This post was originally published at Novelicious.com and is now at WritingTipsOasis.com. WritingTipsOasis.com acquired Novelicious.com in June 2022.August’s new releases offer a smorgasbord of summer delights, secrets, and psychological thrills. Here are the books we’re most looking forward to this month. The Square by Rosie Millard – 1 Aug Fashionable dinner parties, kitchen … [Read more...] about Best New Books for August
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My Book Deal Moment by Kate Forster
This post was originally published at Novelicious.com and is now at WritingTipsOasis.com. WritingTipsOasis.com acquired Novelicious.com in June 2022. My agent rang to ask me if I would go and see a publisher that afternoon. I was in bed at the time, wallowing in depression, which I was trying to recover from. I jumped out of bed, showered, changed and was in the car in a New … [Read more...] about My Book Deal Moment by Kate Forster
Five Authors on Instagram
This post was originally published at Novelicious.com and is now at WritingTipsOasis.com. WritingTipsOasis.com acquired Novelicious.com in June 2022. Twitter, Facebook and Pinterest have been brilliant for book nerds. The social networks allow us fans a peek into favourite authors' writing lives (and even non-writing lives). We see their struggles and share their … [Read more...] about Five Authors on Instagram
Review – Hardwired by Meredith Wild
This post was originally published at Novelicious.com and is now at WritingTipsOasis.com. WritingTipsOasis.com acquired Novelicious.com in June 2022.Reviewed by Jenny Banks Hardwired is the first book in the Hacker series by Meredith Wild. The novel follows Erica Hathaway, a recent Harvard graduate living in Boston who has started up her own fashion social network. While … [Read more...] about Review – Hardwired by Meredith Wild
How to Write a Painfully Sad Scene in Your Novel
Sorrow and sadness are a part of life, just as much as love and happiness. In any kind of a novel, scenes where your characters are happy have a great effect on the readers, but scenes that are so excruciatingly sad will make your readers spill tears over a story that is not actually real. So, why does this happen? Because, of course, if you’ve created characters that are … [Read more...] about How to Write a Painfully Sad Scene in Your Novel