Comments on: The Importance of Great Mentors (for You AND Your Books) https://writersinthestormblog.com/2023/01/the-importance-of-great-mentors-for-you-and-your-books/ A Blog On Writing Thu, 19 Dec 2024 07:18:03 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: The Design of Genres by Traci Kenworth – Where Genres Collide Traci Kenworth YA Author https://writersinthestormblog.com/2023/01/the-importance-of-great-mentors-for-you-and-your-books/#comment-156818 Mon, 23 Jan 2023 12:01:14 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=45045#comment-156818 […] in the Storm https://writersinthestormblog.com/2023/01/the-importance-of-great-mentors-for-you-and-your-books/ All of us here at Writers In the Storm know that veteran-WITS contributor, Julie Glover, is both […]

]]> By: Jenny Hansen https://writersinthestormblog.com/2023/01/the-importance-of-great-mentors-for-you-and-your-books/#comment-156812 Mon, 23 Jan 2023 04:46:24 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=45045#comment-156812 In reply to Tom Austin.

I agree with all those, although Kathy Steinmann is new to me - I'll go check her out! Thank you. And I was just talking to someone today about the amazingness of Kurt Vonnegut. 🙂

]]> By: Tom Austin https://writersinthestormblog.com/2023/01/the-importance-of-great-mentors-for-you-and-your-books/#comment-156806 Sun, 22 Jan 2023 02:52:06 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=45045#comment-156806 In the mentor department I have a few, that alas are no longer with us. I like Kurt Vonnegut for is great as writer, but just as great with philosophy for writers. He has the ability to teach through his writings. Among the living are Janice Hardy. She'll show what's wrong, but she'll have you correct the problem(s). C.S. Lakin has a blog I enjoy reading, and I look to her writing to learn how to correct a mistake. She might go so far as to show you how to approach the same issue from a different angle. But by far the most important is Kathy Steinmann. She'll show you the basics, and will show how to properly format your story. She is my go-to person for writing difficulties.

]]> By: Jenny Hansen https://writersinthestormblog.com/2023/01/the-importance-of-great-mentors-for-you-and-your-books/#comment-156755 Mon, 16 Jan 2023 04:16:55 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=45045#comment-156755 In reply to Lisa Norman.

Margie was the first one to come to my mind too. And I appreciate you bringing Joseph Lallo over here to us at WITS so more people could enjoy his wisdom. 🙂

p.s. You were already brave!

]]> By: Jenny Hansen https://writersinthestormblog.com/2023/01/the-importance-of-great-mentors-for-you-and-your-books/#comment-156754 Mon, 16 Jan 2023 04:15:23 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=45045#comment-156754 In reply to Ellen Buikema.

Awwwwwwww. I absolutely love this story, Ellen!

]]> By: Jenny Hansen https://writersinthestormblog.com/2023/01/the-importance-of-great-mentors-for-you-and-your-books/#comment-156753 Mon, 16 Jan 2023 04:14:17 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=45045#comment-156753 In reply to Alicia Butcher Ehrhardt.

That's fantastic, Alicia! I'm so happy for you that she took that kind of time with you. I have so many many people who have opened doors for me or offered me advice that I needed at the time. And it does always save lots of time and an untold amount of worry.

]]> By: Jenny Hansen https://writersinthestormblog.com/2023/01/the-importance-of-great-mentors-for-you-and-your-books/#comment-156752 Mon, 16 Jan 2023 04:12:58 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=45045#comment-156752 In reply to Julie Glover.

I love that you have different categories!! The more I watched how you grouped them, the more of my own mentors popped into my head. This is great. 🙂

]]> By: Jenny Hansen https://writersinthestormblog.com/2023/01/the-importance-of-great-mentors-for-you-and-your-books/#comment-156751 Mon, 16 Jan 2023 04:11:20 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=45045#comment-156751 In reply to Denise.

I can understand that, Denise. I'm just glad you have them!

]]> By: Denise https://writersinthestormblog.com/2023/01/the-importance-of-great-mentors-for-you-and-your-books/#comment-156744 Sun, 15 Jan 2023 05:14:54 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=45045#comment-156744 I do have some great mentors, but I'd rather not name them aloud.

]]> By: Julie Glover https://writersinthestormblog.com/2023/01/the-importance-of-great-mentors-for-you-and-your-books/#comment-156743 Sun, 15 Jan 2023 01:41:38 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=45045#comment-156743 Love this, Jenny! And I could also put my mentors in categories, such as:

Novelists—from Jane Austen to J.K. Rowling, and so many others—who made me love stories and want to write my own.

Authors writing for authors, sharing their advice in books, blogs, workshops, webinars, and more. (WITS falls in this category!)

Coaches, such as Margie Lawson, Angela Ackerman, and others who helped me learn and develop my craft.

Critique Partners, who mentored my actual writing.

Agents, editors, and marketing pros who address what sells.

As you can see, naming all the folks who fit into those categories would take a long time! Happily, we do get to thank many of our mentors in person, in our books' acknowledgments, or just by becoming writers who carry on the tradition of good storytelling and mentoring others.

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