by kobowritinglife | Sep 21, 2018 | KWL Community, Literary Events Around The World, News
Marina here subbing in for Joni while she’s out of office this week; I hope I can do her justice! Here’s our round-up of all things book-related you need to know. Lots of huge announcements this week regarding some prestigious literary awards. The...
by kobowritinglife | May 16, 2018 | Cover Design, Tips
By Peter Staadecker Peter Staadecker is a KWL author and illustrator whose book The Twelve Man Bilbo Choir has been shortlisted for the 2018 Kobo Emerging Writer Prize. He has kindly agreed to walk us through the process of designing his own cover. This is a...
by kobowritinglife | Mar 1, 2017 | KWL Podcast
Mark Lefebvre, Director of Kobo Writing Life, interviews Young Adult Fantasy and Chicklit author, Katie Cross as she shares strategies about how she was able to keep writing, with even more productivity, in her transition from full time author to full time Mom. In the...
by kobowritinglife | Nov 30, 2016 | Self-Publishing, Technical KWL Help, The Business of Writing, The Craft of Writing, Tips
by Joshua Tallent You’ve done it! You finally finished the last sentence of your book. Maybe it was the novel you wrote for NANOWRIMO (my 12-year-old daughter is still working on hers), or maybe it was the non-fiction book you wrote based on 20 years in your industry....
by kobowritinglife | Sep 23, 2016 | Self-Publishing, The Business of Writing, The Craft of Writing, Tips
by Chris Mandeville I just returned home after spending a jam-packed three days at a writer’s conference. This was the 25th or so such event I’ve attended as a writer, and as I sit here totally exhausted I’m pondering why I continue to attend these conferences despite...