By Tosca Lee Me, always ready to hit the road! In this instance, on my way from Croatia to Bratislava while researching The Progeny and Firstborn. One of the best places I go for inspiration is… elsewhere. Back when I was working as a consultant and traveling the globe to meet with clients, I...
By Tosca Lee I joke sometimes that according to the adage that “writers write every day” that I am not a writer. One of the reasons social media is special to me—I mean aside from its profound helpfulness when it comes to procrastination—is that it has brought me closer to my readers. Not every...
By Tosca Lee I do a lot of events through the year—big conferences, library talks, workshops. But one of my all-time favorite events remains the book club. I attend every book club I’m invited to that I can. For me this usually means within a one hour radius of my house, assuming I’m not in the...
By Tosca Lee I came back from ThrillerFest just a few weeks ago and while I was there to teach at CraftFest, panel, sign books and present awards, let’s be real… I was also there to fangirl. That’s possibly the coolest part of this writing gig, getting to go where the heroes are, get books signed,...
By Tosca Lee There are questions authors get asked all the time: what was your path to publication? Where do you get your ideas? What do you hope readers will take away from this book? (I am curious about all of these things when it comes to other authors, too.) Another regular question: which...
By Tosca Lee Sometimes people ask me what my favorite part of writing is. It’s not first drafts. Pull my fingernails out with pliers, why don’t you. Rewriting and editing is much more fun. That’s where I roll my sleeves up and really get to work. Because now I’ve got that messy lump of clay on the...
By Tosca Lee Last night an author friend of mine sent me a message accompanied by an unspoken (but noted by me) sage nod. “I am never more productive with busywork type tasks than when I’m on deadline for a book!” she said. How’d she know I was “writing?” Because I’d just posted a picture of...
Win One of 25 Copies of The Long March Home! Enter for a chance to win one of 25 Copies of The Long March Home by bestselling authors Tosca Lee and Marcus Brotherton! This Giveaway is live until Oct. 09, 2023 for mailing addresses in the US and Canada. Jimmy Propfield joined the army for two...
By Tosca Lee Earlier today I peeked at a list of questions sent to me ahead of an upcoming interview. One of them was this: What got you into writing? I’ve shared the story of how my dad made a deal with me to write my first novel during a summer in college. But I’d already been writing (not...
An Interview with Coauthors Tosca Lee and Marcus Brotherton By Tosca Lee It's the question we get asked all the time: How Can Two Authors Write a Novel Together? My coauthor of The Long March Home, Marcus Brotherton, and I discuss. 🙂 Tosca: This is my second time co-authoring, and it’s very...
