10 Steps to a Bestselling Novel
By Sierra Delarosa Are you aiming for your next book to become a bestseller? Why do some books become more popular than others? While there’s no surefire…
Exclusive Preview of Holly Evans’ Latest Book!
The Kobo Writing Life blog is getting the first peek at Holly Evans’ newest title, Blood of The Wolf, available for preorder now only on Kobo.
The Queer Eye: LGBT+ Voices in Fiction
When I’m asked why on earth I write gay and bi protagonists, the answer’s really very simple. I’m bi, I grew up around a lot of LGBT+ people, and the majority of my close circle are LGBT+, so I’m doing what writers are told to do again and again—I’m writing what I know.
Writing Fiction in the Present Tense
By Mignon Fogarty Should you write your novel in present tense? I usually deal with topics that can be widely applied to fiction and non-fiction writing, but…
Writing All Over The Map: Leah Cutter’s Island Sampler
By Leah Cutter Welcome to the Island Sampler! Why do I call this the Island Sampler? Like many writers, I write all over the map.…
Kobo Writing Life Podcast – Episode 073 – Colson Whitehead
Colson Whitehead is the author of Zone One; Sag Harbor; The Intuitionist, a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway award; John Henry Days, which won the Young Lions…
Kobo Writing Life Podcast – Episode 072 – Affinity Konar
Described as “One of the most harrowing, powerful, and imaginative books of the year” Affinity Konar’s MISCHLING is a novel about twin sisters fighting to survive…
Kobo Writing Life Podcast – Episode 067 – Marni Jackson
What if some of the artists we feel as if we know – Meryl Streep, Neil Young, Bill Murray – turned up in the course of…
Kobo Writing Life Podcast – Episode 056 – Weapons in Fiction with J. Daniel Sawyer
Mark Lefebvre, Director of Kobo Writing Life, interviews author, podcaster, film-maker, photographer and audio-book producer, J. Daniel Sawyer. In the interview, Mark and Daniel discuss: Dan’s…
Self-publishing will save literary fiction
By Hugh Howey This article was originally created as a blog post on Hugh’s blog. You can find the original post here. An interesting piece on…