Interviews

“The written word is still and always will be the comfort, pleasure, and grace of my life.”  ~~Randy Susan Meyers Use Your Passion: How Randy Susan Meyers Makes Her Passions Work The title, The Many Mothers of Ivy Puddingstone, intrigued me. So did the fact that the story was fiction with a social conscience and

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“But even for history or memoir, which make the claim to being non-fiction, the facts take you only so far, and the writing—what to include, what to leave out, how to frame it—requires imagination. And in addition to imagination, it requires a ruthlessness in the editing process. You must learn to winnow away details that

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“…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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“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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“Working with multiple editors has also helped to dispel the fear factor and angst of failing.”   ~~Marlene Bell My Genre Chose Me An Interview with Marlene Bell Marlene Bell has many talents as you’ll see in her first response below. This is an interview that will show you the powers that come with self-publishing,

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“Like many women writers, I don’t like the term women’s fiction because it’s been perceived as non-serious (think beach-reads.) I prefer the term book club fiction which is the genre I write in, and most novels I love are in that genre.”  ~~Anoop Judge EDITOR’S NOTE: Anoop Judge is a wise author of four books

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“…confidence is one of the most important aspects of becoming a published writer.” –Joan Gelfand “Develop a unique premise.”  ~~ Jill Hedgecock Outside Voices: A Memoir of the Berkeley Revolution Written by Joan Gelfand ISBN#: 979-8888450048 Post Hill Press (January 16, 2024   Go With The Flow Joan Gelfand’s memoir, Outside Voices: A Memoir of the

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In fiction, no one ever needs to brush their teeth.”  Alle C. Hall Fight for Your Book Teenage Carlie needs a change of pace from her family’s brutality in Alle C. Hall’s debut literary novel As Far As You Can Go Before You Have to Come Back. She runs all the way to Asia where she

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Editor’s Note: I started Writer Advice in 1997 because I wanted to learn the stories of other authors, and I needed a place to publish the interviews. Nice to have something in common with Logan Steiner. –B. Lynn Goodwin Author Secrets An interview with Logan Steiner, Author of After Anne Logan Steiner’s After Anne is

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“You need great, rich characters that people will care about, and want to learn more about, and want to see changed in some way by what they experience in the stories.”   ~~Jerome Preisler FEATURE INTERVIEW WITH BESTSELLING AUTHOR, JEROME PREISLER Jerome Preisler: On Keeping Legend Tom Clancy’s Work New-Reader Relevant Through Re-Imagination, And Keeping A

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