Jill Bowers

Alone. For years, that's what I wanted to be. Not lonely, but alone. Why couldn't everyone just leave me alone?

Honestly, I would have become a writer with or without that feeling, but I have to admit that it was a draw to know that I wouldn't really have to deal with p...

It's been a long time, hasn't it? Truth be told, I've been sick for a very long time. Now I'm back, though, and I have so much to tell you about the Immortal Writers!

Book one, Immortal Writers, is still available in print and as an eBook. Book two, Immortal Creators, i...

I think I’m drowning.

That’s the only way I know to describe it. I’m suffocating. I swear I’m doing my best to swim to the surface, to breathe, but clean, pure air is so out of reach that I can’t see it.

I can’t see anything.

Nothing real, anyway.

I had just emerged from o...

I firmly believe that there's a book out there for everyone. Even if you think you hate reading, I guarantee that there is at least one book you can connect with and love. My number one belief about books is that if you don't like reading, you just haven't found the ri...

A key to getting people to read your book, watch your movie, or go to a show is that your audience has to like your title. But sometimes, the title isn't really honest with you about's going to happen in the story or what's on the canvas or stage.

That's why, for today...

This past weekend, William Shakespeare turned 452 years old. Immortal Writers know that he's still alive and he's still writing. He asked me to give him a birthday present, and that present was that he wanted everyone to write a Shakespearean Insult in his honor.

I dec...

It's no use fighting.

I know this.

I tell myself every time it calls. Without fail, it always wins.

The question is: how long can I hold on before it takes me?

This happens often. I know how this works. I know ways to avoid it, and I try... God knows I try... but somet...

Today, whilst scrolling through social media, I came across a truly horrible book recommendation.

I mean it.

HORRIBLE.

Someone had suggested a series to a friend. I've read that series, and those books are the worst-written books I've ever read in my entire life. And I...