girl Magic (Haymarket Books).
Dr. Connors teaches courses on young adult literature and graphic novels. He also works with English education interns in the Master of Arts in Teaching program.
Tracee Lydia Garner is a best-selling author, speaker, writing coach, and course–creator. Tracee’s first book came out when she was twenty-three. Published by the, then named, Black Entertainment Books (BET), this book helped launch her career as one of the youngest African-American writers. Tracee has served as an adjunct professor at the Northern Virginia Community College’s both Loudoun and Annandale campuses teaching How to Write the Novel, Self Publishing Boot Camp, Small Business Marketing, and PR classes
Connie is a business owner and the assistant of a consistent New York Bestselling author. Connie also makes amazing costumes. She is also the event planner behind many literary events.
New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, Heather Graham, majored in theater arts at the University of South Florida. After a stint of several years in dinner theater, back-up vocals, and bartending, she stayed home after the birth of her third child and began to write. Her first book was with Dell, and since then, she has written over two hundred novels and novellas including category, suspense, historical romance
She was a Cinematography Fellow at the American Film Institute in Los Angeles, and was one of the first camerawomen in the news business. She also spent a number of years working in the NBC TV Art Department. She wrote The Burn Patient, Deadly Focus, & The Mermaid Brokers to name a few.
An award-winning poet, literary historian, and editor residing in Washington, DC. Author of five books of poems, editor of two anthologies, and co-editor of the web exhibit DC Writers’ Homes.
She’s an artist, a designer, and a freelancer for Amelia Islander Magazine. Mandy worked for twenty-six years for Vanderbilt University Medical Center before deciding to run away to Amelia Island.Walking the Wrong Way Home was a finalist for the 2017 Tartt Fiction Award and chosen as a bonus book for the 2019 Pulpwood Queen Book Club Reading List. Sharp as a Serpent’s Tooth Eva and Other Stories was chosen as a bonus book for the 2020 International Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys Book Club Reading Nation List
She began her publishing career in London as an assistant at the Darley Anderson Literary, TV and Film Agency. Carly joined Toronto-based P.S. Literary Agency in 2010. She represents award-winning and bestselling authors in the adult fiction and non fiction categories, and select children’s books.
She is known for her long-term vision for her authors and being an excellent collaborator with a nose for commercial success
Pat writes ficiton works that are outstanding. She has written two books since quarentine began. Learn Pat's process.
Ann Leslie Tuttle joined DG&B in 2017 after working for 20 years at Harlequin Books where she worked on an extensive and varied list of bestselling and award-winning titles in romance and women's fiction. She received her B.A. degree from the College of William and Mary and an M.A. from the University of Virginia.
Diane has come out with a new book that will be a series of novels. She is an author, an editor, and a former reader for a literary agent. It all shows in her new book.
Adele Royce (a pen name concocted from two middle names) has had quite a journey so far. She fell in love with advertising at an early age – mostly from watching daytime reruns of Bewitched – this when skipping class through some feigned ailment. And, although Adele prefers Darrin 2 to Darrin 1, she was interminably fixated on the hilarity of mixing witchcraft with the invention of advertising campaigns, and the drama surrounding it.
Ron Charles Washington post book reviewer & Laurie Fisher of fuse literary agency and San Fransico Writer's Conference discuss the future of the publishing world.
Have you ever wanted to write a romance novel but don't know where to start. Do you wonder who to ask for assistance? We have romance authors who made a career of perfecting their craft to answer your questions about writing romance.
Jenn Northington, Manager, Editorial Operations, has worked in the publishing industry wearing various hats since 2004, including bookseller and events director, and is currently Manager of Editorial Operations at Riot New Media Group. You can hear her on the Get Booked and SFF Yeah! podcasts. When she’s not working, she’s most likely gardening, running, or (obviously) reading
Ron Charles writes about books and publishing for The Washington Post. For a dozen years, he enjoyed teaching American literature and critical theory in the Midwest. Before moving to the District, he edited the books section of the Christian Science Monitor in Boston.
Landis is an author. Landis has had fun writing about conflict in the legal world. He’s the author of The Christmas Courtroom Adventure Series, a set of whimsical legal mysteries where Christmas is on trial and time is running out. He won the 2016 North Carolina State Bar short story contest
Keshina writes fiction; novels, short stories, and non-fiction essays/flash. I host The Signal Fire Series Podcast
Her stories are influenced by the two hemispheres she calls home. Growing up in South Africa, traveling extensively, and now living in Washington D.C.
Tope Folarin is a Nigerian-American writer. He won the 2013 Caine Prize for African Writing for his short story "Miracle". In April 2014 he was named in the Hay Festival's Africa39 project as one of the 39 Sub-Saharan African writers aged under 40 with the potential and the talent to define the trends of the region
D. C. Gomez is an award winner, USA Today Best-selling Author, public speaker, mentor and podcaster. She writes in multiple genres from Urban Fantasy, Contemporary Lit, YA, Children’s Books, and even Devotionals. She has a quirky and at times dark sense of humor that can be seen across her different books.
Mary Sherrif wrote Boop and Eve's Road Trip. 2020 has been an awful year for debuting authors. Mary Sherrif has developed a way to market her book learn how to do that here.
