Rob Bignell's Blog, page 197
November 2, 2018
Editing client publishes his first fantasy novel
A recent 
editing client, Halden Howell, has published his first fantasy novel, The Sacred Writ.
Rohlin, a thief by trade, is blackmailed by three ethereal mystics into stealing the Sacred Writ, an ancient book that holds the power of ages within. As the Mystic���s plan succeeds, a Phoenix is unleashed on the land of Ambirlyn, bringing about the premature Armageddon of the world. While the world is torn apart, and thrust into war, a young man named Trigger searches for revenge on the one who destroyed his home. But this journey proves to be more detrimental to him and those he loves than he originally anticipated, especially when he discovers the influence of the mystics in his own life.
The Sacred Write is the first book in the planned Oath of Fire series and is available online in ebook.
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November 1, 2018
21 Tips For Making And Selling Your Nonfiction Book
��� Sales advantages of writing nonfiction books
��� How to conduct an interview for book research
��� How to structure your nonfiction book
��� Potential disclaimers for your title page
��� Your acknowledgements and dedication pages
��� How to create your book's table of contents
��� Forewords, prefaces and introductions
��� How to handle direct quotations, paraphrases
��� Write end of chapter summary in nonfiction books
��� Enhance book with sidebars, breakout boxes
��� Thinking up a title that sells your nonfiction book
��� Make tables readable in your nonfiction book
��� Create an index for your nonfiction book
��� Writing your nonfiction book's bibliography
��� Place hyperlinks in your nonfiction ebook
��� Always review proof your book before okaying it
��� How to write an author's bio
��� Pay attention to your author's bio pic
��� Seek endorsements for your nonfiction book
��� Speak about book's topic to various groups
��� Write articles to promote your nonfiction book
��� BONUS: ���Appearance blinds, whereas words reveal.��� - Oscar Wilde
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October 31, 2018
"Writing is 90% struggle. The other 10% is up to you." - Iain Cameron Williams
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October 30, 2018
9 Tips for Choosing and Using the Right Point of View
��� Most popular point of view types in stories
��� Select your viewpoint character with care
��� Streamline writing by cutting perception fallacy
��� Avoid shifting point of view in your story
��� Create intimacy with narrator via first-person
��� When to use first-person minor in stories
��� Types of third-person point of views
��� Use third���person limited for greater clarity
��� Rotate third-person limited to avoid issues
��� BONUS: "Writing stories is like making love." - June Gillam
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October 29, 2018
5 Tips for the Writing Process
��� Follow a "process" when writing your story
��� The "thinking step" when writing your book
��� Drafting: Write on paper or type on computer?
��� Draft rarely perfect after first go-round
��� A finished draft beats a perfect draft
��� BONUS: "Writing is a lot like making soup. My subconscious cooks the idea, but I have to sit down at the computer to pour it out." - Robin Wells
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October 28, 2018
5 Great Quotations about Write What You Know
���There is no 
need for the writer to eat a whole sheep to be able to tell what mutton tastes like.��� - Somerset Maugham
���My writing is full of lives I might have led. A writer imagines what could have happened, not what really happened.��� - Joyce Carol Oates
���How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.��� - Henry David Thoreau
���A writer need not devour a whole sheep in order to know what mutton tastes like, but he must at least eat a chop. Unless he gets his facts right, his imagination will lead him into all kinds of nonsense, and the facts he is most likely to get right are the facts of his own experience.��� - W. Somerset Maugham
���I write with experiences in mind, but I don't write about them, I write out of them.��� - John Ashbery
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October 27, 2018
"The lightning bolt leading to every story is born in a brainstorm." - Rob Bignell
Every success story begins with a dream. If you dream of being a professional, published author, that success story requires believing in yourself and in knowing that your efforts will lead to triumph. Read the motivational blog entry this quotation came from by clicking on the quote card.
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October 26, 2018
45+ Fantastic Marketing Ideas for Authors
��� Why you need to market your book
��� Article directories
��� Ask people about themselves
��� Author's platform
��� Backlinks to your website
��� Back of room sales
��� Blog conversations
��� Blog tour
��� Book club guide
��� Bookmarks
��� Business cards
��� Carry your books around
��� Discuss your book's topic online
��� Distribution channels
��� Donate copies of your book
��� Email marketing campaign
��� Email signature
��� Excerpt from next book
��� Exploit Your "Local" Status
��� First book in series permanently free
��� Free unpublished story
��� Give away first in series
��� Give away valuable content
��� Help A Reporter Out
��� Little Free Library
��� Library
��� Mainstream media
��� Media kit
��� Offer valuable content
��� Online book tour
��� Online storefronts
��� Place free books around town
��� Posting at high-traffic blogs
��� Post PowerPoint presentations
��� Presentations to pitch book
��� Promo codes/coupons
��� Pulse-pricing
��� Radio interviews
��� Reader's guide
��� Television interview
��� Spin it for a holiday
��� Swap sample chapter with another author
��� Wear your book title
��� Website book promotions
��� Web widgets
��� Write then publish your next book
��� Don't get hung up on watching book sales stats
��� BONUS: Ways to advertise your book (mostly for free!)
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October 25, 2018
"The measure of artistic merit is the length to which a writer is willing to go in following his own compulsions." - John Updike
Professional Book Editor: Having your novel, short story or nonfiction manuscript proofread or edited before submitting it can prove invaluable. In an economic climate where you face heavy competition, your writing needs a second eye to give you the edge. I can provide that second eye.
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October 24, 2018
What is Right? Sensuous vs. Sensual
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