About Jessica Bell
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Jessica Bell is an award-winning author/poet, writing/publishing coach, graphic designer, and singer-songwriter who was born in Melbourne, Australia.
In addition to having published a memoir, four novels, three poetry collections, and her bestselling Writing in a Nutshell series, she has been featured in a variety of publications and ABC Radio National shows such as Writer's Digest, Publisher's Weekly, The Guardian, Life Matters, and Poetica. She is also the Publisher of Vine Leaves Press, and CEO of Independent Publishing Assistance. For more information about Jessica’s other projects, visit, iamjessicabell.com. |
The Writing in a Nutshell Series
In “Bird by Bird,” Anne Lamott says a writer needs to focus on short assignments to avoid feeling overwhelmed. She refers to the one-inch picture frame on her desk and how it reminds her to focus on bite-sized pieces of the whole story. If you focus on one small thing at a time, the story will eventually come together to create a whole. The same applies to learning writing, editing, and publishing craft. If writers focus on one aspect of the craft at a time, the process will seem less daunting, and piece by piece, it will come together.
With more than ten years’ experience as an editor and writer of English Language Teaching (ELT) materials for various ELT publishers worldwide, I know that “breaking down” language and tasks into smaller focus areas is an effective learning method. After much experimentation on myself, and volunteer aspiring writers, I discovered it is extremely effective with writing, editing, and publishing too. And so the Writing in a Nutshell series was born. Read more here.
Not only is the Writing in a Nutshell series an excellent addition to any creative writing, editing, and/or publishing course, but it’s also a great primary learning tool for aspiring writers and self-publishers.
With more than ten years’ experience as an editor and writer of English Language Teaching (ELT) materials for various ELT publishers worldwide, I know that “breaking down” language and tasks into smaller focus areas is an effective learning method. After much experimentation on myself, and volunteer aspiring writers, I discovered it is extremely effective with writing, editing, and publishing too. And so the Writing in a Nutshell series was born. Read more here.
Not only is the Writing in a Nutshell series an excellent addition to any creative writing, editing, and/or publishing course, but it’s also a great primary learning tool for aspiring writers and self-publishers.
The Bell Collection
Need to read something raw and real? Something that's going to make you feel a little uncomfortable? Then you're in the right place. Get down and dirty (and sometimes teary) with the dysfunctional families in my contemporary Australian memoir, fiction, and poetry.
“Jessica Bell is a force to be reckoned with in contemporary fiction ... Dysfunctional families, introspective protagonists, secrets, lies, tragedy and historical baggage crop up in several, but the key issue here is the voice. The settings of Greece and Australia, the varied perspectives of all ages, the rich layers of story world and characters you care about so much you want to reach in there and hold/shake/strangle them. An exceptional writer who adds more than literary skill to her work. There's an artistic and musical angle in her work, which adds its own aesthetic. She deals with a child's reverie and a drunk’s rant with equal authenticity and gets right under your skin ... This is a writer who is going to attract a passionate fan club.” JJ Marsh, author of the bestselling Beatrice Stubbs series
“Jessica Bell is a force to be reckoned with in contemporary fiction ... Dysfunctional families, introspective protagonists, secrets, lies, tragedy and historical baggage crop up in several, but the key issue here is the voice. The settings of Greece and Australia, the varied perspectives of all ages, the rich layers of story world and characters you care about so much you want to reach in there and hold/shake/strangle them. An exceptional writer who adds more than literary skill to her work. There's an artistic and musical angle in her work, which adds its own aesthetic. She deals with a child's reverie and a drunk’s rant with equal authenticity and gets right under your skin ... This is a writer who is going to attract a passionate fan club.” JJ Marsh, author of the bestselling Beatrice Stubbs series
Omnibuses
If you’re into reading eBooks and you’d like to purchase multiple books, you might be interested in snapping up the following digital collections.
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