Ep. 39: Reading Between the (Time)lines Feat. Vanessa Riley #BRBF26
Welcome back to The Lit Library! May the spirit of literacy bloom in your life!
This week, we're stepping into beautiful chaos with author Vanessa Riley. From Black women pirates and Haitian queens to dukes, detectives, and sweeping love stories, Vanessa reminds us that history is far more expansiv…
Done Is Better Than Finished
Writers, stop trying to finish your book. Just Stop. Let me explain how trying to finish might be killing your writerly mojo.
Done Is Better Than Finished
I had a couple of conversations this week with writing colleagues. Some are on deadline, working hard to finish their books. Others have ideas t…
Young, Black, and Digitally Lynched
I’ve done it.
Last week, I told you I was on deadline, and now I am free. That is right—I have finished my 32nd book.
I turned it in to my publisher. It will be my next historical fiction, coming in at 105,000 words, and I am so excited.
I did something I’ve never done before. Multiple POVs. Caribb…
Euphoria
The Five-Minute High. Writers, you know that glorious feeling when you finally hit Send? Enjoy it. Because in about five minutes, you’re going to remember everything you should’ve changed.
Euphoria: The Joy of Hitting Send
There’s a particular state of euphoria that happens when a writer finally hi…
Fire, Sword and Sea by Vanessa Riley
Jane Healey talks with Vanessa Riley about Fire, Sword and Sea, her historical novel inspired by Jacquotte Delahaye, a Black woman who rose from a tavern keeper’s daughter to become a pirate captain in the 1600s Caribbean. Riley shares how a visit to Port Royal sparked the novel and why reconstruct…
Whoa!Nus: The Category Is.....
Answer: Announcing an exploration into the oft overlooked but undeniably pervasive works known as Category Romance.Answer, but in the form of a question: What is the topic of this week's Whoa!nus?Yr girls Isabeau & Morgan are excited to share their big summer plans: CATEGORY IS. Each week a new Cat…
Finding the Idea You Have to Write
For me, the most hectic—and refreshing—moment is when one book is finished and turned in. My mind doesn’t like to be idle, so I find things to do. I read. I explore. I bake. And eventually, I reach that moment when my brain says, “The heck with this. Let’s write. The question becomes, what do I wri…
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