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June 11, 2017
New Book: Coming In July
Take a gander at my latest book cover! Professional Gaming Careers comes out in July from Norwood Press. “Going head-to-head with a group of friends can be a lot of fun. But beating the best gamers in the world can lead to fame and fortune. The growth of E-Sports has put professional gamers […]
June 8, 2017
E-books vs Print
To more chapters to go on my rewrite, so today’s blog post is another infographic. This one is from Ebookfriendly and features the top reasons that readers in the UK gave for choosing a print book over an e-book. I’ve encouraged my son to buy print books next year when he starts college. Yes, they […]
June 7, 2017
World Reading Habits
As of Wednesday afternoon, I was half way through my rewrite – 4 chapters done and 4 to go. Woo-hoo! I took some time off to read a few blogs and found this oh-so interesting info-graphic. What did I find interesting? That 40% of American readers read print only. I have to admit that when […]
June 6, 2017
Workman Publishing Expanding
I love, love, love it when I see news that a publisher is expanding. Workman, an indie publisher of adult and children’s books is expanding their children’s list. Although the new hires who are going to help this happen have not yet been named, changes in terns of existing staff have been reported. Daniel Nayeri, […]
June 5, 2017
Writing Plans
I had a plan for the week. In fact, I posted about it yesterday. I even updated my to-do list and printed it out. Then I checked my e-mail. From: My publisher. Topic: DAPL, at last. One month after she told me she would send me the rewrite request, one week before I have another […]
June 4, 2017
The Rough Draft: Only Step 1
Today I am finishing the rough draft of the book on advertising. Or at least the rough draft of the main body of the book. I’ve got about half of the back matter roughed but I’m going to let the remainder wait. Why? Because the rough draft is only Step #1. In the rough draft, […]
June 1, 2017
Parents in Children’s Literature
Early in my writing career, we used to joke that you definitely did not want to be a parent in a Sharon Creech novel. Something bad was sure to happen to you to get you out-of-the-way of a great story. And that’s one of the toughest parts about writing for children and teens. You have […]
May 31, 2017
Character Arcs: Four Ways You Can Go
“Your character needs to grow.” That was one of the pieces of writing advice that I repeatedly received early in my writing career. The problem was that not all characters grew at least not as I defined it. Changed, yes. Grew, no. Recently I stumbled on a blog post by Veronica Sicoe that explained it […]
May 30, 2017
Writing Humor: Know What Your Reader Thinks Is Funny
Whether you plan to write humorous fiction or work humor into your nonfiction, it pays to know what your audience finds funny. Part of that is a matter of personal taste. Even when his classmates were rolling around on the floor over the latest antics of Sponge Bob or Captain Underpants, my son couldn’t be […]
May 29, 2017
Know Your Audience: Write What They Know
“Write what you know.” It doesn’t matter if you are trying to make your first sale, collect additional clips or having problems with writers block. Sooner or later someone is going to give you this bit of advice. Someone other than me. I’m much more likely to advise you to write based on what your […]
