My Book Deal Moment

This post was originally published at Novelicious.com and is now at WritingTipsOasis.com. WritingTipsOasis.com acquired Novelicious.com in June 2022. I love to write fun, frothy fiction women might enjoy reading on a beach holiday; my first novel, Shot Through the Heart, is a romantic comedy about a Hollywood actress who falls in love with a paparazzi photographer. But … [Read more...] about My Book Deal Moment by Matt Cain

This post was originally published at Novelicious.com and is now at WritingTipsOasis.com. WritingTipsOasis.com acquired Novelicious.com in June 2022. Having been a journalist for over a decade, writing a book was something I’d always wanted to do. But it wasn’t until I got married in 2004 that I actually got going and seriously started writing one. I began Daddy’s Girls on my … [Read more...] about My Book Deal Moment by Tasmina Perry

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

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