NaNoWriMo: Last Minute Advice
Hello writers! Here it is! The final three days before NaNoWriMo 2020 begins. How are we all feeling? I’ve finally started to get my planning together…
NaNoWriMo: Story Prep
Hello Writers! We are officially ten days away from the start of NaNoWriMo! How are we all feeling? Excited? Stressed? Confident? Nervous? Me too! Based on…
NaNoWriMo Prep: Scheduling
Hi Writers! Now that we have all committed to NaNoWriMo 2020, it’s time to start thinking about the next step in our prep work: scheduling. To…
KWL Live Takeover with NaNoWriMo’s Grant Faulkner
The Kobo Writing Life team is excited to announce our latest Live Q&A on October 22nd 2020. From 12:00 PM-1:00 PM EST, our takeover guest, NaNoWriMo…
NaNoWriMo Prep: Commitment
Hello writers, and welcome to the official planning phase of NaNoWriMo! Throughout the month of October, we’ll be sharing tips and advice to make this NaNoWriMo…
5 Things to Know About Going Wide
“Publishing wide is an attitude, not just a technical choice”– Joanna Penn One of the biggest questions indie authors face is, “should I go wide or…
A KWL AMA, New Dr. Seuss, and 5000 Vintage Cookbooks: This Week in Book News
Hello and happy Friday everyone! It’s been a pretty slow week in publishing news, which is pretty par for the course in the late summer as…
New year, new you, new book
This content was originally published on Kobo.com As the Senior Manager of Author Experience at Kobo, Tara Cremin is constantly working with authors. Over the years, she’s…
KoboWriMo 2019: Day 7 Update
We’re a quarter of the way through our NaNo journey! Members of the Kobo team share what they’re working on and how NaNo is going so far.
Ep 169: Lessons from the ER: How Melissa Yi Balances Writing and Medicine
Melissa Yi, an emergency room physician and author, chats to us about how she balances being a writer and part-time doctor. She discusses how her work experiences have made their way into her Hope Sze Medical Mystery Series and she shares some of her favourite emergency room stories. Plus an exclusive sample of her audiobook, Code Blues!
War, Resistance, and Exile: Anne Allen on Writing The Guernsey Novels
Award-winning author Anne Allen discusses the fascinating history of the British island of Guernsey. The island’s turbulent past and its connection to the legendary Victor Hugo served as a backdrop of inspiration for The Guernsey Novels.
Quiz Time: Which Type of Writer Are You?
Every author has a characteristic writing style and a creative essence that they use to put words to paper. Take the quiz to learn what resonates in your writing. If you are yet to be published, use your imagination for the questions about your novel!
Planning: How to Keep Your Sanity as an Indie Author
If you’re one of those writers who buys a planner six months early, I’m betting you’re psyched to see the title of this article! If not, I hope to lure your over to the dark side with some guidelines to help keep you on track as an author and savvy entrepreneur.
How Music Can Benefit Your Creative Process + KWL Romance Writing Playlist
Can listening to music help you write a better novel? Potentially. Here’s why you should consider incorporating instrumentals into your creative process.
How Going Wide Helped Me Quit My Day Job
by Tracy Cooper-Posey Here’s a question for you: Why did you get into indie publishing?
Five Things I Learned in the Age of the Typewriter
By Barbara G. Tarn Next year I’ll celebrate 40 years of stories. I stopped counting before the indie revolution and I was already over 500 titles,…
Are you a KWL Affiliate yet?
