Writer Unboxed

Being neurotic, obsessive creatures, we writers tend to develop attachments to certain tools of the trade. These days, those tools often take the form of iWillWriteYourNovel software programs, tablet computers that cost two years’ salary (as if you received such a thing) but allow you to work on your book in the bathtub, or whatever [...]

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A couple months ago, fellow WU guest blogger Sharon Bially interviewed me about writing, working, and mothering. She asked if I had any “tricks.” I mentioned that I did: I write fast. Since then, I’ve had a lot of people ask me how I do that, and some even wonder if I should. Because I love to [...]

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Therese here. Today’s guest is Kristina Riggle–one of my favorite auto-buy authors. Kris’s third novel, Things We Didn’t Say, releases today. It’s the story of Casey, a woman who lives with her fiancé and his three children, who is then plunged into crisis. Her fiancé grows quiet, his teen-aged daughter grows angry and then his [...]

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Therese here. Today’s guest is international bestselling author M.J. Rose. The third book in M.J.’s Reincarnationist series, The Hypnotist, was released in paperback in May (and is sitting in wait on my side table right now since I fell under the Reincarnationist’s spell years ago). The Hypnotist–a book that blends “the provocative reality of past lives” with [...]

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Therese here. I met Yuvi Zalkow on Twitter after falling in love with the video you see below. Thanks to him for allowing me to re-post this here, and to Christi Craig for alerting me–and the entire Writer Unboxed Facebook group–to the video in the first place. Enjoy! Episode 1: Revisions (I’m A Failed Writer [...]

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In the current issue of Writer’s Digest magazine (July/August 2011), I have a featured article, “Revising Your Path to Publication.” If you’re aiming for traditional publication, and you’re wondering how close you might be to reaching your goral, I highly recommend picking up the issue and reading my article to evaluate where you are on [...]

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I hope this cracks you up as much as it cracked me up. Well, it is an attempted scam and as the author of two con novels, I loves me my scams and maybe have a stronger affinity for them than you do. On the other hand, this incident speaks to the heart of the [...]

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A week or two ago, I was watching a movie On Demand and switched back to network television. It was a crime show, and I happened to come into a scene that featured a man discovering the dead body of a woman who had been murdered. She had clearly died violently. The depiction was violent and [...]

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Kath here. Please welcome contemporary women’s fiction novelist Daphne Uviller to Writer Unboxed today. Daphne’s made a splash with her irreverent mystery series, which is an adorable cross between hardboiled crime fiction and Sex in the City. Her latest novel, HOTEL NO TELL, is garnering buzz and great reviews: ALA’s Booklist calls Hotel No Tell [...]

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In the midst of a luxury hotel in the Sonoran Desert, I should be having the perfect holiday. Palm trees sway overhead, the sun warms my back, and the fragrance of a thousand annual blossoms tickles my nose. Then my husband scans the depths of the artificial lake before us. “Uh, Jan, why is the water turquoise?” Sometimes [...]

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Therese here. Please welcome today’s guest, author Bill Loehfelm. Bill’s third crime novel, The Devil She Knows, which released this past May to rave reviews–including starred review with Publishers Weekly and Booklist, and a great review in The Wall Street Journal–has been called a breakout book. The story, about a waitress who stumbles upon a murder scene and [...]

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Last time, I challenged you all to come up with a caption for the image above. So many great responses! You can read them all here. The winner, with the most “thumbs up”, was SG Redling. SG is a fiction writer, radio host and traveler. Do visit her blog, I Don’t Believe In Reality, for [...]

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