by Martina Boone | Sep 22, 2015 | Imported from AYAP
I wrote about guilt last week, and I had several responses in the comments and in private messages and phone calls that were in line with what I’d been hearing from other authors. Many of those responses are heartbreaking. So I want to revisit this topic today....
by Martina Boone | Sep 8, 2015 | Imported from AYAP
Writing a novel isn’t magic. I’d like to say that anyone can write a book–and truly, almost anyone can. The trick is sticking with it, making it good, and getting it published. Ah, there’s the rub. Frequently when someone asks me “How do...
by Martina Boone | Aug 18, 2015 | Imported from AYAP
Nine months ago, I was still wide-eyed, expecting the release of COMPULSION in October, and waiting anxiously for THE BIG DAY. I’ve learned a lot in that year, a lot about gratitude, expectations, friendship, writing, readers, publicity, marketing, promotion,...
by Martina Boone | Jul 28, 2015 | Imported from AYAP
In the language of a recent Suits episode, I’m a “grinder” rather than a “rainmaker.” Writing doesn’t come easily for me, and I spend countless hours staring at sentences and rewriting them fourteen times, only to discover that the...
by Martina Boone | Jun 30, 2015 | Imported from AYAP
The lovely Angela Ackerman wrote a brilliant post last week about characters with secrets, and she was kind enough to mention Compulsion in it. The got me thinking about why both readers and writers love secrets, and it led me to an epiphany that’s going to...
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