May 2, 2026May 1, 2026Uncategorized Write Your Book 4 Times: What It Really Takes to Finish a Manuscript Here’s some excellent advice from Mike Nappa. While I’m not sure I’d say 4 and done, this is some practical advice that […]
April 30, 2026April 30, 2026Uncategorized The Grace We Forget to Give Ourselves: Multi-Award-Winning Author Tamatha Cain’s Advice for New Writers Our very own Tamatha Cain! WOOHOO!!! I love this Q&A that she did for Writing Day Workshops. There’s a lot of hard-won […]
April 30, 2026April 30, 2026Uncategorized Chronicle Books Open Submissions & More FYI: Chronicle Books has an open submission for children’s books coming up! May 3–17, 2026. Adult trade unagented submissions are open now. […]
April 29, 2026Uncategorized Pitching the Midwest: A Live Conversation with Alec Loganbill of Plainspoken Books 5/27/26 at 6PM EST Exciting Patreon Live Event! Join me for a special live Zoom Q&A with Alec Loganbill, Acquisitions Editor of Plainspoken Books—the bold new […]
April 29, 2026April 29, 2026Uncategorized Why Not? A continuation of the April 2026 Fireside Chat. Why not? Enjoy! P.S. This is my 300th Patreon post! WOOHOO! I remember building […]
April 24, 2026Uncategorized 99 Questions to Ask Your Characters An awesome resource courtesy of Derek Davidson. Thanks, Derek!
April 24, 2026April 24, 2026Uncategorized From Short Stories to Film Awards: What Grigory Lukin Wishes He’d Told His Beginner Self About Writing Our very own Grigory Lukin! Check out this awesome interview he did for Writing Day Workshops. What advice do you find helpful? […]
April 24, 2026Uncategorized April 2026 Fireside Chat Replay To view this content, you must be a member of Brandy’s Patreon at $1 or more Unlock with PatreonAlready a qualifying Patreon […]
April 22, 2026April 22, 2026Uncategorized Literary Agent Interview: Vicky Weber of Creative Media Agency Some really great stuff here. And of particular interest for my picture book authors out there. Vicky pulls back the curtain on […]
April 22, 2026Uncategorized As the Light Comes In This might feel familiar. Especially if you substitute a few words. Your “writing journey” will expose every unhealed part of you. Your […]