Are you wondering whether you are ready to query your novel? You may be! It’s always a good idea to take a hard look at your one sentence pitch and your first 5-20 pages before you hit send. Sometimes, in our excitement, we query too early. When I was thinking about how to illustrate whatContinue reading “Is it possible you’ve queried too soon?”
Author Archives: Robin Henry
Stump the Chump Episode 4: Passports during 1930s
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Book Review: The Fell by Sarah Moss
NOTE to writers: this book breaks a lot of the “rules” you’ve been told in good faith to follow. Please realize this is not her first novel, so she has more freedom to experiment. It’s okay to break the rules sometimes, if you can do it well, which she does. 🙂 This book is aboutContinue reading “Book Review: The Fell by Sarah Moss”
The Readerly NaNoPlanMo Virtual Retreat is Coming!
Do you struggle with finding time to write, because you have a busy schedule and no trust fund? Do you start writing a new novel because you have this fabulous idea, but then run out of gas about 30 pages in? Do you have a draft that needs revision, but you aren’t sure where toContinue reading “The Readerly NaNoPlanMo Virtual Retreat is Coming!”
Stump the Chump, episode 3
Stump the Chump Episode 3 is now available on YouTube! This question came from Twitter. When did a ponytail start being called a ponytail and what was it called before? I forgot to give the answer in the video, lol, but I did put it in the notes on YouTube if inquiring minds want toContinue reading “Stump the Chump, episode 3”
Read Like a Writer Book Club Recap
We had a great July meeting and discussed Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty. If you missed it and would like to see the notes, click below. One thing that came up in the meeting was that we would all like to see a Story Grid/Bookmap analysis of this novel. I am not promising anything,Continue reading “Read Like a Writer Book Club Recap”
Mindset Shift: Is it a Cold Dark Night on the Side of Everest for you as a writer?
Writing a novel is hard. If you’ve been writing for a while, you know this, it is not news. But sometimes we scare ourselves out of doing hard things, because we think of stress as only a bad thing. You are not alone; our culture embraced the idea that all stress is bad stress aContinue reading “Mindset Shift: Is it a Cold Dark Night on the Side of Everest for you as a writer?”
Austenalia: Review of the new Netflix Persuasion
You knew it was coming, dear reader. I could not call myself an Austen fan without at least taking a look at the new Persuasion on Netflix. Honestly, I don’t have a lot to add that hasn’t already been said, but just in case, here is the skinny. First, go read this review in TheContinue reading “Austenalia: Review of the new Netflix Persuasion”
Book Review: The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams
A novel written with book people in mind, this is a delightful examination of how reading can change lives and bring people together, which is, of course, a topic near and dear to my heart. I will not tell a lie, the analysis of the titles on the list is surface at best, but theContinue reading “Book Review: The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams”
Save the Date:Â October 21-23 for the First Annual Readerly NaNoPlanMo Virtual Writing Retreat
Do you dream of joining in with others during NaNoWriMo, but run out of gas about half way through? Do you have an idea for a novel, but you are not sure how to get started and make real progress? Do you struggle with finding time to write, because you have a busy schedule andContinue reading “Save the Date:Â October 21-23 for the First Annual Readerly NaNoPlanMo Virtual Writing Retreat”
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