This post was originally published at Novelicious.com and is now at WritingTipsOasis.com. WritingTipsOasis.com acquired Novelicious.com in June 2022. In 2001 I finally decided to try my hand at writing a book, something I’d been vaguely thinking about for over a decade. I bought a laptop, took a year off my teaching job in Ireland, flew across the Atlantic and moved in with my … [Read more...] about My Book Deal Moment by Roisin Meaney
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The Book That Changed My Life: Hélène Gestern Picks Happening and The Years by Annie Ernaux
This post was originally published at Novelicious.com and is now at WritingTipsOasis.com. WritingTipsOasis.com acquired Novelicious.com in June 2022.Hélène's debut novel, The People in the Photo, was released earlier this year. You can read our review of it here. Hélène tells us how the books of Annie Ernaux, and in particuar The Years, have inspired her own writing. … [Read more...] about The Book That Changed My Life: Hélène Gestern Picks Happening and The Years by Annie Ernaux
My Book Deal Moment by Laura Lippman
This post was originally published at Novelicious.com and is now at WritingTipsOasis.com. WritingTipsOasis.com acquired Novelicious.com in June 2022. In one of my favorite novels, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, a poor girl receives a Christmas gift of 10 pennies that have been treated with oil and paint so they shine. By the end of the day, she has lost one or two, and her mother … [Read more...] about My Book Deal Moment by Laura Lippman
The Book That Changed My Life: Roisin Meaney Picks Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff…and It’s All Small Stuff by Richard Carlson
This post was originally published at Novelicious.com and is now at WritingTipsOasis.com. WritingTipsOasis.com acquired Novelicious.com in June 2022. Roisin Meaney is the author of 10 novels, and her most recent, After The Wedding, came out last month. Here, she tells us why Richard Carlson’s Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff…and It’s All Small Stuff has had such an … [Read more...] about The Book That Changed My Life: Roisin Meaney Picks Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff…and It’s All Small Stuff by Richard Carlson
My Book Deal Moment by Stephanie Wahlstrom
This post was originally published at Novelicious.com and is now at WritingTipsOasis.com. WritingTipsOasis.com acquired Novelicious.com in June 2022. When I was in the querying trenches, I was very sure I’d never get published. Not necessarily because I was a terrible writer, although after the 25th rejection that thought did cross my mind. It was because of the vast … [Read more...] about My Book Deal Moment by Stephanie Wahlstrom