Writer Unboxed

There’s only one thing for sure in this life: Things change. I tend to be a champion of change. Whenever I hear people say, “Not all change is good,” I feel like challenging them. How do you know? Can you see all possible ends of change? Why not make an opportunity out of it? Yes, [...]

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Kath here. Please welcome Elise Allen to WU today. Elise, a writer for children’s television and film, debuts with her solo YA novel Populazzi, which Publisher’s Weekly calls ” a smart mix of hilarity and tragedy in this Macbeth—meets—Mean Girls tale.” No stranger to the YA market, Elise has also co-authored Hilary Duff’s New York Times bestselling Elixir. We [...]

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No matter where you are on your career path, one of the best ways to connect with readers and fellow writers is through social networking. But we are all different. Some of us are apples, some are oranges, some of us are plums, some are kiwis… The way you present yourself through these venues is [...]

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I’m not sure I should even be writing this column. Years ago, with the first advent of such blogging tools as Blogspot and WordPress, I told myself that I would never write a blog, or even write any free content for the internet, because I was a professional writer, and I didn’t by gum believe [...]

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In my writing classes, I often suggest to writers that they turn off the internet until they have written their pages for the day. Better yet, turn it off completely on a regular basis and do other things. This has become more and more challenging for all of us. More and more of our world [...]

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Therese here. Today’s guest not only has one of the cutest covers I’ve ever seen, she’s practically a neighbor (Rochester, NY): author Allie Larkin. Allie’s debut novel, Stay, releases in paperback today; it’s a book Library Journal called “Gilmore Girls meets Marley & Me…” Here’s the back-of-the-book description: Savannah “Van” Leone has been in love [...]

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Kath here. Please welcome Harry Bingham, of the U.K. based Writer’s Workshop, to WU today. Harry is a best-selling novelist and non-fiction author (check out his impressive and prolific list of books), and his Writer’s Workshop has been successful in helping writers negotiate the tricky U.K. market. Harry’s book, THE WRITERS’ AND ARTISTS’ YEARBOOK GUIDE TO [...]

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Therese here. Today, returning guest Jen Haupt is with us. Jen is a frequent contributor to such publications as O, The Oprah Magazine, Parents, and Reader’s Digest, and she has a blog on the Psychology Today website called One True Thing. She’s currently collaborating on the memoir of humanitarian and fundraiser Elissa Montanti–the founder of Global Medical [...]

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Therese here. First off–if you haven’t figured this out already–this is today’s second post. Today’s first post is a great piece by honorary contributor Suzannah Windsor Freeman on short story credits; check it out just below. Recently we were honored to announce four new contributors. Today, I’m here to announce one more–Yuvi Zalkow. You’ve seen Yuvi [...]

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When Writer Unboxed held their unpublished novelist search back in April ’10, the first post I submitted for consideration was called, “Do You Need Minor Writing Credits to Publish Your Novel?” Back when I started writing my novel, I had a number of concerns about spending my time trying to get some minor writing credits: Short [...]

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I’ve written a great deal about why social media might not sell books, and how your efforts at audience development impacts your career. I’d like to take a new twist on this familiar topic, and speak specifically about why your online marketing might not be working—assuming you’ve reached the point where your intent is to [...]

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A reader of my blog, Flogging the Quill, asked a question for my new Monday “FtQ&A” feature that I thought I would explore here and expand there next week. (This Monday it was answers regarding my self-publishing efforts.) This writer asked, “When faced with differing opinions about how to fix your writing or plot or [...]

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