Writer Unboxed

Lorin Oberweger is a highly sought-after independent book editor and ghostwriter with more than eighteen years experience in the publishing industry. Her company, Free Expressions, also offers writing seminars nationwide with Donald Maass and others. In addition, she serves as editorial director for the renowned Writers Retreat Workshop. Lorin is also an award-winning author, whose [...]

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Phil Rossi, friend of Writer Unboxed, professional musician, and author of Crescent, a sci-fi/horror novel, contacted me recently to ask if we might be interested in an article about his style of busy-dad-on-the-go writing. Of course I said ‘yes!’—especially with NaNoWriMo looming. (Find me at Therese_Walsh and Kath at Kathleen_Bolton.) Thanks for being here, Phil! [...]

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Where to begin? I’ll do this alphabetically… Ann Aguirre is ecstatic to announce that she sold her YA novel, Razorland, to Feiwel & Friends at auction. The book will be released next winter. (Woohoo, Ann!) Her romance, Skin Game, published under the name Ava Gray, will be released this coming Tuesday, November 3rd. Learn more [...]

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A good many of you will be writing madly for NaNoMo this month, trying to finish a book in 30 days. How will you stay healthy during this time? As a veteran of numerous NaNoMo’s (otherwise known as the deadline blitz), I have a few suggestions.

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In Part I told you why I think suspense should be a critical part of every author’s tool-kit. To that end following are some techniques, culled from master storytellers, to build suspense into your work. The Hook The first line of a novel or chapter gives readers an indication of the novel’s voice, the protagonist, [...]

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Mystery and suspense writers are in for a treat this week. Noted suspense author Libby Fischer Hellmann has agreed to guest blog with us to reveal a few weapons in the suspense novelist’s arsenal. We’ll have our Q&A with Libby on her latest mystery novel DOUBLEBACK posted later. Today, enjoy part one of Libby’s two [...]

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Today, WU friend Eileen Flanagan has stopped by to share a post with us about her experience changing literary agents–a frightening and sometimes necessary step. Enjoy! ______________ My new book is about the Serenity Prayer—you know, accepting the things we cannot change and finding the courage to change those we can. The funny thing is, [...]

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Kath here. Yesterday, valued contributor and master innovator JC Hutchins blogged about unboxed, low budget and downright brilliant ways for writers to promote their books. We split the post into two parts because there were too many goodies in just one and the post, erm, broke our blog a little bit. ;) His post today [...]

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Let me tell you what I’m doing right now. It ain’t pretty, but it’s the truth — and we writers quest to be honest with ourselves, the worlds we create, and the words we use. It’s butterfly-kissing midnight. I’ve lit my umpteenth cigarette of the day. I’m guzzling a bottle of Diet Coke. I’m working [...]

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Please welcome Anna Elliott to our family of amazing contributors! Dark Moon of Avalon, Anna’s second novel, will release in May 2010. She recently welcomed a daughter to her growing family, and we look forward to her perspectives on juggling motherhood, writing and sanity. Welcome, Anna! When I was an aspiring author, I spent a [...]

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First things first: LisaP, my Random Number generator chose you as the winner of a copy of The Last Will of Moira Leahy. Congratulations! My WOW! Women on Writing blog tour officially began on Monday with an introduction and a Q&A about The Last Will of Moira Leahy. Someone who commented on the interview, Julie, [...]

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A few weeks back, in her post, A Hazing Ritual: the bad review, my fellow WU contributor, Alison Winn Scotch, feelingly described the agony of a bad review. It’s a thing all writers dread, and all writers have experienced at some time in their writing career. And I think I’m on safe enough ground in [...]

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