SALT LAKE CITY UT May 22, 2015 When Carol Pratt Bradley discovered Anne Askew, a young English noblewoman imprisoned during the Protestant Reformation, she was searching for a novel to write as her thesis project for her Master of Fine…
“Submitting to a Small Press” / Julie Musil Interviews WiDo’s Managing Editor
Have you ever considered submitting to a small publisher? Were you confused about their place in the industry, or what they bring to the table? Author Julie Musil interviewed Karen Jones Gowen, Managing Editor at WiDo Publishing, for her blog to…
“The Symbiotic Relationship between Editor and Author” / Tamara Hart Heiner
Authors and editors are different job titles, but they share the same role: to make something poignant, dramatic, and beautiful out of words. The two go hand-in-hand. One cannot function without the other. Where would authors be without editors? And…
“In the beginning, it’s close to impossible not to take rejection to heart” / Amy Saia
So far, the biggest physical challenge of being a writer has been accepting the pure sedentary nature of the whole thing. I am not one to sit still, but so far it is the only way I can write. I’ve…
“It’s not the life you see on TV” / Clarissa Draper
When I write, I feel the urge to eat. Perhaps it’s because my brain is crying out for nourishment to feed the creative demons. Whatever it is, that urge to eat coupled with long hours of sitting causes me to…
“Hatchette and Amazon, What to Think?” / Bruce Gowen
I have read with interest the ongoing battle in the press between Amazon and Hachette. The economic system embraced by businesses in the United States is one that offers the freedom to determine what products they will offer to the…
“My biggest challenge with writing is being fatigued” / Kerri Cuevas
My biggest challenge with writing is being fatigued. I work full time and my job is physically demanding, and then I come home to three children. Time isn’t on my side, and when I’m able to sneak in some writing…
Melissa Palmer’s Previously Published Memoir Finds a Home at WiDo
SALT LAKE CITY UT September 18, 2014 Melissa Palmer’s memoir A Life Less Normal examines the life of a woman child growing up in the shadow of mental illness with the support of her proverbial north Jersey crime family. She…
“I live in a perpetual cloud of self-doubt and self-deprecation” / Bethany Masone Harar
By far the biggest physical challenge for me is managing my weight. As a full-time teacher and mother of two, the only time I have to write is in my “free” time (I’m laughing on the inside, because I barely…
WiDo™ Signs S. B. Roozenboom for Sci Fi Novel
SALT LAKE CITY UT September 1, 2014 S.B. Roozenboom has contracted her third novel with WiDo Publishing™ and submissions editor Allie Maldonado couldn’t be happier. “Anything Sarah writes is marketable,” states Maldonado. “This girl can write. I was happy to…