Stephanie Cowell

September 25, 2011 3:15 PM EDT

Stephanie,

I'm happy to hear the Brownings are coming along and I look forward to hearing more about / reading a draft of the 16th C novel.
See you soon.

Love,
Michael

- Michael DiSchiavi

August 31, 2011 2:49 AM EDT

Stephanie,

Best of luck with the revisions! Isn't a hurricane a great methaphor for the revision process itself? You shake things up, don't know whats going to happen and then eventually settle down to "normal," whatever that is.
Can't wait to see the changes.

Love,
Michael

- Michael DiSchiavi

July 07, 2011 9:36 AM EDT

Oh, Stephanie, I can feel your enthusiasm! Wish I could have hidden away in the luggage and joined you! I do love Italy--art and gelato and wonderful friendly Italians. Look forward to your next book.

- Kelly Jones

June 10, 2011 5:46 AM EDT

You always have such excellent ideas. Thanks for sharing. I'm sure other writers will find these comments as helpful as I did when you wrote to me about your technique.

- Susan Dormady Eisenberg

April 26, 2011 1:21 PM EDT

Wonderful advice about writing, and it's nice to see the warmth between the two of you, quite apropos of what Laurel is saying in the interview!

- mitchell james kaplan

April 26, 2011 2:08 PM EDT

Quite a "nourishing" interview for a fellow novelist to read. I especially love hearing about Laurel's process of "self-forgiveness" and her habit of shedding perfectionism during the writing of the first draft. Thanks to you both for sharing this, Stephanie and Laurel.

- Adrienne McDonnell

April 26, 2011 7:56 AM EDT

Delightful and interesting, ladies! It's been a pleasure to read this chat between friends. I've been a teacher for many years now, I love reading.Writing is a fascinating activity to me but ... I can just scribble on my blog/s truly appreciating real writers . Best.MG

- Maria Grazia

April 26, 2011 7:59 AM EDT

Great interview. Thanks for sharing!

- Cindy Thomson

April 26, 2011 8:14 AM EDT

Enjoyed reading this--and look forward to reading your book as soon as the semester ends! Some of the scenes sound absolutely chilling and beautiful. I've been grading papers non-stop(English Comp. plus creative writing and lit. for 27 years--over 115 students a semester)and doing some writing(my memoir came out last year) but look forward to writing a book year! You've inspired me.

- Louise Nayer

April 26, 2011 1:08 PM EDT

What a wonderful, inspiring interview. I can't wait to read FINDING EMILIE!

- Erika Robuck

March 07, 2012 2:29 PM EST

What a natural sharing of good advice. This strikes me as the reason we write--to enjoy the creative act, to love our fictional characters, their plces, their loves, to yearn their yearnings and speak words for them. Thank you for sharing this.

- Susan Vreeland

March 13, 2011 9:32 AM EDT

Wonderful Idea, though, it would be wonderful if you could write a bit about you "...help each other with every kind of writing and publicity challenge". The link to the left goes to a page that I found hard to decipher...

- http://nfaa.wordpress.com

March 13, 2011 10:17 AM EDT

I am sorry I left brief information and I am not sure how to make the brochure show better other than downloading it on my site! We are a group formed by the novelist Cathy Buchanan and have a Facebook page (Fiction Writers' Co-op) but I don't know if you can see it if not a member. Since we have agreed to post each other releases on Facebook etc., we had to limit the membership to 51, or the work for each of us would be too much. We discuss the world of novel writing today, share pr ideas and contract ideas and generally cheer each other on. The linked pdf was to highlight a few of our books for book clubs.

- Stephanie Cowell

April 04, 2011 7:21 AM EDT

I think this is a great idea. There is power in the support of others--wishing you great success. :)


Angela @ The Bookshelf Muse

- Angela Ackerman

March 10, 2012 3:15 PM EST

It is a good idea, your cooperative although for us less fortunate authors a little like a lonely child outside the playground watching other children play.

- Peter Burke

March 10, 2012 4:48 PM EST

Peter, you could start your own group. I have started them and friends have started them. I have so often in my life felt like a child outside a playground and often still do, a lot of the time! If you friend me on FB, I could maybe give you some ideas. I don't know which Peter Burke you are.

- Stephanie Cowell

February 14, 2011 7:51 PM EST

Well, you might remember me as Sena Quaren from FB and Twitter. I've been here before but I've been so swamped with promotion that I had to do major surgery on my mind to get back to reading and commenting on others' blogs.

I need to read your books but I need, first, to get mine "out the door"...

- Alexander M Zoltai

February 06, 2011 4:55 PM EST

I thought it was time to publish a link to this post on Facebook & Twitter...

- Alexander M Zoltai (aka Sena Quaren)