“I wanted to give back to books and authors after they’d carried me so far.” ~~Zibby Owens They Persevered and So Did I Zibby Owens is a woman with energy, ambition, and a huge appreciation for writers. She started a blog and a podcast and then she wrote Bookends: A Memoir of Love, Loss,
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Summer 2022– Interviews
“It’s tough to edit your own life story.” ~~Linda Strader Just Write An Interview with Linda Strader by B. Lynn Goodwin Remember when you graduated from high school, and it seemed like the whole world waited with bated breath even when reality reared its ugly head? Now imagine that you had to move across
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Spring of 2022 Interviews
“A well-written and interesting blurb hopefully means the inside is the same.” ~~Andrew Benzie Andrew Benzie Books Founder Shares His Thoughts Andrew Benzie Books founder Andrew Benzie has spent over thirty years in the design/print industry. Andrew grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and graduated from the University of California with a fine arts degree. He
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Winter of 2022 ~~ Author Interviews
“This story that existed on my laptop that I typed on in my pajamas in my cabin in the North Georgia mountains a few years ago is suddenly a Proper Thing with folks making decisions about wardrobe and hair and emotions and perspective. . .” ~~Karin Slaughter Karin Slaughter’s Pieces of Her on Netflix
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Fall 2021 ~~ Author Interviews
“Write about things that you’re afraid to speak. . . ” ~~Linda Hoye The Presence of Absence: A Story About Busyness, Brokenness, and Being Beloved The Presence of Absence sounds like an oxymoron at first. Far from it. It’s a story that encompasses philosophy, spirituality, and a fascinating journey of self-discovery. Author Linda Hoye
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Summer 2021 ~~ Interviews
“Entering any contest is good for a writer. It sharpens our tools and forces us to do the best we possibly can. To get published, we must accept nothing but the best from ourselves.” ~~ Susan Keller Writing Brings Clarity An Interview with Susan Keller by B. Lynn Goodwin Susan Keller submitted the opening
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Spring 2021 ~~ Interviews
“Journaling is my way of clearing my throat as a writer, basically getting anything that might be in my way out and onto paper so I can focus.” ~~Susan J. Tweet A Creative Time An interview with Susan J. Tweit by B. Lynn Goodwin Susan Tweit’s Bless the Birds: Living with Love in a
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Winter 2021 — Interviews
“Isolation isn’t an excuse to give up.” ~~Carolyn Howard Johnson “Be generous to others and it will come back to you.” ~~ B. Lynn Goodwin “Whenever I try to engineer a story too much, it ends up feeling forced and obvious.” –Eliza Jane Brazier Note: More interviews coming soon. Another Project,
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Fall 2020 Author Interviews
“We tell stories in order to live.” ~~Joan Didion “Isolation isn’t an excuse to give up.” ~~Carolyn Howard Johnson Promotion, Promotion An inteview with Carolyn Howard-Johnson by B. Lynn Goodwin Carolyn Howard-Johnson brings her experience as a publicist, journalist, marketer, and retailer to the advice she gives in her HowToDoItFrugally series
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Summer — 2020 Two New Author Interviews
New review published 9-08-20: “Storytelling as an effective teaching strategy was my first focus…” ~~Kate Farrell STORY POWER: Secrets to Creating, Crafting, and Telling Memorable Stories An interview with Kate Farrell by B. Lynn Goodwin Storytelling has been around longer than the written word. How can you make your stories more vivid, compelling, and engaging?
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Spring 2020–An Interview with Susan Cushman
“The best editor I’ve had actually helped a book increase by 10,000 words by making suggestions to expand scenes and even add chapters where the plot was sagging.” ~~Susan Cushman FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY An interview with Susan Cushman by B. Lynn Goodwin ISBN # 978-1633938953 Koehler Books Informed by Issues from my
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Winter 2020 Intriguing Interviews with Carolyn Howard Johnson, C. Hope Clark, and Carol Smallwood
We have interviews with Carolyn Howard-Johnson, whose third edition of The Frugal Book Promoter came out recently with C. Hope Clark, whose latest book is Edisto Tidings is a tale for all seasons, and with Carol Smallwood, whose book reviews you have read in many earlier issues of Writer Advice. Enjoy these inside looks into the
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