Sheila Myers, Author at Women Writers, Women's Books https://booksbywomen.org/author/sheilamyers/ Fri, 09 Apr 2021 17:23:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 39938774 From Novel to Screenplay: My Experience https://booksbywomen.org/from-novel-to-screenplay-my-experience/ https://booksbywomen.org/from-novel-to-screenplay-my-experience/#comments Fri, 09 Apr 2021 07:44:38 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=35132 Sheila Myers I had this idea that my Durant Family Saga trilogy would get optioned one day as a spin-off of the popular streaming series Hell on Wheels, and I’d make a million dollars.  That hasn’t happened.  Actually, I didn’t set out writing the Durant Family Saga with the idea it would be adapted to […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/unsealing-divorce/feed/ 0 30307 When the Hero’s Journey Doesn’t Pan Out The Way You Thought it Should https://booksbywomen.org/when-the-heros-journey-doesnt-pan-out-the-way-you-thought-it-should-2/ https://booksbywomen.org/when-the-heros-journey-doesnt-pan-out-the-way-you-thought-it-should-2/#comments Sun, 01 Jul 2018 08:57:16 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=22848 The main character in my historical novels—William—was a real person. He cheated on his wife, swindled his sister out of her inheritance, and left his family bankrupt. Yet somehow, after filling 900 pages of a saga about him and his family, I managed to make him likeable. So I can’t figure out why it is, […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/from-poem-to-love-story-by-sheila-myers/feed/ 0 15688 To Self-Publish or Not to Self-Publish https://booksbywomen.org/to-self-publish-or-not-to-self-publish/ https://booksbywomen.org/to-self-publish-or-not-to-self-publish/#comments Wed, 21 Oct 2015 07:00:17 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=14184 ‘‘Are you sure you want to self publish again?” asked a colleague of mine who is traditionally published. We were discussing my plans to self publish my historical novel. I felt defensive because I knew what was coming next. I’d heard it before. “You will never land a traditional publisher if you do. Believe me, […]

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