What artist, living or dead, would you want to do your cover design? By Rebecca Cantrell I was walking through a little gallery in Kona the other day. Usually the paintings they carry have tropical themesāwhales, flowers, waves, cottages in the moonlightāand often I come across something
READ MORE →What would my protagonist do if she won the lottery? . . . By Bekka Black (aka Rebecca Cantrell) . If it were Hannah Vogelās month and she won the lottery, I think her first order of business would be to hire someone to put out a
READ MORE →How would you update your favorite classic book? by Bekka Black (aka Rebecca Cantrell) Using my secret identity of Bekka Black (wait, just blew my cover, delete this later), I wrote a modernization of Bram Stokerās Dracula. Itās called iDrakula and itās supposed to come out in
READ MORE →Conferences About Books! by Rebecca Cantrell I love reading. I grew up in a family of readers, but once I entered school I discovered that most of my classmates did not yearn to sneak away and read during recess. They wanted to play soccer or Frisbee or
READ MORE →Brainstorming techniques? I think I may be the only writer I know without a file of cool ideas tucked away and Iām starting to feel worried about it. I could throw one together, but I donāt think Iād ever look at it again. For me, each novel
READ MORE →by Rebecca Cantrell I planned to write a scathing rejection letter for the blog this week. Being a good student, I did research. I googled rejection letters and found some doozies for classic books. Here is an actual rejection of Animal Farm by George Orwell: āIt is
READ MORE →What would you tell a high school kid who wants to write? by Rebecca Cantrell OK, Iāve decided to name my high schooler. Her name in Mina, because thatās the main character in my YA novel and so sheās the high schooler I hang out with the
READ MORE →“If you won the Lottery, would you quit writing? If not, would the guaranteed income change how and what you write?” by Rebecca Cantrell Quit writing when I finally had the money to not worry about how Iām going to subsidize my next book? Are you crazy?
READ MORE →“Do you like doing all the marketing, social networking and other obligations of modern book publishing? Or would you prefer to just sit in your room writing, with no business-side duties?” by Rebecca Cantrell Not counting being a mother, what I love most of all writing in
READ MORE →What was the most fun scene you ever wrote? by Rebecca Cantrell Most scenesāwith the exception of those that are frightening or that reflect some horrible historical eventāare fun to write. I love putting my characters in a tight spot and watching them get out of it.
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