Adventures in Writing


A novelist and writing teacher tells the truth--sordid, sad, silly, and otherwise--about writing fiction and the writing life.

Monday, May 25, 2026

Reading Your Story to an Audience

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My brother and future sister-in-law asked me to read Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s "How Do I Love Thee" for their wedding ceremony....
Monday, May 18, 2026

Book Readings 101

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  QUESTION:  I’ve been invited to do a book reading.  How should I handle it?  Should I sell books? I've done a number of book reading...
Monday, May 11, 2026

Reinventing Yourself

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QUESTION: In a recent interview, a famous author said that she has reinvented herself (changed what she wrote) three times. Why did she do t...
Monday, May 4, 2026

Literary vs Genre, Defining the Debate

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  A debate I often see on various websites is the value/worthiness of genre novels in comparison to literary fiction. Usually, it’s genre wr...
Monday, April 27, 2026

On Literary Greatness

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Until the last sixty years, literary permanence wasn't bestowed, it was earned by an author and a work still being read and admired afte...
Monday, April 20, 2026

The Reality Sniff Test

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The comic urban fantasy started out fun.  The heroine had been a demon slayer in her teenage and early adult life, then she’d put aside her ...
Monday, April 13, 2026

Keeping Your Reader from Reading

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  Don't you just hate it when someone keeps reading your book?   Me, too!  Here are a few tips on how to stop that reader before the ...
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Marilynn Byerly
AUTHOR

Marilynn Byerly’s writing passion is adventure stories in the past, present, and future. In her creations of adventurers, suspense, true love, and villains to vanquish, she also likes to add a dash of the unexpected.

"Affaire de Coeur" named her an outstanding achiever in romance, and her novels have won numerous awards including a Sapphire, the National Reader's Choice Award, and the Write Touch Award.

TEACHER

Marilynn has taught writing, judged numerous national and regional writing contests, reviewed books, and written articles on writing which have appeared in trade publications, national magazines, and writing websites.
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