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Success Story with Eric Lard
December 13, 2021
I was so excited to actually finish my manuscript that I totally ignored the next most important thing about writing: getting people to read it.
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Success Story with Samara Parish
May 27, 2021
I didn’t understand structure; I hadn’t even heard of goal, motivation, and conflict.
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Success Story with Stephenia H. McGee
May 11, 2021
For anyone looking to indie publish (as a platform to seek traditional publishing or otherwise), I always give the same advice. Treat indie publishing as both a business and a professional representation of you as an author.
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Success Story with Paula Greenlees
May 04, 2021
Without the support of other like-minded writers I would most certainly have given up.
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Success Story with Louise Fein
April 26, 2021
Don’t be put off by negative statistics, and people saying, you can’t.
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Success Story with R.J. Hoffmann
April 20, 2021
The dream didn’t die. It festered, as dreams will.
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Success Story with Denise Weimer
April 16, 2021
What made the difference the second time around? First, I let go of my dream. I had to be willing to do something else so my identity was not defined by my publishing success.
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Success Story with Michelle Good
September 14, 2020
Regardless of whether your novel is plot based or character based, everything must serve the story.
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Success Story with Cynthia Salaysay
April 22, 2020
One major lesson I learned in writing Private Lessons was that in order to finish it, I had to answer the questions I most avoided. Holes in characters, holes in plot, holes in setting – everything had to be answered.
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Success Story with Gail Anderson-Dargatz
March 08, 2020
At a time when we can easily throw our work online, or self-publish, it’s more important than ever to fully develop our stories, our craft.
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Success Story with Clifford Thurlow
September 24, 2019
What I realized was that the initial failure was not due to the quality of the work, or a misjudgment of style. Books either have their time and their niche or they don’t. Writers must stick to their gut feeling. Write from the heart, not with an eye on the market.
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Success Story with Lorna Nicholson
September 12, 2019
I really don’t think I’ve ever had a breakthrough moment, where I thought I’d arrived. I’m still learning, trying new genres, looking at new ways to write. I guess in a way, I hope I never have a breakthrough moment, because I don’t want to ever stop learning something new.
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