1st Books: Stories of How Writers Get Started
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Bestselling novelist Meg Waite Clayton hosts 1st Books: Stories of How Writers Get Started, a blog meant to inspire writers to keep writing. Wednesday guest posts about how authors started writing, kept going through rejection, and ultimately gained publication, awards, and places on bestseller lists, are intermixed with quotes on writing, occasional writing exercises and tips, and a peek behind the scenes at the publication process for Meg's third novel, The Four Ms. Bradwells.
If you think writers are born rather than made and brilliant writing is recognized immediately, those rejection slips for your novel—or story or nonfiction query, or (heaven help you) letter to your own mother—can seem a daunting thing. The truth is getting started as a writer takes hard work, persistence, and a bit of luck.
Meg is an enthusiastic She Writer; you can find her here at Meg Waite Clayton
If you think writers are born rather than made and brilliant writing is recognized immediately, those rejection slips for your novel—or story or nonfiction query, or (heaven help you) letter to your own mother—can seem a daunting thing. The truth is getting started as a writer takes hard work, persistence, and a bit of luck.
Meg is an enthusiastic She Writer; you can find her here at Meg Waite Clayton
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Meg Waite Clayton: In Praise of Writing Friends ... and Publishing and Bookselling Ones, Too
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 1:00am 3 Comments 1 Like
Sarah Pekkanen: A Glass of Wine and a Little Courage
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 1:00am 6 Comments 1 Like
She Writer Sarah Pekkanen shares how she made the transition from reporter to novelist on Meg Waite Clayton's 1st Books
I'm having a nice little Gaithersburg Book Festival run lately, hosting…
Continue Sara J. Henry: Learning to ...
Posted on February 25, 2011 at 1:00am 4 Comments 0 Likes
Sara J. Henry posts about her decade + journey to get her first novel published on Meg Waite Clayton's 1st Books
I first read pages of Sara J. Henry's debut novel more than ten years ago, well before I'd sold my own first novel. She is one of the most persistent writers I've ever met. And I couldn't be more delighted to be celebrating…
Continue Eleanor Brown: When Your First Book Is Not Your First
Posted on February 18, 2011 at 5:30am 7 Comments 0 Likes
Weird Sisters author Eleanor Brown tells about the publication of her "first" novel - really her fifth! - on Meg Waite Clayton's First Books: Stories of How Writers Get StarteI'm just thrilled this week to welcome Eleanor Brown, author of Weird Sisters, to 1st… Continue
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- Who I am:
- FIRST BOOKS: STORIES OF HOW WRITERS GET STARTED is the blog of Meg Waite Clayton, author of the national bestseller, The Wednesday Sisters,and the forthcomingThe Four Ms. Bradwells (Ballantine, March 2011)
“A writer must teach himself that the basest of all things is to be afraid.” -William Faulkner
About 1st BOOKS: Stories of How Writers Get Started
If you think writers are born rather than made and brilliant writing is recognized immediately, those rejection slips for your novel—or story or nonfiction query, or (heaven help you) letter to your own mother—can seem a daunting thing. The truth is getting started as a writer takes hard work, persistence, and a bit of luck.
- Books I've written, anthologies I've contributed to, and any scripts or plays I've authored:
My website is www.MegWaiteClayton.com
My blog is 1st Books: Stories of How Writers Get Started
And I'm on twitter @ megwclayton
and on Facebook
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- Media outlets that I currently write for:
- write occasional short pieces freelance
- My writing is:
- Fiction, Journalism, Blog Posts
- Outlets where I review books, TV, or film:
- I host traditionally book-published authors on 1st Books, but don't review
- Services I offer to other writers:
- N/A
- I'm part of these writers' groups or salons:
- yes
- My professional associations:
- AWP, Author's Guild, PEN, WNBA, local author groups
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