Who writes like Ernie Altbacker?

Child Reading Comic

My final and perhaps most surprising match from my SCORE IT! writing style evaluation is my match with Ernie Altbacker, author of The SHARK WARS SERIES for middle-schoolers, plus a long list of screenwriting credits! EJ Altbacker is an Emmy nominated screenwriter who has written for such shows as Spooksville, Green Lantern: The Animated Series, […]

Who is Tabor Evans?

Man Riding on White Horse

My Score It! results also matched me with Tabor Evans, a western writer. Tabor Evans’s Longarm series–with its “new slant on the Old West”, remains one of the most popular of all the “adult Westerns” commanding an impressive part of the popular Western marketplace. The series was written by “Tabor Evans”, a house pseudonym used […]

Who writes like David Baldacci?

Lady Justice on Judge's Table

The Score It! results are in. The literary analysis measured four areas of writing style for comparison: Authorial Vocabulary (voice); Expressive Complexity (choice and distribution of word lengths and expressive style); Grammar (parts of speech chosen including use of prepositional phrases); and Tonal Qualities (use of functional words such as a/an/of). The results are unexpected. […]

Authors similar to Candace Simar: Who writes like me?

Roses on an Open Book

Who writes like me? What books in today’s market resemble mine? These questions are crucial to publishing and marketing these days, but leave me stymied. I know I want to write like Kristin Hannah or Anthony Doerr, but my frontier fiction wasn’t exactly in the same category. Sandra Dallas and Jane Kilpatrick write in my […]

Pencil to Paper 2023: Write Your Way Through Winter

Pencil to Paper 2023

Pencil to Paper: Write Your Way Through Winter! With award winning author Candace Simar  We are excited to offer our third annual Pencil to Paper, a four week writing series. Give yourself the gift of writing with this casual, fun and supportive group. Advance your writing skills and connect with other writers.   Thursdays, Noon […]

Writing for the Truly Terrified

Writing for the Truly Terrified

Writing for the Truly Terrified! Join us for a two hour fun and friendly writing workshop Thursday, April 28 from 10 to noon, CST/11-1 EST/8-10 a.m. PST. Instructor Candace Simar, Award Winning Writer REGISTER: CLICK HERE:Cost $40 Do you want to write, but don’t know how to begin? Ten percent of the population has a […]

Mentor Monday and Other Fun Things

What could be better than sitting around a table with others who are also passionate about the writing craft? The mentor program started in October is a year-long program to study the basics of good writing. Once a month, five writers gather at my house for Mentor Monday. It’s truly a delight. Message me if […]

Pencil to Paper: Write Your Way Through the Winter Doldrums 2022!

Pencil to Paper: Write Your Way Through the Winter Doldrums 2022! With award winning author Candace Simar. After a successful 2021 Pencil to Paper, we are excited to again offer an 8 week series to move you forward in your writing, improve your writing skills and connect with a group of other writers. PLUS extras, […]

My latest Short Stories and the Grasshopper Plague of Minnesota

Today I gave a zoom presentation for the Friends of the Brainerd Library about the two new anthologies in which I have stories. I read from GRASSHOPPERS FOR SUPPER in Why Cows Need Cowboys and mentioned the Grasshopper Chapel in Cold Spring. I thought to post the photos plus the book cover of Harvest of […]

Mahaffie Stagecoach Stop on the Santa Fe Trail

Enjoy this guest post from fellow historical fiction author Jane Colletti Perry, author of Marcello’s Promise. Two miles from my house is the original Santa Fe Trail, disguised today under a layer of pavement and renamed the Kansas City Road. During the 1860’s it was a major highway linking the Missouri River and Kansas City […]

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