Writer Unboxed

We have plans. Oh, do we have plans. In the coming months, you’ll hear a lot about a WU newsletter. This newsletter, which we hope to publish regularly, will be filled with fresh and valuable content from contributors you already know, and some new voices as well. (We’ll post a “newsletter subscribe” button in the [...]

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GIVEAWAY: I am excited to give away a free copy of the new 2012 Guide to Literary Agents to a random commenter. Comment within one week; winners must live in Canada/US to receive the book by mail. Good luck to all! Ah platform. It’s that dirty word writers hate. It appeared several years ago like [...]

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Judging WU contests has become more difficult! This time around, there were 200 entries in our hooks-for-books contest, with the winner set to receive 14 of Mary Stewart’s beautiful reissued titles. Kath and I debated, we compromised, and finally we came up with our Top Ten hooks: 1. Sarah opened the door to see her [...]

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One of the perks of running this community is occasionally a post will yield unexpected benefits, and that is exactly what happened when valued contributor Sophie Masson posted about her love of Mary Stewart. Well, the Internet is a wonderful thing. Word of our collective support for Mary Stewart reached UK publisher Hodder & Stoughton. [...]

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Kath here. Each year Therese and I look forward to devising a writing contest for the WU community. Last year’s Original Analogy contest was one for the books, and this year’s contest was no different. Therese and I want to thank you for loads of laughs. We want to thank you even more for making [...]

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After a false start yesterday, there’s a new poll in place today. If you voted yesterday or early this a.m. before I removed the original poll, please do vote again. (Sorry for the inconvenience.) Otherwise, please respect our rules: Only one vote per person. Thanks to everyone who entered the WU Best Original Analogy Contest! [...]

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Five years today, Kath and I started Writer Unboxed. I went through my WU email folder recently and found the trail of madness that led us here. On 12/1/2005, Kath emailed me to say: I’ve been thinking we should start a blog. We could do one that focuses on craft and the business with an [...]

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UPDATE: The contest has closed. Winners of the Seer of Sevenwaters book giveaway are: Number 19 Jeanne Kisacky Number 45 Courtney Johnson You’ll both be contacted shortly with details on your win. Congratulations! Today marks the U.S. release of the fifth book in author and long-time Writer Unboxed contributor Juliet Marillier’s highly acclaimed Sevenwaters series. [...]

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Kath here. In the spirit of holiday giving, Therese and I decided to turn over the month of December to WU readers. That’s right, you get to set the agenda at WU for a whole month. We’re going to let you ask YOUR burning question about the craft of writing fiction, queries, agent hunting, the [...]

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Lydia Sharp, a finalists in our WU Unpublished Writer search, sent a note to tell us she’d not only had a short story accepted for publication in the FLESH & BONE anthology from Pill Hill Press, she also won FIRST PLACE in their anthology contest! Want to read her award-winning story? Said Lydia: To celebrate, [...]

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This may be the longest–and coolest–post I’ve ever written for WU. Not including my interview with Brunonia Barry. So I know you already know that The Last Will of Moira Leahy releases TODAY in trade paperback, with a lovely new cover and an even lovelier recession-friendly price tag. You’ll be able to find the book [...]

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Now until Friday at 3pm EST, you can enter a fab contest for *28* books on Allison Winn Scotch’s Facebook page. Get the full list of authors participating, and their books, on Allison’s website HERE. Read on!

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