advice Archives - Shelley Blanton-Stroud

History and mystery, like peanut butter and chocolate

I've always thought history and mystery go very naturally together. When I read them both, I'm always after revelation. That's [...]

From Austin Kleon's book, Show Your Work. There's a moment in creative work when the process can seem as compelling [...]

Today I'm sharing How To Make an Audiobook, a very helpful short piece from my amazing audiobook narrator/producer, April Doty, [...]

I have been down this week, so I’m trying to do positive things, in the present, worrying less about the [...]

I'm so looking forward to appearing with Jason Denzel at ASK ME ANYTHING (about writing, publishing, and reading) at Elk [...]

It's such a gift--one of the more social aspects of writing--the chance to connect with engaged readers. In the case [...]

Write it anyway. This week, my artist friend Polly LaPorte (pictured above) delivered a portrait of my Grandpa Bates Jackson. I was [...]

When I read author, editor and publisher Janna Maron's most-recent newsletter, which I highly recommend you subscribe to at the previous link, [...]

I talked to Authority Magazine about Five Things Successful Writers Do. Man, did I feel presumptuous in that conversation. But [...]