Write What You Know. What Does That Mean?
If you are asked to list the writing advice you’ve been given, your list will be similar to others. Show don’t tell. The three act structure. Write what you know. This last one is what we’re going to look at today. Specifically, what it means, what the perks are, and how to do it. The phrase write what you know means to choose an aspect … Continue reading Write What You Know. What Does That Mean?
5 Steps for Turning Your Freelance Gig into a Small Business
Building a freelancing career is a wonderful way to break out of the nine-to-five and pave your own path. While freelancing offers plenty of personal freedom and opportunities for advancement, your earning power is limited by the number of hours in the day. You can only work so much! If you want to take your freelancing career to new heights, transitioning your gig into a … Continue reading 5 Steps for Turning Your Freelance Gig into a Small Business
Do You Believe in Book Fairies?
One of the hardest things for debut authors, even for established authors, is finding new ways to reach out and address your audience. Your readers. Whilst we have social media, interviews, podcasts and such all at our fingertips, nothing really beats seeing your book out in the wild with excited readers. Before I was a writer, I was (and still am) part of a worldwide … Continue reading Do You Believe in Book Fairies?
Recommended: LIST OF TEN by Halli Gomez
We’re excited to host our own Halli Gomez for the launch of her YA debut!
This is a jam-packed post with a review of List of Ten, details on the book launch, and an interview with Halli about her inspiration for this #ownvoices story!
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Literary Couples We Love
Happy Valentine’s Day! Okay, we’re a few days late, but we didn’t want to miss the chance to share our favorite literary couples and hear about yours! We asked four authors to share their favorite couples. Check out the loves of these authors’ lives. Michelle Mason: My favorite classic couple is always and forever Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy because of how they both grow … Continue reading Literary Couples We Love
Double Debut: Interview with Nicole Lesperance
It’s exciting to have one debut novel coming out in a year, but two? Today we are talking with Nicole Lesperance, middle grade and young adult author, who has two novels debuting in 2021! TWP Let’s start with introducing your two novels debuting this year. The Nightmare Thief and The Wide Starlight. Can you give us a brief summary of each? Nicole The Nightmare Thief … Continue reading Double Debut: Interview with Nicole Lesperance
Recommended: EVERYTHING THAT BURNS by Gita Trelease
We’re excited to welcome Gita Trelease back to the Winged Pen for the launch of her 2nd book!
This is a jam-packed post with:
a review of Everything That Burns, a link to register for Gita’s virtual launch hosted by Odyssey Bookshop on February 4th, and an interview with Gita about her inspiration for this dark fantasy and tips for aspiring writers. Continue reading Recommended: EVERYTHING THAT BURNS by Gita Trelease
Blast from the Past!
Welcome to another edition of our new semi-regular series: Blast from the Past. A refresher: We will occasionally read (or listen) to a book we had loved as children but have not re-visited as adult writers. And then we’ll tell you about it. How did the story hold up? Is the magic still there? What differences do we notice, both cultural and in storytelling techniques … Continue reading Blast from the Past!
A Winged Pen New Year’s Resolution: Boosting Conversation with Readers Including Guest Posts
Happy New Year! At the Winged Pen, we have a couple New Year’s resolutions, and here’s the first we’re rolling out:
We’d like to make this site more of a conversation among our writing community.
On many posts, we ask for comments because. . . Continue reading A Winged Pen New Year’s Resolution: Boosting Conversation with Readers Including Guest Posts
Welcome to 2021: Create Your Own Vision Board
Happy New Year! Each year around this time, I like to take a few minutes to think about my goals for the coming year. As a devoted list-maker, I usually jot down a list of short-term tasks, longer-term projects and shoot-for-the-moon goals that I want to accomplish in the next twelve months. We’ve written about that process before here and here. But this year, I wanted to try … Continue reading Welcome to 2021: Create Your Own Vision Board
Tic Tac Toe for Writers
Welcome to 2021! We are all anxious to put 2020 behind us and focus on a new year filled with promise and productivity. There are dreams of writing the next book, attending conferences, and having books signed in person! However, I realize the promise of a great 2021 may take a while to arrive and instead of being discouraged, I have been inspired online challenges … Continue reading Tic Tac Toe for Writers
Goodbye 2020 Road Trip
All of us at The Winged Pen are looking forward to seeing the end of 2020 and have high hopes for 2021…especially all the new Pennie books coming out, including Halli Gomez’s LIST OF TEN, Jessica Vitalis’s THE WOLF’S CURSE, Gabrielle K. Byrne’s THE EDGE OF STRANGE HOLLOW, and Gita Trelease’s EVERYTHING THAT BURNS. To prepare for the excitement, we’re going to take a few weeks off. But never … Continue reading Goodbye 2020 Road Trip