by Martina Boone | Sep 25, 2018 | Imported from AYAP
I’m excited to wish my latest project a happy book birthday today! Love for Two Lifetimes in my first YA book in a while since I’ve been writing adult fiction, but I love this story so much. It’s what I call my “gift book,” because...
by Martina Boone | Aug 22, 2017 | Imported from AYAP
It’s a busy week this week. Lots of stuff going on both personally and professionally. I have TWO books out this week, which is kind of awesome. And I am getting my official hearing aid on Thursday, which is not terribly awesome, because it means that we are...
by Martina Boone | Jul 11, 2017 | Imported from AYAP
Characters are the secret recipe at the heart of every novel Even if you think you’re not writing a character driven novel, it still all starts with character. Even the greatest premise in the world can fall flat if readers don’t have a main character they...
by Martina Boone | Jun 27, 2017 | Imported from AYAP
“He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how.” ~ Friedrich Nietzsche We all know those books, right? The ones that you can’t put down. Sometimes it’s because the premise is so big, the conflict is so enormous and original, that you are...
by Martina Boone | Jun 20, 2017 | Imported from AYAP
I had the privilege of giving a workshop down in Tampa this past weekend, speaking about what genuinely has to go into the first five pages of a novel. After having been a founder and mentor of the First Five Pages workshop these past six years, I’ve seen a lot...
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