A. B. Westrick

On Hiatus. #amwriting

A. B. Westrick — Tue, 10 May 2022 13:22:44 +0000

Thank you, readers! Thank you, writers. Since March 30, 2011, I’ve enjoyed sharing insights about writing. Now I’m taking a…

A. B. Westrick — Tue, 12 Apr 2022 16:06:00 +0000

Hey, I’m Anne Westrick and I talk about writing, and today I want to discuss backstory, which is everything that…

A. B. Westrick — Tue, 08 Mar 2022 12:33:37 +0000

Hey, I’m Anne Westrick and I talk about writing, and today my focus is rejection. I have to tell you…

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A. B. Westrick — Tue, 08 Feb 2022 10:00:00 +0000

Hey. I’m Anne Westrick and I talk about writing, and this month I’m thinking about how to get started. You…

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A. B. Westrick — Tue, 11 Jan 2022 12:41:51 +0000

Hey. So, a friend challenged me to do video posts, not text only. You know, show myself. So here I…

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A. B. Westrick — Tue, 14 Dec 2021 14:11:12 +0000

I love looking back on the books I read in 2021, authors interviewed, and craft-of-writing tips gleaned, such as… how…

A. B. Westrick — Tue, 09 Nov 2021 12:21:50 +0000

Magic, inspirational quotes, time-travel, and World War II history fill the pages of Mindy Thompson’s imaginative debut The Bookshop of…

A. B. Westrick — Tue, 12 Oct 2021 12:26:27 +0000

Moments in Like Nothing Amazing Ever Happened are so real and reminded me so much of my husband that I…

A. B. Westrick — Tue, 14 Sep 2021 11:57:48 +0000

Janae Marks’s books capture the essence of what it feels like to be 12 years old, and they’re great reads—brilliantly…

A. B. Westrick — Tue, 10 Aug 2021 11:21:24 +0000

From deep in an enchanted forest, a tree emerges as the narrator of this delightful new novel by Samantha M.…