Top Ten Writer’s Quotes to Live By

Top Ten Writer’s Quotes to Live By

By Paula Munier As a reader and a writer and an agent, I am obsessed with not only with stories, but with storytellers. I read as many writer’s memoirs and autobiographies and biographies as I can find, I seek out interviews and podcasts and classes with writers, I go...
DEALBREAKERS: 5 Reasons Your Book Won’t Sell

DEALBREAKERS: 5 Reasons Your Book Won’t Sell

DEALBREAKERS: 5 Reasons Your Book Won’t SellFrom Career Authors — write. sell. repeat. 1. Your Protagonist Is not Smart and/or Brave and/or Relatable Is not unique in some way Doesn’t drive the action from beginning to end(Not all heroes wear capes.) 2....
REVISION: A Round-Up of Rewriting Tips

REVISION: A Round-Up of Rewriting Tips

Finish. Revise. Persist. That’s what it takes to get published. But too many writers skip the rigorous revision process so critical to making your book go from good to great. Because revision is where the magic happens. Here’s some insider tips from bestselling...
How to Keep on Writing When the World is on Fire

How to Keep on Writing When the World is on Fire

By Paula Munier Okay, so the world is on fire. But that’s no excuse not to get our writing done. Or is it? Admittedly, the chaos happening out there in the world can distract us even when we’re tucked inside our writing room away from it all. Because we are living in...
Let Go or Get Dragged: A Mantra for Writers

Let Go or Get Dragged: A Mantra for Writers

by Paula Munier I have a magnet on my refrigerator that says, “Let go or get dragged.” It’s a reminder, as the Buddhists say, that holding on to possessions, people, even our thoughts and emotions is not good for us. There’s a wonderful scene in the TV series Life...

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