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May 8, 2022
Can A Writer Quote Song Lyrics in a Memoir or Novel?
by Anne R. Allen Song lyrics inspire a lot of writers. Often a song that means a lot to you may be what inspired your book in the first place. Or you may need to quote those Garth Brooks lyrics to give an authentic tone to that bar scene in your memoir. The band played […]
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May 6, 2022
An apology to Rose Ankh Publishing
UPDATE: “Rose Ankh Publishing” was referred to as a vanity press in a number of the comments on this post. Such statements were untrue. Rose Ankh Publishing is a legitimate small independent publisher and NOT a vanity press. David Conway, whose recent biography “Magic: A life in more worlds than one” was published by Rose […]
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May 1, 2022
Should a Debut Indie Author Pay a Company for Book Marketing?
by Anne R. Allen One of the worst crimes publishing scammers perpetrate on new authors is bullying them into buying junk “book marketing packages.” Often these cost astronomical fees — $10,000 and more. The useless book marketing the scammers push involve Tweets (which haven’t sold books for over a decade), presence at book fairs (where […]
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April 24, 2022
Tips and Tweaks for Finishing the Half-Baked Book. With Recipes.
by Ruth Harris Why is cooking — often? usually? sometimes? — more appealing than writing? *Even if you’re only a halfway decent cook, just about everyone will eat and enjoy what you made — and tell you so. * If you’re only a halfway decent writer, no one will enjoy what you wrote — or will […]
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April 17, 2022
Why Every Writer Needs a Social Media Executor, NOW!
by Anne R. Allen Social Media Executor? That may not be a term you’re familiar with, but believe me, you need one. That hit home for me this week after the tragic death of my friend, the kind, talented, funny author Barbara Silkstone. I hadn’t heard from her for a month or two, so […]
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April 10, 2022
3 Legal Issues to Avoid When Writing Your Book
by Joseph Perry When you sit down to write your book, there are some legal issues that you need to be cognizant of. These include defamation, invasion of privacy, and right of publicity (a form of privacy). There are other items to be aware of as well, but let’s focus on these three for now. […]
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April 3, 2022
5 Tips for Writing Vivid Secondary Characters Who Don’t Take Over the Story
by Anne R. Allen Secondary characters are often glossed over in popular fiction. They’re in the story to further the plot, and can sometimes devolve into broad stereotypes or cardboard cut-outs while the protagonist (and maybe love interest) dominate the story. You can avoid the problem if you think of the secondary characters as […]
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March 27, 2022
The Three “R”s for Writers: Reference, Research and Resources—the World Beyond Google
by Ruth Harris How often should you water a cactus? What is the name of the president who came before Abraham Lincoln? How do you blow up a bridge? What’s so special about the Sydney opera house? What does SPECTRE stand for? In the course of writing a novel, a writer — one who will […]
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March 20, 2022
The Adversity Cycle: The Origins of Story
The adversity cycle vs. the Hero’s Journey by Stefan Edmunds A Fresh Definition of Story I imagine that in the earliest days of storytelling, people took real-life adventures, like raiding a village, surviving a storm, or abducting a woman of another clan, and told the tale at the campfire. Over time, storytellers gilded real-life adventures […]
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March 13, 2022
It’s My Blogiversary! How to Survive 13 Years of Blogging
Blogging is a great way to build platform by Anne R. Allen I started this blog on March 13th, 2009. It was Friday the 13th. Obviously I have a need to tempt fate. I knew pretty much nothing about blogging. I simply wanted a place to put the unpublished columns I had written for Inkwell […]
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