What I Wish I Knew Before I Became a Novelist
This month, we asked three NLA authors for their best advice for first-time novelists. What’s one piece of advice you wish someone had given you before you began writing your first novel? Kathleen...
View ArticleInterview with Josh Malerman, Author of Pearl and Bird Box
This Month, NLA had the pleasure of interviewing Kristin Nelson’s client Josh Malerman, author of recently released novel Pearl and New York Times bestselling novel Bird Box. In your new novel, PEARL...
View ArticleYour Best Daily Writing Goals
Many writers familiar with NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) have a complicated relationship with the number 1,667. That’s how many words one must write each day for 30 days in order to hit the...
View ArticlePiecing It All Together
This month, we asked two NLA authors about outlining. Do you outline before writing a new novel? If so, how closely does the finished novel resemble your original outline? If not, what is your process...
View ArticleInterview with Stacy Stokes
This month, NLA had the pleasure of interviewing Joanna MacKenzie’s client Stacy Stokes, author of the recently released novel Remember Me Gone. What challenges did you face writing about memory and...
View ArticleQuery Trends to Kick off 2022
If the first three months of 2022 are any indicator, the pandemic is still informing what creators are writing about, and the proof is in the inbox. Here are the two very clear directions writers are...
View ArticleAll the Writing Talent in the World Won’t Save the Wrong Story
For twenty years, I’ve worked with extremely talented writer clients. Having done so, I’ve learned that talent and mastery of craft cannot fix a story if it’s not the right story the writer should be...
View ArticleInterview with Luke Smitherd, Author of The Stone Man
This month, NLA interviewed Kristin Nelson’s client Luke Smitherd, author of the recently released novel The Stone Giant. Your latest novel, The Stone Giant, is book three of your Stone Man series....
View ArticleInterview with Shelby Van Pelt
This month, NLA had the pleasure of interviewing Kristin Nelson’s client Shelby Van Pelt, author of the debut novel Remarkably Bright Creatures. In your new novel, Remarkably Bright Creatures (Ecco,...
View Article7 Tips for Writing Powerful Endings
Let’s face it. In the fiction industry, there’s a heck of a lot of emphasis heaped on your opening pages. Your opening is what gets judged when you enter a contest. It’s what you submit to agents when...
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