Novelists, Inc. Blog

Clip-clop! Clip-clop! Some Amish Trivia

Charlotte Hubbard — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:00:26 +0000

To celebrate today’s debut of my first Amish novel, SUMMER OF SECRETS, I’m going to give you some trivia about the Amish in Missouri, where my new Seasons of the Heart series is set. Researching these books and meeting these fascinating people has been a learning experience in many ways. Did you know . . [...]

Critiquing: The Big Picture

Elaine Isaak — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:58:35 +0000

There’s a great movie called “The Creator” with Peter O’Toole as this rather wacky professor taking on a grad student to help him clone his dead wife. He claims all of the student’s time, and marks him down as receiving his education in, “The Big Picture.” I was reminded of this lately when looking at [...]

A Modest Proposal to Improve World Sanity

Patricia McLinn — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 04:46:36 +0000

This is a serious proposal. I propose that one day a month be designated as worldwide Update Day. On that day, every software for every program for every gadget will do their updates for the month. This includes operating systems, internet providers, web browsers, apps, mobile phone networks, cable systems, firewalls, spyware protectors, adware protectors, [...]

A Granddaughter’s Dream Comes True

Vonna Harper — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 04:01:06 +0000

I can hardly believe it’s finally happening but starting today, my grandfather’s creativity is leaving the boxes in my office and entering the electronic age. Instead of blithering through an explanation, I’m letting the following press release from Musa Publishing www.MusaPublishing.com tell the tale. Vella Munn aka Vonna Harper FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Mystery Of [...]

Who Holds Your Sword?

Charlotte Hubbard — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 09:00:15 +0000

As I did this morning’s Tarot meditation, a habit I’ve revived with the new year to regain some balance in my life, I asked the question “How shall I focus myself today?” This strong, positive card came up at the center of my spread. I love the DruidCraft Tarot deck (and this image is used [...]

SJGA Agent/Author Lindsay Ribar

Karen Sandler — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 04:09:46 +0000

A chat with Lindsay Ribar, Sanford J. Greenburger Associates agent and upcoming Dial author. • Tell us a little about yourself personally and professionally—where you went to school, where you’ve worked, favorite or unusual hobbies. Well, I went to school at NYU. I actually started out as an acting major, in the musical theatre program [...]

How Far Would You Go to Get Published?

Karen Sandler — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 04:10:03 +0000

I frequently write a post in answer to YA Highway’s Road Trip Wednesday blog prompt. Recently, the question was asked, How far would you go to get published? They used a graphic that listed four possibilities: (1) Jump on the trend train, (2) Switch to a well-selling genre, (3) Minor revisions suggested to sign with [...]

Oh Brave New World that has such E-books in it!

Elaine Isaak — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 12:00:50 +0000

Last year, I asked for a Kindle for Christmas–mainly because Kindle is currently dominating the e-reader market, and I wanted to know what my readers are experiencing when they read a book this way. It makes me feel slightly guilty, especially after my local independent bookstore, Toadstool Bookshop of Milford, Peterborough and Keene, NH, came [...]

Wasting Time

Dianne Drake — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:10:35 +0000

I haven’t had time to read a book lately. In fact, it’s probably been a month or so since I last read anything other than what I write and, for me, that’s an awfully long time. So lately, I’ve been thinking about the management of my time, as in, there’s not enough of it, and [...]

Writing and Holidays

Victoria Janssen — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 05:00:48 +0000

Writers take holidays? Is that possible? Some writers write every day, no matter what; some, like me, take time off now and again. The winter holidays (for me Christmas and the New Year) are, for me, a time of genuine vacation, when I visit family who live far away. Except on rare occasions, I do [...]