When you’re creating a cookbook you must keep in mind: you’re not just getting into your reader’s heads, you’re also getting into their bellies. Since you’re creating something not only for your audience to read but also to consume, it’s…
Name: Lorie O’Brien Hometown: Dexter, NY Book Title: Written in the Stars Genre: Fictional Romance Dorrance Publishing (DP): Describe your book in 10 words or less. Lorie…
Memoirs are more than just stories about a period of time in a person’s life. They’re tales of perseverance, showing readers that you can overcome adversity with strength and will. They’re tales of self-awareness, of breaking toxic patterns…
It’s that time of year again- AKA the beginning! The cynical sides of us roll our eyes at those lackadaisically made promises called New Year’s Resolutions, knowing half will be abandoned by the end of the month. But the better parts of ourselves…
It’s essential that writers are extremely selective about showing their work in its early stages. It can be tough enough enduring criticism regarding something you’ve poured your heart and soul into. When you open yourself up to hurt, therefore,…
If you’ve ever taken a writing workshop class in your lifetime, you’ve likely heard your instructor smugly say the phrase, “Show, don’t tell,” as a general criticism of your writing. For those who aren’t familiar with this phrase that…
For some writers, titling a book can be the absolute bane of their existence. How do they assign a few simple words to the duty of summarizing hundreds of book pages worth of their souls? They’ve likely tried a million different variations of the…
Name: Jennifer Shaw Cronin Hometown: Medfield, MA Book Title: Under the Hidden Moon Genre: Adventure Dorrance Publishing (DP): Describe your book in 10 words or less….
From Frodo Baggins being called to return the ring to Mordor to Harry Potter finding out he’s a wizard to Luke Skywalker meeting Obi-Wan, many epic fantasy novels (and books of other genres as well) go through what we lovingly refer to as ‘the…
