Yearly Archives: 2019

The Why of Writing

Posted on December 19, 2019 by KL Wagoner — Leave a comment

Let the reason you write—your why—become your motivation. Your why is the best boss you could ever ask for. It has only one requirement: You must show up, even if you don’t feel qualified yet. ~ Jerry Jenkins

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What Authors Wish They’d Known, Part 1

Posted on October 17, 2019 by KL Wagoner — 4 Comments

Over the past few years I’ve conducted over a hundred interviews divided between KLWagoner.com and SouthWestWriters.com. I enjoy learning how authors deal with writers block and what kinds of scenes give them the most grief—and I can’t help compare my…

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The Best Ghost Stories Are…

Posted on October 5, 2019 by KL Wagoner — Leave a comment

The very best ghost stories are as much about internal darkness as external ghoulies. ~ Jonathan Stroud

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Writing Is: A Never-Ending Battle

Posted on September 4, 2019 by KL Wagoner — Leave a comment

That’s what writing is to me: a never-ending battle of brain-melting masochism. It’s a skill you never truly master, which is endlessly appealing…writing offers a bottomless pit of improvement. ~ Zachry Wheeler

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Author Interview: Lindsay A. Franklin

Posted on August 21, 2019 by KL Wagoner — Leave a comment

Lindsay A. Franklin is a freelance editor and the best-selling author of The Weaver Trilogy. The first book in the series, The Story Peddler (Enclave Publishing, 2018), introduces readers to a world where storytellers weave their wares into crystallized sculptures…

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Reading and Writing Connection

Posted on August 7, 2019 by KL Wagoner — Leave a comment

What reading taught me was that I…had at least one story that needed to be told…that other people’s stories could speak to me in ways I never imagined…that the story I had to tell could speak to other people in…

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Author Interview: Zachry Wheeler

Posted on July 17, 2019 by KL Wagoner — 3 Comments

Zachry Wheeler is an award-winning author of two ongoing sci-fi series. His Max and the Multiverse books take a humorous look at a teenage gamer’s bizarre life shared with a band of quirky space jockeys. On the other side of…

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The Beauty of Your Work

Posted on July 4, 2019 by KL Wagoner — Leave a comment

The thing is, if you work to minimize criticism, you have surrendered the beauty and greatness of what you’ve set out to build. ~ Seth Godin

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Author Interview: Meg Cowley

Posted on June 19, 2019 by KL Wagoner — Leave a comment

Bestselling fantasy author Meg Cowley credits her writing path to her parents for encouraging her creativity, JK Rowling for inspiring her, and a meeting with Christopher Paolini that led her to finish the novel that started her first series. Her…

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Mistakes and Masterpieces

Posted on June 6, 2019 by KL Wagoner — Leave a comment

In the end, make mistakes. The RIGHT mistakes. Mistakes can eventually become magic even though they make a hell of a mess. Remember that perfectionism is the elixir of the doomed. When has any artist ever created a masterpiece and…

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