GUEST POST by Heather Gale Do you love reading how authors find their idea? I sure do, for inspiration and the gentle reminder that ideas
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Ripple Grove Press: Our Story
GUEST POST by Rob Broder, Ripple Grove Press Ripple Grove Press turns five years old this fall. Writers’ Rumpus is honored to host Rob Broder
Pitch Wars–Boost My Bio
By Dana Nuenighoff The summer is drawing to a close, beach days are limited, school buses are starting up, but with the start of fall
Balancing Writing With Life
By Dana Nuenighoff A friend once told me that if she didn’t have to write, if there weren’t stories building themselves in her head constantly,
A Launch Day Ode To My Editor
Sure, authors get acknowledgement pages to wax poetic about all the many, many people who help turn a manuscript into an actual book, but sometimes an
The +s and –s of Writing Holiday Books
Guest Post by Lynne Marie Happy 4th of July, Everyone! I’ll start out with an admission — I write books about holidays. Now, the surprising
Build your world using Inkarnate
By Dana Nuenighoff Have you ever opened up a fantasy novel and found yourself lost in the gorgeous map on the first pages? Have you
The Perks – and Perils – of “Write What You Know”
By Naomi Milliner If I had a dollar (okay, maybe a hundred) for every time someone advised, “Write what you know,” I could buy a
Survival Guide for #NESCBWI
By Dana Nuenighoff The annual spring conference for NESCBWI is coming this weekend! That means a weekend full of workshops and keynote speakers, of being
How Memory Can Inspire Fiction
By Kristine Carlson Asselin This is what Wikipedia says about Memory: Memory is the faculty of the brain by which information is encoded, stored, and
Falling for Wonder Boy
By Dana Nuenighoff This past week, the companion novel for Kristine Carlson Asselin’s ANY WAY YOU SLICE IT, FALLING FOR WONDER BOY, released. For anyone
Interview: K.R. Conway of Wicked Whale Publishing
By Kristine Carlson Asselin I am thrilled to be here on Writers’ Rumpus today interviewing my friend K.R. Conway. For those who don’t know her,
Come Over to the Dark Side: Scrivener
By Dana Nuenighoff I write fantasy adventures, but I’m not adventurous when it comes to writing tools. I’ve always been a Microsoft Word person. And
Blog Mash-Up: ReFoReMo THINK QUICK
By Carrie Charley Brown The free online education offered during Reading for Research Month (ReFoReMo) challenges writers to read picture books for writing research. Each
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