by kristinoakley | Jun 8, 2018 | Newsletter, Writing Life
Authors are often told that they should write every day. This seems obvious. Daily creating helps us hone our craft, develop new stories, and finish our works in progress. It’s part of the reason why NaNoWriMo, National Novel Writing Month, began. NaNoWriMo...
by kristinoakley | Jan 5, 2018 | Newsletter, Writing Life
It takes an average of five years to complete a debut novel. J. D. Salinger and Margaret Mitchell spent ten years writing Catcher in the Rye and Gone with the Wind while J. K. Rowling wrote Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone in six (check Infographic: How...
by kristinoakley | Dec 1, 2017 | Newsletter, Writing Life
Welcome to My First Newsletter! I’m officially starting my newsletter today, this minute, with these words. For several years I’ve considered starting a newsletter or blog, talked about it with other writers, received advice, and conducted research. Now I’m actually...
