Visualize Your Writing Goals for This Year
Visualizing your writing goals for this year sounds like it may not be terribly helpful, but it can help make the difference …
Happy New Year, and New Changes to the August Rose Press Blog
Happy New Year to All of You! I hope that all of you have had great writing goals achieved for 2016! If …
Switching Gears With Your Writing
By: Ebonye Gussine Wilkins Have you ever decided to take your writing (or blogging) in a different direction? So many of us …
Author Quarantine! Making Sure You Hit Your Writing Goals
By: Ebonye Gussine Wilkins Hi Everyone! It feels like forever since I’ve written a blog post for August Rose Press. Truth be …
The Ugly Truth About Book Publishing Schedules
By: Ebonye Gussine Wilkins Book publishing schedules are those wonderful things that keep us on track. They help hold us accountable and …
Black Writers Don’t Just Write About Race
By: Ebonye Gussine Wilkins Why does race often come into the picture for Black writers? This is a complicated question. Part of …
Finding Your “Author Voice” (It’s Harder Than it Looks)
By: Ebonye Gussine Wilkins Just like any modern artist, a writer can have a certain “voice” that distinguishes them from their contemporaries. …
Sometimes, You Have to Give Your Characters the Axe
By: Ebonye Gussine Wilkins When you take ten years to produce a novel, it’s unlikely that the end result looks anything like …
Slang is Beautiful, But Not Always Understood in Writing
By: Ebonye Gussine Wilkins I love to use specific language (or slang, if you will) when I’m writing. All of my writing …
Versus Mode: Compelling Plot vs. Writing Style
By: Aryanne Ferguson When it comes to narrative approaches to the novel, I recently came across two seemingly opposing articles. One, said that …