There’s something to be said about authors who narrate their own audiobooks. Something that I can’t quite put into words because I am just so absolutely fascinated by. You learn a lot about an author and their vision for their story, their characters, the rhythm of their world and so much more when not only… Continue reading Summer Reading: Audiobooks Narrated by the Authors
Note: This post is done in a roundtable style where members of Writer’s Block Party discuss a topic together. Moderator & Editor: Melody Simpson QUESTION ONE: What does an ensemble cast mean to you? Ashley: I think an ensemble cast is a group of characters–maybe four or more? Or three or more?–who have equal… Continue reading Roundtable #12: Ensemble Casts
Before you know it (in 51 days), summer will officially be here and we’ll be entering the half-way mark for all of our reading goals for the year! Now’s a good time to check your status and decide what books you want to read to get/stay on track! Here are some suggestions for us in… Continue reading What We’re Reading This Spring
So you’ve read about how I put my nonfiction book proposal together here. But what about my query? I have two different versions of my query. The personalized queries, in which I moved some stuff around to accomodate the personalization & flow, and the main query that I used, which you can see below. The personalized… Continue reading The Non-fiction Query
I got my agent with a book proposal. The proposal was for my nonfiction pop culture book about the history of Black women on TV. I read a book about how to put together a proposal. That book was Thinking Like Your Editor: How to Write Great Serious Nonfiction and Get It Published by Susan… Continue reading How to Write A Nonfiction Book Proposal
I can’t believe a year went by so fast. *Cue the Rent soundtrack* For real though, it feels like just yesterday I was writing Our New Year’s Resolutions and already, we’re taking a look back at what we’ve accomplished. All of us at Writer’s Block Party are immensely grateful for everyone who has followed us… Continue reading End of the Year Wrap Up
I had my first R&R experience this year and it was incredible. Yes, initially I was freaking out for days and months on end. But then it clicked. And it was glorious. I wouldn’t take back any moment of stressing out about it because I needed all of that to happen in order to make… Continue reading Tackling an R&R
I’ve got big plans for NaNoWriMo 2017. And it’s all thanks to the dumpster fire that was November 2016. You see, every year that I’ve participated in NaNoWriMo, I’ve never won. And that’s been completely okay. I was content with the community that NaNoWriMo brings… the camaraderie, the inspiration, the writing with a clear intent to… Continue reading Staying Productive During NaNoWriMo
It’s fitting that I’m talking about podcasts the day after the eclipse seeing as how one of the very first podcasts that I ever subscribed to, nine years ago, was The 10th Wonder Podcast, dedicated to the hit NBC series, Heroes. I’ve subscribed to dozens of podcasts since so today, I’m here to talk about… Continue reading Listen Up: Podcasts for Writers
There’s a TV show on Syfy called Face Off, in which a dozen makeup artists (of various skill levels) are challenged to make new creations every single week. One by one, the artists are eliminated by three judges until there’s a winner. While watching a recent episode, I was hit with some hard truths about… Continue reading What I Learned About Revising From Face Off
