Monday musing

Monday musing

Holiday writing

Monday musings for the beginning of the holiday season By A.J. Llewellyn When I first started writing romantic mystery novels in 2007, my novel, Phantom Lover, sold surprisingly well when it came out in June of that year. I was keen to get my next book published, but my publisher had other […]

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The joys of the greyest month

Monday musings By Scott Bury We’ve entered what my neighbor called “the ugliest month.” It’s easy to see what she means: grey skies, naked trees, the bite of the wind. Hallowe’en is over, the full-on insanity of the holiday shopping season and its excessive decoration and celebration have not started […]

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When real life blurs into fiction

Monday musings by BestSelling Reads authors We asked your favorite bestselling writers how much of their life makes its way into their writing? The answers are as varied and as entertaining as their books. DelSheree Gladden The main areas of my life that show up in many of my books […]

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If I could turn back time

Monday musings on writing by Raine Thomas You may have noticed that we’ve had a few posts by other Bestselling Reads authors in recent weeks discussing what they’d do differently in their first book if they could do it all over again. The funny thing is, I contributed this blog […]

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Maps and fantasy

Monday musings on fantasy writing By Scott Bury A map is a necessary feature of any fantasy novel. Tolkien’s map from The Hobbit Ever since Tolkien and Lewis, and maybe before, every fantasy novel has a map at the beginning or the end of the book. It’s not necessary, but […]

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Welcome to autumn!

The beginning of fall always feels like a time for starting projects anew, to get serious about accomplishing things again.  The lazy summer is over. Vacation is finished. No more languid days watching the world pass by. It’s time to get back to work, get serious again. Time to complete […]

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To create the perfect book

It’s been said that no artist is ever satisfied with their work. And I think that’s just as true for writers. I know that, once they’re out there in front readers, there is always something that I wish I had done differently with every one of my books. For my […]

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Writing means rewriting

By DelSheree Gladden Writing and rewriting go hand in hand. Over the years, rewriting takes up less time, for most writers anyway. When first starting out, though, rewriting scenes, characters, or whole books will eat up a big chunk of most writers’ time. My first serious attempt at writing a […]

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An author withdraws

Bestselling member M.L. Doyle explains what of today’s circumstances have convinced her to put down her pen. I will not be writing fiction or much of anything else for the foreseeable future.  I know withdrawing from writing fiction at this time won’t make much of a difference in the scheme […]

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Boys of summers in the before time

Sample this excerpt from the baseball romance For Everly By Raine Thomas Cole looked back at Wyatt. “I don’t think it’s a great idea to receive treatment by a student, Wy, genius or not. What if she screws up my arm even worse than it is?” “Then you’ll get treated by […]

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