Heather ClarkFeb 13, 2021Signing With Agent Sarah Davies! Announcing that you've signed with an agent is something every writer looks forward to. I signed with my first agent back in 2013, and...
Heather ClarkJan 27, 2020Your Story is NOT over!! I posted this on a group for authors as we prepare for the Pitch Wars showcase to go live February fifth. I thought it might be helpful...
Heather ClarkJan 9, 2020More Red Than BlackFor those who were wondering if I finished my big rewrite, I did! December 30th. Hallelujah. But that's just the beginning. I'm still...
Heather ClarkJan 8, 2020In which I eat a raw onion, and wind up with a book title.Sometimes you're working so hard on a draft, so stuffed up with sinus infection that you can't taste food. So a fellow writer offers you...
Heather ClarkJan 15, 2016Sometimes You Must Get Your Audrey Hepburn OnAnd you must do it in a live webinar with your BFF who is concurrently dressed as The Mad Hatter. You must do this if your friend drags...
Heather ClarkJan 22, 2014More Than You Ever Needed To KnowSome fun questions so you can get to know me a little better: 1. What books and / or authors are most inspiring to you as a writer? It’s...
Heather ClarkOct 29, 2013Blog TourThanks so much to Stephanie Kelley for inviting me to be a part of this blog tour! Go read her blog post for the tour. It was fun to get...
Heather ClarkSep 10, 2013Author Interview with YA Author Natalie WhippleI am so excited. My post today is an author interview with YA author Natalie Whipple. Natalie’s debut novel, TRANSPARENT, came out this...
Heather ClarkAug 7, 2013Anne Lamott – Bird by BirdThis is not a formal review. I don’t do those. I just read books, and then I think about them a lot and then, sometimes, if I’m feeling...
Heather ClarkMay 6, 2013Word Count DisasterWriting along. Loving every minute. Delighted by my characters, my story, my dialog. So excited to finish my novel on May 6th. 80,000...
Heather ClarkMay 1, 2013Fifteen Ever-Living Minutes A Day!I’ve had people ask recently how I’ve gotten so consistent with my writing. This has not always been the case. The first few writing...
Heather ClarkApr 19, 2013Writing YA Fiction – Saying Something True About LoveI’m a writer because I am a reader. I love books. I love the escape, the entertainment, the new worlds, and the messages. Most of all, I...
Heather ClarkMar 7, 2013Outlining Is Hard: A Sneak-Peak At My WIPI think outlining is hard. I said it. I need it, but it ties me up in knots. I’m about 40,000 words into my WIP and I’m still taking...
Heather ClarkFeb 9, 2013Secrets Of The UniverseWriting fiction is interesting. You want to tell a satisfying story. You can only do this if you can create a satisfying arc for your...
Heather ClarkFeb 7, 2013We’ll Run Out Of Stuff To Write When We’re DeadA writing friend commented on Facebook the other day that she had so much left to do on her book. I made the offhanded comment that we...
Heather ClarkFeb 2, 2013Writing Journey - From First Attempts to AgentFair warning: You are about to embark on reading the longest blog post of my bloggerly life. It may bore you. If you don’t care about how...
Heather ClarkJul 18, 2012Falling in LoveI’m starting to think of books as romances. Love affairs. Starting a new book is like a new romance. You’re all tingly-twirly with...
Heather ClarkMay 31, 2012Art for ValidationListening to playtime with my seven-year-old daughter and her cousin today was revealing. They were pretending to be artists. Great...
Heather ClarkMay 30, 2012Rejection Fuels Creativity…or it can send you into a dark place of despair where no writing occurs. But it’s your choice. At least that’s what I’m telling myself....
Heather ClarkMay 19, 2012Late NightsI’ve got a nine-week-old baby. Only nine weeks, and he pretty much insists on being held every minute of every day. There is a little...