WHAT’S outside your window or in front of you? NEW Writing Prompts for June WHAT’S outside your window or in front of you? Make a list of 10 things you see or hear or smell or feel on this late spring day. Or things you wish you could see or hear or smell or feel.
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Spring 2025 ~~ Interviews: What the Experts Say
“…the real triangle in any detective novel is the classic triad of murderer, victim, and detective.” ~~Sydney Graves, reviewer for Kate Christensen’s newest novel Detective Fiction is Psychological In The Arizona Triangle, Kate Christensen takes on a new genre and assumes a new author name, Sydney Graves. She explains why in the interview below. She
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Spring 2025 ~~ Hooked on Books
EDITOR’S NOTE: Would you like to review for Writer Advice? Please send a query through the Contact Box on the home page. If you have a book you’d like us to consider reviewing, please contact us the same way and include your pitch. Thanks! Hope in a Time of Dying Written by Len Leatherwood ISBN
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Spring 2025 ~~ Marketing Advice
A Few Marketing Tips for the Start of June 1. Suggest that reviewers write 2-3 sentences telling why they recommend the book to others. A few sentences sounds much less intimidating than “Can you review my book?” 2. Gift recent graduates with a copy of your book and ask them to write a review or
Read MoreSpring 2025 ~~ Contests & Markets
“It is perfectly okay to write garbage—as long as you edit brilliantly.” –C. J. Cherryh Places Looking For Your Work If something here appeals to you, please visit the website and list it in your journal or a page of places to submit someday—even if you miss the deadline. There may well be other deadlines.
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January-March 2025 Micro Contest Winners
The Contest Winners Are Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on Linkedin Congratulations to the eight winners of Writer Advice’s 2024 Micro Fiction Contest! We’ll start posting on January 8th. Why? It’s a mystery right now, but I promise it’s a good reason. Here’s the schedule for the work will appear each week. On January 8th
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Winter 2025 ~~ Interview(s)
“If you strongly believe stepping away temporarily is what you need to do, honor that.” ~~Mary Jo Doig Debilitating Stress is Gone An interview with Mary Jo Doig by B. Lynn Goodwin BLG: I met Mary Jo through Story Circle Network. She was an active writer who took a break for a few years, but
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Winter 2025 ~~ Contests and Markets
Some Contests With March & April 1 Deadlines Totally Entwined: Family Business. Genre: Novellas, 30,000–50,000 words. Theme: Mafia romance. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: April 1, 2024. The Beast Hunt. Genre: Speculative fiction. “Theme: Monsters have feelings too, even if it’s used to rage against the machine.” Payment: Royalties. Deadline: April 1, 2024. Write or Die. Genre: Short fiction. Length: Up to 4000 words. Payment:
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Winter 2025 ~~ Marketing
“To market successfully, you’ll have to connect with this readership’s unique aspects.” ~~Eleanor Hecks 5 Marketing Strategies for YA Authors to Engage Young Readers By Eleanor Hecks Writer Advice EDITOR’S NOTE: If you’re a YA author reading this, I’d be interested in collaborating on publicity. I have 2 books on the market, Talent and Disrupted,
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Winter 2025 ~~ Hooked on Books
Editor’s Note: What books are you reading? Do you recommend any of them? Want to review them for us? Use the Contact Box at the bottom of the home page to talk to us. Watch for the next review, which is coming soon. Something Lost, Something Gained Written by Hillary Rodham Clinton ISBN13: 978-1668017234 Simon
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