Bella Books Panel: The New Now - Personal Persistence in Extraordinary Times

BETWEEN THE SOUP OF A STORY IDEA TO THE NUTS OF A FINISHED PROJECT, THE REAL WORLD KEEPS TURNING.

A flood wipes out a story setting, tech upends how story people live, we ourselves get sick, or lose a loved one.

Writers are constantly devising ways to cope, rethink, and find a viable new normal when the old normal is blown away.

On April 18, 2020 as part of Curve Magazine’s Virtual Festival, five Bella Books authors, including little old, me, shared our experiences with upheaval and derailing events, and shared the strategies and mental hacks that help us deal with the New Now in our fictional and real worlds.

Hosted by Ann Roberts

Panelists:        

Karin Kallmaker

Catherine Maiorisi

Stacy Lynn Miller

Melissa Price

Literature transcends the chaos around us. It silences the noise, calms the mind, and suppresses our fear. Great books create an escape and feed the soul, of...