Posts by Wayne
Client Success: Eileen Cooley Guides Widows Through Relational Stress From Personal Experience
“After becoming a widow, I would come home from a social encounter or event feeling upset. I found writing about these stressful experiences helped me manage them,” shared Eileen Cooley when discussing her personal essays. “As I experienced social awkwardness, I realized that most of the other books on widowhood had failed to address these…
Read MoreClient Success: Sheryl Parbhoo’s Novel Explores Love, Family and Healing in Intercultural Relationships
“Like my book’s character Jenny, I am a woman with deep southern roots,” Sheryl said. “Unlike Jenny, I was raised by doting parents and learned to love the quirks and traditions of southern life.” Sheryl Parbhoo’s first novel, The Unexpected Daughter, is a contemporary story about hard choices in love, family and personal healing. Set…
Read MoreHow A Good Editor Works
At a crucial juncture after the climactic scene when the subplot needed attention, his novel went in an unexpected direction. As his editor, I suggested removing the newly-introduced subplot to naturally steer the protagonist to the crucial needs of the woman he loved, the only issue to be addressed for final resolution. The author read…
Read MoreHad Enough? Conquer Writer’s Block!
Conquering Writer’s Block, Winter dates TBD Stuck? Fear-filled? Can’t write? He read nightly about how to write from a stack of books at his bedside, sometimes realizing he never kept a pad and pen handy; maybe tomorrow… She dreamed of writing for the movies but prided herself on being her own harshest critic; she overthought…
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