BookTherapyGal : Hey Rach! Are you as excited as I am about our new Blog-A-Book Project at MBT? heartlikemary : Yes, I love this idea. BookTherapyGal: I can’t wait to see what the MBT Voices help us come up with. But, we’ve been hearing all this talk lately about High concept and Low concept books. What do you think of when you hear those terms? heartlikemary : I think “oh brother, more marketing schmaltz.” haha BookTherapyGal: Good point! I mean a good book is a good book, right? But, maybe there are two types of good books. heartlikemary : yes, a good book is a good book. But high concept to me is a story with high stakes, ones that are easily explained. BookTherapyGal: High stakes…like global stakes? The takeover of […]
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What kind of book should we write?
What kind of book do you like to read? I usually start with this question when I’m teaching students how to write. Because, the things you are reading will usually determine the genre that you are most equipped and most interested in writing in. I read a lot of different genres – historical romance, romantic comedy, women’s fiction…but the genre most represented on my shelf is romantic suspense and thrillers. So, that’s what I tend to write. Have I written the others? Yes. But my strengths, the genre I am honing is the one I love the most. Romantic Suspense. Whenever you start a book, you need to begin with the TYPE of book you’re writing…the GENRE. So, go take a look at your bookshelf, and then come […]
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I’ll bet you’re thinking, hey, where are my Book Therapists? Did they head south for the winter? (Okay, ONE of us did. The other is watching snow drift across her window, wondering how she’s going to get out of her quarter-mile driveway today!) Actually, we’ve both been hard at work coming up with great stuff at My Book Therapy for 2009. Stuff that includes CHATS, and online writing seminars and classes, and a cool new How-To-Write workbook (TBA soon!) and….a fun new project for 2009 called…Blog-A-Book! Write a book with My Book Therapy Voices in 2009! Remember those games you used to play where your friend started the story, and you finished it? Or the “Choose your own ending” books? Ever wanted to be a part […]
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