Reading, Writing, & Roaming with Author Valerie Biel | Substack

Writers' Forum

Writers' Forum - January 2026

The month's important publishing news, helpful writing craft tips, and savvy book marketing and publishing advice curated for you!

Jan 30 • Valerie Biel

Writers' Forum - December 2025

The month's important publishing news, helpful writing craft tips, and savvy book marketing and publishing advice curated for you!

Dec 19, 2025 • Valerie Biel

Writers' Forum - November 2025

The month's important publishing news, helpful writing craft tips, and savvy book marketing and publishing advice curated for you!

Nov 24, 2025 • Valerie Biel

Reading, Writing, & Roaming with Author Valerie Biel

Reading, Writing, & Roaming with Author Valerie Biel

Award-winning indie author, book marketing professional, & writing educator Valerie Biel brings you the latest publishing news, writing craft advice, book marketing & promotion tips. . .and occasional author interviews, new book news, and travel stories.

Strange but True Tales from Authors

Strange but True: Tales from Author G.P. Gottlieb

Always Wear a Scarf . . . an innovative tale of survival on the Chicago El.

Nov 7, 2025 • Valerie Biel

Strange but True: Tales from Author Kathleen Donnelly

Kathleen Donnelly didn't mean to use this experience for book research, but it came in handy later on when it was time to write terrifying scenes.

Sep 12, 2025 • Valerie Biel and Kathleen Donnelly

Strange but True: Tales from Author Tim Chapman

Tim Chapman gives us the dirt on what it was really like to work for the West Coast Detective Agency back in the 80s in this episode of Strange but…

Aug 22, 2025 • Valerie Biel and Tim Chapman

Topics

Indie Publishing

Special Feature

Author Interviews

Recommendations

Writerly Things with Brooke Warner

Brooke Warner

Amb Mark Green

Carl Vonderau’s Newsletter

Carl Vonderau

Tracey S. Phillips

Tracey S. Phillips

Everything, Edited

Jacquelyn Mitchard

Roaming

So I took this trip . . . Spain, February 2025

Spain is always a good idea -- and escaping Wisconsin's February cold with a trip to an off-season, warmer destination is always a winning combination.

Mar 6, 2025 • Valerie Biel

Africa September 2024

Our Two-Week Trip Visiting Children's Homes in Rwanda, Uganda, Tanzania, and Kenya -- with a little safari in the Masai Mara tacked on the end.

Oct 11, 2024 • Valerie Biel

A Weekend in Santa Fe, New Mexico

2.5 days in this fabulous art scene is NOT enough. We will be back, but here's what we loved (so far!!)

May 10, 2024 • Valerie Biel

#nojs-banner { position: fixed; bottom: 0; left: 0; padding: 16px 16px 16px 32px; width: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; background: red; color: white; font-family: -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 13px; line-height: 13px; } #nojs-banner a { color: inherit; text-decoration: underline; } This site requires JavaScript to run correctly. Please turn on JavaScript or unblock scripts