Bryan Thomas Schmidt's Blog, page 45
October 13, 2011
9 Tools For Character Development
Character Development is core to good storytelling. After all, characters are whom readers connect to and if they are stagnant and unchanging, the story can fail to hold reader's interest. Growth of characters creates drama and propels the story. So what tools can you use to develop characters well? Here's ten suggestions: 1) Treat Your [ Read More ]
October 10, 2011
Conclave 36 Launch Report
Well, it's Monday and I'm supposed to post, right?I know. It's my usual day. Some of you come here looking for an interesting post to start your week, so here I am. I've been lying on bed post whirlwind Con Launch trip, trying to motivate myself to write and feeling overwhelmed. But I'll do my [ Read More ]
October 8, 2011
My Schedule: MCC-Longview Literary Festival
Next weekend I will be apeparing at the two day MCC-LOngview Community College Literary Festival with other authors of diverse genres and backgrounds. Here's my schedule. I will be around much of Saturday and in and out Friday because of my panel being late afternoon. Location: MCC-LONGVIEW 500 SW Longview Road, Lee's Summit, Missouri 64081-2105 [ Read More ]
October 6, 2011
How To Get Your Book Noticed By Librarians Or Not
Okay so you have a book, congratulations. And one of the best depositories locally to get it attention is a place where book lovers congregate: the local library, right? So how do you make that happen? Just walk in the door, ARC under you arm and hand it to them? Are there better ways? What [ Read More ]
October 4, 2011
A Book Day Thanks
We all have our Writer's Journey and it's different for everyone. Although I thought of this story idea in my teens, it wasn't until 2008 that I actually began to seriously dream of being a published novelist. To be there three years later, is still unbelievable. Here's the Acknowledgements from my first novel, reprinted here [ Read More ]
October 3, 2011
My Conclave Schedule
Well this coming weekend, October 7-9, I go to Detroit, Michigan for my first Con as an Author Guest. The Con people have been very welcoming and helpful, even though it took a while to get in touch, including hooking me up with a dealer to sell my books for me (so a) I don't [ Read More ]
October 1, 2011
The Worker Prince Blog Tour–Schedule & Introduction
WP Blog Tour stops: Being a small press, Diminished Media Group can't afford to send me to big cities on a book tour. Instead, I am doing the tour online. Thanks to generous friends, I will be appearing on 29 blogs and 1 podcast as part of this tour. Here are the dates, links and [ Read More ]
September 28, 2011
10 Tips For Planning A Blog Tour
Arguably, one of the most effective ways for book marketing these days is the blog tour. Statistics show that most readers need to hear about your book three different times before they think seriously about buying it. You may have different experiences once you have a fan base, but at least starting out, those are [ Read More ]
September 26, 2011
Two Writers In Dialogue: A Conservative Evangelical And A Gay Liberal Can Be Friends? Part 2
This is Part 2 of a post which began on Anthony's blog at http://anthonycardno.com/?p=309. Comments are only allowed here to ensure people read both halves before commenting. After all, this is a dialogue about avoiding miscommunication and assumptions. And we're not looking for you to agree with our opinions nor to convince you of them. [ Read More ]
September 23, 2011
Writers, Be Who You Are: A Process Of Discovery
I love when I come across an article, as I recently did on a blog, where a person is so enamored with their way of writing that they insist it's the only way to do it correctly. Pantser v. Outliner: it's an old debate. And I think it takes most of us a long time [ Read More ]
