By Todd Fahnestock The Value of Collecting Quotes I collect quotes. The habit started back in college when I was sleeping on a rough-cut wooden loft I got for free because its owner was headed home for the summer and didn’t want to store it. Every time my friends came over, they’d tease me about the fact that I hadn’t
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From his role as a guest faculty member at Superstars Writing Seminars, Kobo Writing Life director Mark Lefebvre interviewed professional photographer Lauren Lang of Jacobin Photography who was on site to help attending authors get a professional author photo head shot. In the interview Mark and Lauren discuss: Lauren’s start in the industry in journalism and her desire to use
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by Chris Mandeville Any hikers out there in writer-land? Or writers who love to go for walks? Well, hiking-slash-walking isn’t just for pleasure-slash-exercise. It can actually be a valuable writing tool. Just ask Kevin J. Anderson, New York Times bestselling author of more than 142 published works, most of which were written while hiking. Yes, while. He regularly plots, plans,
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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 winning the coveted prize. Part II Chronicles Day 3 through to the WIN and beyond. Click here to read Part I. Day 3: The Art Reveal The “24 Hour Stories” which we had been
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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 winning the coveted prize. Part I Chronicles the journey to and through Day 2 of the week-long extravaganza and author VIP bliss. Amongst aspiring writers, Writers of the Future is a subject of awe
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