Apr 23, 2020
Hear how being a finalist in the WFWA Rising Star Award provided the stepping stone to finding her agent, the experience of doing an extensive R & R for a publisher only to have them quit the business a week later, and how she doesn’t focus on word counts or page goals so much as concentrating on a time commitment in...
Apr 10, 2020
Hear how Barbara came up with the idea to frame her story of Elizabeth, wife, mother, and Ph.D. candidate desperate to find her true self, around the life of famed artist Georgia O’Keefe. As well, we discuss what it’s like to publish your debut novel during the middle of the Covid-19 crisis and what Barbara learned...
Apr 1, 2020
Learn why Joanne decided to use dual timelines to tell her story, how critique groups have proved invaluable to her throughout her career, and how she wrote over 20 different endings to her debut novel before finding the right one.
Joanne was born in Chicago, Illinois, has adopted Texas as her home. She lives in the...