Hello all! First, I have two promos to share with you. They are both on Bookfunnel. Click on the photos to jump to the sale. Today's post is a casting net. I need your input again authors. I'd like to do another question/answer series for the blog through October. First, I want to know all … Continue reading Journey to a Bestseller: Tell Me Everything YOU Need to be a Successful Writer (Series #46)
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Journey to a Bestseller: Quotes, Italics, Semicolons and Clauses (Series #43)
Good sunday everyone! To be honest, I didn't have a subject for today's post. I was trying to think of writing advice I could give you. So far I've talked about world-building, plot points, researching, high concept ideas, connecting with unlikeable characters, breaking up info dumps, writing for your market, writing that agents want, en … Continue reading Journey to a Bestseller: Quotes, Italics, Semicolons and Clauses (Series #43)
Journey to a Bestseller: Researching For Your Fiction Novel (Series #41)
Hello friends and writers! You know, most of the time I sit down to write this blog about my writing journey, and have no idea what I want to say. I begin telling you about what's going on and fall into a helpful topic. This coming week I'm going to be plotting out my new … Continue reading Journey to a Bestseller: Researching For Your Fiction Novel (Series #41)
Commaful Series: Breaking up Info Dumps Like a Bad Romance (Writing #3)
Hi everyone. First of all, sorry about the lack of post last week. I was scheduled for surgery on Monday morning and I planned to apologize when I came back, but my surgery has been rescheduled for May 29th. So it looks like I have more I need to do before then. If you aren't … Continue reading Commaful Series: Breaking up Info Dumps Like a Bad Romance (Writing #3)
Commaful Series: Dynamic Fictional World-Building (Writing #1)
Hi everyone! I'm going to be doing a series of teaching videos on a free writers' website called Commaful. Give it a visit! It's a colorful site full of great writing samples. The videos I'm making should be about ten minutes long, so I thought I'd write out my article for you here, as well. … Continue reading Commaful Series: Dynamic Fictional World-Building (Writing #1)
Journey to a Bestseller: After Typing “The End”~What’s Next? (Series #26)
Hey everyone! I took a week off for the holidays. Actually, I was writing my newsletter and I forgot. Shhh. So, in the life of our WIP which I am going to start calling by its title: The Clockwork Pen, I now have my first draft. I wrote the whole thing and went back to … Continue reading Journey to a Bestseller: After Typing “The End”~What’s Next? (Series #26)