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Author: Brittany Ballard
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Tips to Achieve Your 2025 Writing New Year’s Resolutions
New year, new opportunities to make all your writing dreams come true. Whether you’re continuing a book this year or working on writing a new one, you’ve probably got milestones you would like to hit in 2025. With writing, coming up with SMART goals for your book is easy (whether they’re part of your New… Read more
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A Peek Into the 2024 Author’s Grove Writing Retreat
We were thrilled to host our inaugural writing retreat in Fredericksburg, TX last month. We scheduled a variety of activities throughout the week, from writing focus time to adventures in the Fredericksburg area. Keep reading to learn more about what we did at the 2024 Author’s Grove Writing Retreat! From Writing Sprints to Constructive Workshops… Read more
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Announcing the 2024 Author’s Grove Writing Retreat
We’re thrilled to announce that the 2024 Author’s Grove Writing Retreat will take place in Fredericksburg, TX from October 7 – 11, 2024! More information about the retreat agenda and ticket pricing will be released in the coming weeks, so keep an eye out on our website for more information. What To Expect At our… Read more
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Character Interviews: How To Flesh Out Your Novel’s Characters
When you think about your favorite novels, which characters do you like the most? Which ones do you relate to more? Most likely, they are characters that you know inside and out: their motivations, their fears, their strengths and weaknesses. As you build out the characters in the novel you are writing, it’s important to… Read more
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Why Growing Your Writing Network Is So Important
When I first got into writing when I was younger, it was a very solitary activity. I thought up the stories and wrote them down in my notebooks – after all, who else was going to be able to get the story from my mind onto a page? A writing network wasn’t even something I… Read more