What:
Mystery, suspense, and Young Adult novels in addition to posting on my humor/writing blog.
Why:
I love telling stories that keep people guessing and creating characters that feel like friends. I write my YA books for my sons, who I hope will want to read them one day.On the blogging side, if I can help a new writer develop or make someone laugh, I’ve done my job.
How:
More often than not, my stories start with the characters. I figure out the major plot points, and the rest develops as I go along. Becoming a novelist has been a long process of learning, writing, learning, writing, over and over again. Learning writing is learning the rhythm of language and story, which is where the art of it is, I think. Definitely learn the mechanics and structure, but the only way to develop the art is to write a lot and read master writers.
Bio:
Allison Maruska, author of The Fourth Descendant, started her writing adventure in 2012 as a humor blogger. She wrote her first novel, a Young Adult mystery called Project Renovatio, due to be released in 2015. While it has gone through the process of traditional publishing, Allison published The Fourth Descendant, a mystery novel that has been an Amazon historical mystery best seller since early April, 2015. Allison is a certified interventionist at an elementary school in her area. She’s a wife, mom, coffee and wine consumer, and owl enthusiast.
Links:
Linda K. Sienkiewicz is the author of In the Context of Love, adult contemporary fiction about one woman’s needs to tell her story without shame.
2016 Sarton Women’s Fiction Finalist
2016 Eric Hoffer Book Award Finalist
2016 Readers’ Favorite Finalist
2016 USA Book News Best Book Finalist
2015 Great Midwest Book Fest Honorable Mention.
“With tenderness, but without blinking, Linda K. Sienkiewicz turns her eye on the predator-prey savannah of the young and still somehow hopeful.” ~ Jacquelyn Mitchard, author of the #1 NY Times Bestseller, Deep End of the Ocean
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