Category: Interviews

Interview with Valerie Hobbs and contest winner

Manuscript update: Current word count is 14,577. I am managing to wake up early and write, but the writing is going slowly. This is a book that I think will really come together in the revision. And now, as promised, onto Valerie Hobbs‘ answers to your questions. You might remember that Valerie is the author…
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48-Hour book challenge and other news

Manuscript update: Current word count is 12,621. Still going slower than I would have liked (I way behind to make my goal of finishing the book by the end of this month), because I’ve been working late hours on www.discdisc.com, but it’s moving along, and that’s the important thing. Blogger Mother Reader recently wrote about…
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Children’s Book Week and ask Valerie Hobbs contest

Manuscript update: Current word count is 10,791. Wrote 1,247 words since Thursday. It’s going … slowly, but going. Coming up to an exciting part in the story, so that’s fun. Today is the start of Children’s Book Week. Yay! It’s so awesome that there’s a special week celebrating children’s books. Books are amazing for so…
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The Next Top Spiritual Author

Manuscript update: I haven’t written anything yet today, but wanted to get this blog post up. Then it’s back to writing my story. Got some done, 486 words to be exact. I’m at 2,964 words out of 40K total. 37,036 left by the end of May. I need to write 714 a day. First, I…
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Writing is hard, but worth it, says Sue Grafton

Manuscript update: Nothing new to report yet as I haven’t had a chance to work on my new book since yesterday. But I wanted to share a link to a great interview with prolific mystery writer Sue Grafton (the alphabet series). In the Writer’s Digest article, Grafton explains that she finds writing hard with each…
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Author interview: Bonnie Hearn Hill on YA and astrology

Thanks for all the great questions you submitted to Bonnie Hearn Hill. Bonnie said she loved the questions and that they are her best yet! Today, I’ve got her answers. A quick reminder, Bonnie is the author of the new young adult Star Crossed series, starting with Aries Rising, released earlier this month. The book…
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Guest post: Memoir author Linda Joy Myers

Today on Day By Day Writer, I’m delighted to host a guest post from Linda Joy Myers, author of The Power of Memoir–How to Write Your Healing Story. Before we get to Linda’s post, a quick reminder that today is the last day to enter the contest for a copy of Bonnie Hearns Hill’s young…
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Win a copy of Aries Rising

Revision update: Nothing done yesterday as I was at the Houston SCBWI conference (brilliant, more about that tomorrow), but this morning I had a revision idea and have started to work that up. Thanks to all those who entered questions for ghostwriter Laura Cross’ interview. It went so well, I’m doing another one. On Friday,…
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Interview: Kirby Larson on research

Revision update: Halfway through chapter 10 of 29. Goal: To be finished by the end of the month. Today, I’m thrilled to have an interview with Newbury Honor winner Kirby Larson. I met Kirby at the Austin SCBWI conference, where she gave an awesome talk about her journey from unpublished writer to her current success…
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More advice from published writers

Today is my last post from the Austin SCBWI conference. It’s my seventh post about the conference and I’ve just given you a sampler from the presentations, so it shows how great these conferences can be. Before I get into the post for today, here’s a quick recap of the other posts from the conference…
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