You can earn more with Kobo Writing Life’s Author Affiliate program! This program is free to join, easy to sign-up, and requires no technical knowledge. It’s…
Supporting The Survival Instinct
By Janie Crouch I write romantic suspense. Best job in the world. In every book I write there comes a moment when the main characters have…
My Writing Life: Kelly Baugh
What sparked the idea for Miss You Once Again? Miss You Once Again came about because of several converging events. First, my own dear Nana, who…
My Writing Life: Winning the Kobo Emerging Writer Prize 2016
by Nicola R. White As a self-published author, many literary contests are not open to me, so when I first heard of the Kobo Emerging Writer…
An Interview with Aussie Author Tony Wilson
by Malcolm Neil Tony Wilson is having quite a year. Recent highlights include a CBCA shortlisted children’s picture book; the launch of his speech aggregation site Speakola; producing and…
Kobo In Conversation on Zoomer Radio: Episode 4
In our latest episode we chat with author, Emily St. John Mandel. Emily has written four novels, most recently Station Eleven, which was a finalist for a…
Kobo In Conversation on Zoomer Radio: Episode 3
We’re very pleased to be partnered with Zoomer Radio to present a weekly Kobo In Conversation! In our third installment we have an interview with Canadian…
Kobo In Conversation on Zoomer Radio
We’re very pleased to announce that we’ve partnered with Zoomer Radio to present a weekly Kobo In Conversation. In this new half-hour radio show, we’ll chat…
My Daily Routine: John Birmingham
By Malcolm Neil John Birmingham is prolific. He is also smart, funny and a real pleasure to spend time with. We first discovered him all the…
Q&A: Karin Slaughter on everything that is golden
The queen of crime Karin Slaughter has written a new book. And not just any book, a new Will Trent-book,The Kept Woman. To celebrate its Dutch release, she came to…
My Daily Routine: Alyson Noël
Alyson Noël knows how to pack a lot into a day. The award-winning author of 23 novels, including eight on the New York Times bestsellers list, is nothing if not busy. Now,…
Living the Dream: Writers of the Future – Part II
Matt Dovey, winner of the Golden Pen Grand Prize for Writers of the Future 32, shares, in this two-part series, his experiences leading up to and…
Living the Dream: Writers of the Future – Part I
Matt Dovey, winner of the Golden Pen Grand Prize for Writers of the Future 32, shares, in this two-part series, his experiences leading up to and…
Kobo In Conversation: Sylvia Day
We caught up with Sylvia Day on her “One With You” book tour to talk about reading and writing—and then we got a bit more personal……
Q&A: Renee Knight
With her debut novel Disclaimer, earning comparisons to both Gone Girl and The Girl On The Train, Renee Knight’s writing career is off to a promising start. Of…
My Writing Life – Tony Bertauski
When did you first discover a love of writing? I always wanted to write creatively. I just wasn’t good at it. I didn’t have a writer’s…
My Writing Life – L.L. Bartlett
When did you first discover a love of writing? I started out by writing Star Trek fan fiction, but I got my love of reading from…
My Writing Life – Ana E Ross
When did you first discover a love of writing? Is there a particular book that made you want to become a writer? I would have to…
Birth of a Novel
By Sally Jenkins Two things happened in October 2013 which made that year’s NaNoWriMo particularly productive. I went on a weekend writing course, ‘How to…
My Writing Life – Sara Rosett
When did you first discover a love of writing? Is there a particular book that made you want to become a writer? I’ve always loved to…
My Writing Life – William Hertling
When did you first discover a love of writing? When I was in college, I helped coauthor a series of four handbooks on using computers. I…
My Writing Life – Chris Taylor
When did you discover a love of writing? I’ve always loved to write stories, even from a small child. I would write ten and twelve pages…
My Writing Life – Connie Shelton
When did you first discover a love of writing? It goes way back. In school, I always loved the writing assignments and as I got into…
My Writing Life – Julianne MacLean
When did you first discover a love of writing? I never imagined I would make writing my career when I was young. I didn’t figure that…
My Writing Life – Marti Talbott
What made you want to become a writer? Like a lot of writers, I am an avid daydreamer with a ton of stories constantly swirling around…
My Writing Life – Tanya Anne Crosby
When did you first discover a love of writing? Somehow, I think I’ve always known I would be a writer. I remember being 12 and getting…
My Writing Life – Edie Claire
When did you first discover a love of writing? I started my first novel in the 5th grade. It was a romance about a high school…
My Writing Life: Victoria Connelly
When did you first discover a love of writing? Is there a particular book that made you want to become a writer? I started writing my…
My Writing Life: Natalie Buske Thomas
When did you first discover a love of writing? Is there a particular book that made you want to become a writer? When I was in…
CALLING ALL ROMANCE AUTHORS!
Publishing giant Mills & Boon, high-street bookseller WHSmith, online eBook retailer Kobo along with the self-publishing platform Kobo Writing Life have partnered up to offer the Romance Writing Life competition. The winning novelist will be awarded…
My Writing Life: Kristen James
Kristen James has written over twenty books and ranked in the top 100 Bestsellers in Kindle US, UK and Canada, #1 in ten different categories, #1…
My Writing Life: David Ebsworth
When did you first discover a love of writing? Is there a particular book that made you want to become a writer? I’ve dabbled with writing…
My Writing Life: Pauline Baird Jones
When did you first discover a love of writing? Is there a particular book that made you want to become a writer? I fell in love…
My Writing Life: David Farland
When did you first discover your love for writing? Is there any particular book that made you want to become a writer? When I was a…