Mayly Tao’s story celebrates her mother’s journey as a Cambodian refugee and her own unique upbringing as a donut “princess” whose family business is one of the world’s most successful donut shops. Thrilling and sweet, it shows how all American stories start with the same ingredients.
EilisFlynn
Stirring the Plot: Taking your basic plot across the genres
Plots. Aren’t they fun?
Learn how to work your story and your plotlines, shifting them as you need to for that agent, editor, or even reader to sit up and take notice. Through a series of exercises, this workshop tells you how to identify your story’s strongest plot points and how to start shifting its elements so you understand exactly how your story comes across to your audience and how you can strengthen it.
Story Behind the Story: 1000 Kisses by Jody Wallace
Jody Wallace specializes in quixotic stories, mean kitties...
The Story Behind the Story: Kolea by Russell Cahill
Russell Cahill’s stories about his Hawaiian ancestors...
Story Behind the Story: Death by Intermission by Alexis Morgan
Alexis Morgan’s series about Snowberry Creek, and her...
Story Behind the Story: My Sweet Enemy by Jenny Hartwell
Jenny Hartwell’s tale about pivoting to publish should be...
Story Behind the Story: Aedyn Brooks and Dead Reckoning, Grave Intentions Series, Book 1
When I first wanted to introduce the Story Behind the...
Story Behind the Story: Vengeance by Anna Alexander
Sometimes the side characters in a story just demand to be...
Story Behind the Story: Life Is Too Short by Irene Vartanoff
Three women after surviving cancer. Will they have the...
Story Behind the Story: Wild About Rand by Joleen James
Here’s Joleen James, whose A Wilding Point Romance series...
Story Behind the Story: Space Tripping with the Shredded Orphans by Sonya Rhen
Space Tripping with the Shredded Orphans! Here’s Sonya...