by MontanaCoauthor | Sep 6, 2021 | Sketchbook, Writing Process Tips
It’s still early September, but we’ve started to see the first flushes of fall color. In Montana, our mid- and late-summers have become incredibly hot, dry, and smoky. So it’s hard to tell if the trees are changing because it’s true-autumn, or because they are drying...
by MontanaCoauthor | Apr 16, 2020 | News, Writing Process Tips
Well, things just got really strange, didn’t they? I started this year with resolve to finish a draft manuscript of one of my own works in progress. Believe it or not, it’s always a fight to make time for writing, even if you live off writing. Maybe especially...
by MontanaCoauthor | Feb 2, 2020 | Writing Process Tips
“I keep finding myself switching between past and present tense as I am writing, depending on the severity of the story. Is that ok? Do I need to just pick one? I am having the hardest time with it.” –Devon Fountaine – Answer: Anika Hanisch, Author Coach...
by MontanaCoauthor | Jun 4, 2015 | Writing Process Tips
Writing conferences often provide opportunities to sign up for pitch sessions. These are brief, timed, 5 to 10 minute meetings in which you get to share the elevator pitch regarding your finished manuscript. Pitch sessions are often your best chance at actually...
by MontanaCoauthor | Oct 15, 2014 | News
October 14, 2014 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE “Stories Worth Telling” writing workshops provide instruction and publishing tips for beginner and intermediate writers Bozeman, MT – Local ghostwriter and coauthor Anika Hanisch will help beginner and intermediate...