Heidi Gray McGill is my guest on Episode 8 of Season 2. Her newest Christmas novella - A Place to Belong - comes out on November 18th. It is the latest book in her Discerning God's Best series. Our conversation runs the gamut from how she first felt called to begin a writing career in 2020, to the why's behind publishing under her own imprint, to her ongoing process of learning the craft of writing novels, to the challenges of writing squeaky clean romances. She pulled out some of her favorite books that have helped her hone her skills (I have listed them below). We also discuss how and why to enter writing contests (https://book-publicist.com/top-book-awards-for-authors/)as well as why she published her audio books 'for free' on YouTube. Heidi is a wealth of knowledge and a generous soul who is willing, wanting and able to help her fellow Christian authors thrive in their writing lane. Again, I learned so much.
GMC: Goal, Motivation & Conflict: The Building Blocks of Good Fiction by Debra Dixon
The Emotion Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Character Expression by Angela Ackerman and Becca Puglisi
Save the Cat! Writes A Novel: The Last Book on Novel Writing You'll Ever Need by Jessica Brody
Understanding Show, Don't Tell (And Really Getting It) by Janice Hardy
The First Five Pages: A Writer's Guide to Staying Out of the Rejection Pile by Noah Lukeman
How NOT to Write a Novel: 200 Classic Mistakes and How to Avoid Them--A Misstep-by-Misstep Guide by Howard Mittelmark and Sandra Newman
