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Shiny Burcu Unsal on Her Twenty Year Journey to Becoming An Author - video
Shiny Burcu Unsal
Inspiration to write a book can come at any point in life. Author and teacher Shiny Burcu Unsal experienced the desire to write a book at the age of thirteen after reading Conversations with God by Neale Donald Walsch. Although she didn't start a book...
over 7 years ago
Nonfiction
Platform and Credibility
Shiny Burcu Unsal on Her Twenty Year Journey to Becoming An Author - podcast
Shiny Burcu Unsal
Inspiration to write a book can come at any point in life. Author and teacher Shiny Burcu Unsal experienced the desire to write a book at the age of thirteen after reading Conversations with God by Neale Donald Walsch. Although she didn't start a book...
over 7 years ago
Nonfiction
Platform and Credibility
Author Mandy Jackson-Beverly on the Inspiration for Her Supernatural Books, The Creatives Series
Mandy Jackson-Beverly
Inspiration struck author, teacher, writing coach, and speaker Mandy Jackson-Beverly while she graded AP Art portfolios one evening. She was incredibly moved by a piece of artwork one of her students had created, and this helped her realize the theme...
over 5 years ago
Fiction
Reason for Writing
Hayley Rose on Finding Her Inspiration to Write Children's Books - video
Hayley Rose
Wanting to get her mind off of a frightening situation, award-winning children's author Hayley Rose discovered writing by accident. She put her first manuscript away and didn't get it out again until a happenstance meeting with a publisher ten years...
over 8 years ago
Children's Books
Writing for Kids
Hayley Rose on Finding Her Inspiration to Write Children's Books - podcast
Hayley Rose
Wanting to get her mind off of a frightening situation, award-winning children's author Hayley Rose discovered writing by accident. She put her first manuscript away and didn't get it out again until a happenstance meeting with a publisher ten years...
over 8 years ago
Children's Books
Writing for Kids
How can we get a review in a newspaper or magazine? Libraries rely on these reviews before choosing to order copies of my books.
Author Learning Center
Question: How can we get a review in a newspaper or magazine? Libraries rely on these reviews before choosing to order copies of my books. Answer: Book reviews are an essential element when trying to increase interest in your book, whether building...
over 3 years ago
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Balancing Character and Plot When Writing Romance Novels - video
Laurie Schnebly Campbell
There is plenty of room for both strong characters and meaningful plot in a romance novel, as romance author Laurie Schnebly Campbell explains. The real star of any romance story, she says, is the growing relationship between the main characters: the...
over 8 years ago
Fiction
Plot Planning
Cristie M. Locsin on the Role Her Filipino Heritage Played in Writing The Value of Equality - video
Cristie M. Locsin
Research for historical fiction can take many forms. Maybe you spend hours, even days, reading textbooks about the French Revolution. Maybe you stay up all night parsing through firsthand accounts from WWII. When writing The Value of Equality , author...
over 7 years ago
I have an Idea!
Researching Your Idea
Advice for New Biographers - video
David Margolick
David Margolick, author of Elizabeth and Hazel: Two Women of Little Rock , offers writing advice for aspiring biographers, including how to pick a person to write about based on your interests and the availability of materials. Margolick says it is...
over 8 years ago
I have an Idea!
Researching Your Idea
Cristie M. Locsin on the Role Her Filipino Heritage Played in Writing The Value of Equality - podcast
Cristie M. Locsin
Research for historical fiction can take many forms. Maybe you spend hours, even days, reading textbooks about the French Revolution. Maybe you stay up all night parsing through firsthand accounts from WWII. When writing The Value of Equality , author...
over 7 years ago
I have an Idea!
Researching Your Idea
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