November 2016 – Liana Brooks

2016 November

Breaking Through Writer’s Block (the expanded post)

Originally this was written for Savvy Authors in 2013, and then Leslie brought it back November 16th because she was struggling with NaNo. Reading through it, I saw a few places where I could expand on ideas better, so here is the revised edition of Breaking Through Writer’s Block! I…

Impulse Buy Book of the Week: THE BONE CAVE by Sarah Remy

Past Stonehill Downs, beyond unforgiving scrubland and perilous mountain peaks, militant tribes gather on white sand . . . With the Red Worm plague vanquished, and Malachi and Liam safely returned from Roue, Avani expects life in Wilhaiim to return to normal. But Mal has been changed by his journey…

Friendsgiving Critique #2

Query #2 was one I picked out because I love UF and I haven’t seen Norse mythology done well recently (maybe I missed a book?). The original query is in black, my notes are in red, and my rewrite is at the bottom. – L MARK OF THE VALKYRIE…

Friendsgiving Critique #1

The query is one of the hardest parts of writing a book. Even if you aren’t looking for an agent or a publisher you will write something similar. The query is, essentially, the back-of-book blurb with an additional paragraph containing personal details (previous publications, relevant platform, word count, ect). I…

Friendsgiving Feedback… WIN A FREE QUERY CRITIQUE!!!

Among so much bad news, we are all in need of a ray of light. I figured the least I could do is put together a short critique workshop to raise spirits and maybe help some writers. So a small group of five published authors has come together to offer…

What are you working on?

I realized I haven’t done a Catch Up! post in a while and there are people starting to email me about when the next book is out. So, so you can budget out your book buying plans for 2017, here’s what I’m up to. BODIES IN MOTION The first book…

NaNoWriMo Is Here

So, you might have noticed there was a flurry of blogging last weekend and this sudden radio silence once November hit. That’s because I’m actually doing NaNoWriMo this year. Not casually, like I have for several years, but actually trying to finish a 75,000 word novel before December 1st…