Author: Abigail Wild
Writing can be brutal. Take the mantra kill your darlings. First mentioned in Arthur Quiller-Couch in On the Art of Writing in 1916 but often attributed to William Faulkner. As writers, we tear our writing apart repeatedly, boil down our precious words we have poured blood, sweat and tears over to produce to a fine honed piece of work a reader can immerse themselves.
Set during Europe’s Middle Ages, MASK OF DEATH reexamines and expands upon the classic Edgar Allan Poe Short story “The Masque of the Red Death”. Prince Prospero. his wife, Elizabeth, and Clarinda, Prospero’s younger mistress, already face the real-life horrors of the black plague and widespread famine. Now, add supernatural terrors to that list in the form of “fleshers”—undead creatures who feast on the living – and you have the start of the novel.
I wrote this book while many places were closed due to the pandemic (and before I had a baby), so I had a bit more time on my hands. I wrote after work most days and on weekends. It took me a few months to write Fiona’s story. Now, I have to be more purposeful about making time to write. Luckily, I’ve stretched my writing muscles so I can write a bit faster these days. I no longer have to google things like “how to interrupt a character mid-sentence.”
Though I didn't become a published writer until my late 30's, those voices inside my head, voices we writers tend to hear, have kept me company since childhood. Because I can't climb inside other writers' minds, I have no way of knowing how much of what they put on the page is rooted in their own experiences, I just know that almost everything I’ve ever written, fiction and nonfiction, is rooted in mine.
Ian Tan here, lead editor and project coordinator of UnCensored Ink: a banned book anthology, set to release this October 29. https://wild-ink-publishing.com/uncensored-ink/
In the ever-evolving publishing industry, authors have more choices than ever before. One option that has gained significant traction recently is working with an indie publisher. Independent publishers, often smaller than their traditional counterparts, offer a range of benefits that can make them a great option for lots of authors.
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I’ve always been fascinated by flying. Probably should have joined the Air Force instead of the Army! When I was stationed in Frankfurt, Germany, I used to go to the Frankfurt Airport and watch the planes come and go. Something about that planted the seed of a story about a pilot.
by Marla Miller Los Angeles author Joe Ide, a frequent speaker at conferences and seminars, is delighted with the success he has enjoyed since selling his first novel, IQ at age fifty-eight, delighted and making no bones about this when he addressed a room filled with writers at a recent Southern California writers conference. Few … Continue reading The Facts and Fantasy of ‘Bestselling’ Author
reflecting back on what was lack.. civility for those who dared
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