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Harold A. Bascom

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Whether I should create an Amazon author page or not was a burdensome question. One concerned friend believed that the moment I presented myself as a black guy from South America, I would be finished—that it was destined to be the final nail in the coffin of my aspirations. Americans, white and black, she said, would avoid what I have to offer like the plague. Another friend thought that if having an author page was the way to go, then I should set one up; he thought, however, that I should use the photograph of a white guy behind which I might hide my skin’s truth.

I was conflicted and gave myself the space I needed to think. How happy would I be, I thought, if through deception, I find some kind of success? I wouldn’t be. And my father … m Whether I should create an Amazon author page or not was a burdensome question. One concerned friend believed that the moment I presented myself as a black guy from South America, I would be finished—that it was destined to be the final nail in the coffin of my aspirations. Americans, white and black, she said, would avoid what I have to offer like the plague. Another friend thought that if having an author page was the way to go, then I should set one up; he thought, however, that I should use the photograph of a white guy behind which I might hide my skin’s truth.

I was conflicted and gave myself the space I needed to think. How happy would I be, I thought, if through deception, I find some kind of success? I wouldn’t be. And my father … my father who instilled in me that need to stand for truth would be spinning in his grave. I whispered to myself, “I am not a Black, South American writer; I am a writer like any other who just happens to be Black and born in South America; for better or for worse, I’ll be me.”

I am a writer’s coach with one grand aim: to help beginning fiction writers—the world over—put out their best writing. I have worked with first-time fiction writers in South America, the Caribbean, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America where I now live and write.

Other than being a novelist, I’ve been a prize-winning playwright, theatre owner, and director of plays back in Guyana, South America where I was born. I am also a painter with a background in traditional book illustration. I, however, find a lot of fun incorporating digital graphic applications and processes into my illustrative artwork as I continue to utilize different kinds of pens, pencils, collage, montage, and pigments. The illustrations in my new book. “How to Protect that Novel You’re Writing from Crappy Reviews: Eleven convos on the Basics of Fiction Writing for First-Time Authors Planning to Self-Publish,” is a testimony of this.

Though I’m an intense crafter of fiction, who works with a nine-to-five type schedule, I do not hesitate to take a few hours away from my laptop to be in my garage with my fifth scale radio controlled gas-powered model car where I immerse myself into the mind-relaxing fantasy of being a racecar driver and mechanic. (On weekends, I enjoy assisting my girlfriend, Donnette, with her cake decorating, which I see as a legitimate art form.)

I live in the city of Loganville in the U.S. State of Georgia, and anyone who’s new to fiction writing and has a question can contact me through the following email: haroldabascom@yahoo.com

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HOW TO BEST PROOFREAD YOUR OWN WORK

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How to Get Better Reviews for Your First Novel: 11 Convos on the Basics of Fiction Writing

The first step will be to create some distance between yourself and your writing. The reason for this is to enable you to see it somewhat objectively and spot typos and omissions you couldn’t isolate because you have been too close to your work. Many writers who self-p Read more of this blog post »

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“A key reason one novel receives a one-star review while another gets top stars always boils down to the story-crafting of each. A novel written by an author who does not fully grasp the technical basics of writing fiction is the one likely to get that one-star review.”
― Harold Bascom

tags: better-reviews, fiction-writing, free-advice, self-publishing-tips, writer-coaching

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