Gabriel Cleveland is a poet and fiction writer with an MFA in Creative Writing from Pine Manor College. An avid video gamer and music lover, Gabriel is also a mental health advocate, often working online to raise awareness, visibility, and money for psychological and psychosocial issues. He has spent several years in the field of caregiving for people with increased physical and/or mental needs and wants you to know that you’re not alone.
She is the writer of the Lizzie Hardwick novels. She developed a strong female character who can move between socities and solve mysteries. She is tradtionally published.
Venus explains how poetry becomes art through life experiences. Venus also chats about life in gerneral and the written word.
Francesca Rheannon is producer and host of Writer’s Voice. A life-long bibliophile, reading is her favorite thing to do and books are her preferred decor.
An award-winning freelance radio journalist, her pieces have appeared on NPR and public and community radio stations around the country.
I am a full-time freelance writer and editor and have worked in media and publishing for nearly twenty years, most recently as the Editor-in-Chief and now Editor-at Large of Writer's Digest, a 100-year-old brand serving the writing community.
She is an amazing author and part of the board for South Florida Writers Association. Her book is an enthralling tale of the gypsy life. If you want to know more you're going to have to listen.
Timothy Denevi is an assistant professor in the MFA program at George Mason University, and the nonfiction editor of Literary Hub. His first book, Hyper: A Personal History of ADHD was published in 2014
Rhonda Campbell, has 20+ years of professional writing, including marketing writer, story writer and conceptual writer, experience to her credit. In a nutshell writing is her passion. She interviews business leaders and founders as well as researches and verifies facts for magazines and radio.
Matthew left a stressful restaurant job to do his passion. He wrote a book about the mob in the midwest.
I am an actor, singer, vlogger, podcaster and writer, I wear many hats and refuse to be placed in one single box.
My goal in life is to experience as much of the good stuff as possible whilst maintaining the resilience to make it through the inevitable rough times. I’m all about getting out there and seeing what life has to offer. Whether it’s competing in Miss British Isles 2020 or writing a blog post about hiking in The Dales, recording my latest song or bringing together a group of people to talk about a difficult topic
Diane Glazman and Sara. Megibow discuss the inner workings of the literary world through literary agent eyes. If you ever wanted to know how to get a literary agent, and what they do . This is the episode for you.
Susan Wingate is an Amazon bestselling and award-winning author of over fifteen novels. Susan writes across fiction and nonfiction genres often setting her stories in the Pacific Northwest, specifically, Friday Harbor where she and her husband, Bob live. Susan’s poetry and short fiction have been included in journals such as the Virginia Quarterly and Suspense Magazine and many others.
Helene Wagner decided to chase her dreams and she accomplished so much in writing,TV. helene founded the screenwriters forum
Inside The Writer’s Bubble focuses on helping writers and screenwriters to accomplish their writing projects with confidence.After studying screenwriting and film directing in Paris, I started my career in French TV production. I then moved to the UK to work for an American post production company. I am now (and have been for few years) a Script Judge for a well-known European Film Festival.
Nancy Matsumoto is a freelance writer and editor who specializes in the areas of regenerative agriculture, food, sake, arts and culture. She has been a contributor to The Wall Street Journal, Time, Newsweek, TheAtlantic.com, People, Food & Wine, Saveur, The Los Angeles Times, Civil Eats, NPR/The Salt, and Edible Manhattan, among other publication
Barbra Lynn Probst has had an interesting life. She has lived in so many unique places during her life. She comes to the women's cave to bring her and her new book to our audience
Freelance journalist Kelsey. She has written about lifestyles, finance, business, and so much more. Currently she is writing a newsletter with tips for businesses. Listen to how to make a success as a writer.
Camilla Monk the author of the spotless series, chats about her literary journey. We are joined by romance novelist Sarah Smith.
Freelance writing is a wonderful way to make a living while writing. How does one get started? How do you pitch an article to an editor.
The third Annual Book festival has readings workshop demos and so much more! Lets start with the 2020 Debut Author Panel.
Kathy has the biggest book discussion club in the world. She literally can make a book head to bestsellerdom as she says. She host a girlfriend weekend for readers. She does so much. One of them is that she owned a book store beauty salon. The rest we'll let her tell you.
Sarah Smith is an astonishing at writing books. She has truly found her niche with book likes Faker and Simmer Down.
Craig Martello explains how the makes money with his books and how you can too. This month he discusses newsletters.
Craig Martelle is a prolific writer. He also lives off his royalty checks. Do you want to know how he did it? Once a month
Kris Spisak wrote her first book, Get a Grip on Your Grammar: 250 Writing and Editing Reminders for the Curious or Confused (Career Press, 2017), with a goal to help writers of all kinds sharpen their craft and empower their communications. Her “Words You Should Know” podcast and “Grammartopia” events follow the same mission, as does her latest book, The Novel Editing Workbook: 105 Tricks and Tips for Revising Your Fiction Manuscript (Davro Press, 2020). A former college writing instructor, having taught at institutions including the University of Richmond and Virginia Commonwealth University, Kris is now an active speaker, workshop leader, and freelance editor. She is the board chair of James River Writers and is a member of the Alliance of Independent Authors, the Virginia Writers Club, and the Women’s Fiction Writers Association.