About This Writing Stuff...

This week, best-selling author Tony Conaway interviews his fellow members of the Main Line Writers Group on their debut anthology, Unclaimed Baggage.  In her eloquent TED talk, fiction writer Elif Shafak discusses the role of fiction to reach beyond political and cultural circles.  Jami Gold covers the appeal of, well, covers while Jody Hedlund talks voice.  Mark O'Connell questions whether reading fiction makes a person more compassionate.  Kristen Lamb finishes her series of writing advice posts based on James Scott Bell's LOCK system. All that and more.  Enjoy!


Interview with the Authors of Unclaimed Baggage, Part One by Tony Conaway

Simon and Schuster to Launch Science Fiction, Fantasy Imprint by Jim Milliot

How Book Covers Appeal to Readers by Jami Gold

Why Voice is Becoming More Important in Today's Market by Jody Hedlund

15 More Tips for Helping Your Friend Promote their Book by Jan Yager

Elif Shafak: The Politics of Fiction via Robyn LaRue

How to Write Horror Fiction and Avoid Typical Horror Genre Cliches by Cris Freese

Does Reading Fiction Make You a More Empathic, Better Person?  by Mark O'Connell

The Inside Scoop on Publishing by Kensington CEO Steven Zacharius via Writers in the Storm

Amazon Makes Life Easier for Writers of Historical & Literary Fiction by David Gaughran

Conflict-Giving LIFE to Your Fiction and Novels & The "Knockout" Ending by Kristen Lamb