Category: Writing Life
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Behind the Scenes: My Fiction Writing Process
What’s Your Process? Readers, especially aspiring writers, often ask authors this question: “What’s your process?” A fellow student in my community college fiction class asked me this question, and I became a deer in the headlights. I grappled for a response, so I thought about what I did on my recent publication. Kernel of an…
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Book Review and Writing Lessons from The Irish Goodbye
How lucky am I? The book group I’m in featured the author of the book we just read: The Irish Goodbye. Author Heather Aimee O’Neill is getting much acclaim, and Jenna Bush Hager chose Heather’s debut novel as the Today Show pick. Not only were we treated to Heather reading parts of her novel in…
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Exciting Release: Willful Obsession Paperback Edition
When I published the ebook version of Willful Obsession: A Lake Waluga Cozy Mystery Novella in August, I hadn’t conceived that there would be a paperback version. As I shared the publication news with friends and family, I learned that some of them don’t read ebooks. I see you! I’m happy to announce that my…
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Where do writers get their ideas?
Hey book lovers, fellow writers, and other creatives. Sometimes I get asked, “Where do you get your ideas?” For starters, I’ve been around awhile, so I have a lot of experience to draw from. Additionally, I pride myself on being observant as I go about my day. With those two factors as my foundation, I…
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From Rejections to Good Reviews: An Indie Author Celebrates Wins and Losses
Being a writer is great. The author gets to create their own world with imaginary everything, and they can exert complete control. Where else can one do that? Most writers want to be read, though, and with that there’s the desire to be published. An author quickly learns that acceptance rates at literary magazines are…
Kristy Schnabel 