by BWA Newsletter | Aug 23, 2021 | Writing Tools
What is a perfect opening paragraph from a book (or article, or blog)? Mira: This must be a trick question—there is no such thing as perfect. But I recently read The Searchers by Tana French and she opens it with, “When Cal comes out of the house, the rooks have got...
by BWA Newsletter | Aug 23, 2021 | Writing Tools
When did you first decide writing would be your career or hobby – did you find writing, or did writing find you? Kate: I’d been a bookworm since the day I learned to read, so the idea of one day writing the stories I loved took early. In fact, the first time I...
by BWA Newsletter | Jun 1, 2021 | Writing Tools
by BWA Newsletter | May 25, 2021 | Writing Tools
Social networking – it’s about being social. You may have heard that many times and for good reason. According to Websters II New Riverside Dictionary, the definition of social is: Living in communities or groups.Of or relating to the life and...
by BWA Newsletter | May 24, 2021 | Writing Tools
Laura Border is serving her second term as vice president of BWA. Laura posts a blog on writing on the seventh day of each month called Laurelle Communications at lauraborder.com. Her recently published chapbook of poetry, Moon Chimes, is available in print...
