If you stick to it in this business, if you work on your craft and keep striving to improve, the chances are actually pretty good that you will achieve some level of success. There’s a saying I really like from Richard Bach: “A professional writer is an amateur who didn’t quit.” And that is so, [...]

Tidbits of interest to writers from around the ‘net.
ETA: Here’s a fascinating article from the NYTs on what we are all wondering: how much it actually costs to produce a book
But publishers also say consumers exaggerate the savings and have developed unrealistic expectations about how low the prices of e-books can go. Yes, they say, printing [...]

So Kath and I were thinking: Now that we’re both published, there’s a bit of a hole in the cast here at WU — namely the voice of the Unpublished Writer. We’re still hashing out specifics, but we’d love to know your thoughts on this one. Poll time!

Would you be interested in seeing an [...]

I recently read a post wherein people discuss the idea of characters needing to be “worthy” of happiness and/or love. In other words, some folks don’t want to read about people who don’t always walk the straight and narrow, or who have had to make some tough (possibly terrible?) choices. I feel uncomfortable with the [...]

Writerly news from around the Internetz:
This is pretty cool.   Stephen Elliott, author of The Adderall Diaries, chronicals what he calls “The DIY Book Tour” in the New York Times.  His experience mirrored mine when I was a guest at a mother-daughter book club chat to talk about CONFESSIONS OF A FIRST DAUGHTER.
The people who showed up for these events had usually [...]

We nearly forgot: Writer Unboxed is four years old today! Can’t wait to see what the next year brings. Until then, cake’s on us.
Write on, all!

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A quick note: I’ll be at Christina Katz’s blog tomorrow answering questions about my debut, The Last Will of Moira Leahy. If you’ve read the book–or even if you haven’t and have some general questions about it, my publishing journey, my writerly habits, or even my dog’s favorite snack–please stop by and ask them in [...]

Writer Unboxed will be back in full swing next week, as we kick off not only the new year but a new craft month: Voice and POV.
Here’s to a wildly successful 2010 for all of us! Write on.
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My new novel, The Secret of Everything, hits the shelves this week. At the heart of the book is a restaurant called The 100 Breakfasts Café (which I really wanted to be the title for a long stretch). One of my favorite review quotes so far is from PW, who said the book shows “a [...]

Kath, Therese, and the rest of the WU gang are taking a brief break for the holidays. Watch for Barbara Samuel’s post to go live December 30th!
Happy holidays, everyone!
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LOL! Via the always hilarious Inkygirl:

I’m sure you’re feeling the same way I am this holiday season: wishing that somehow there was more than 24/7 in a week to get everything done that needs doing.  It’s durn hard to fit day job, holiday shopping, your kid’s holiday play, office parties, sleeping and oh yeah, your writing career in 24 tiny hours.  But [...]