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August 23, 2020
Authors & Zoom
By Nate Hoffelder Authors need to be prepared to be either the guest or the host of a livestream event, and if you have never done that before, here are a few tips to get you started. When the US finally responded to the pandemic in mid-March by essentially shutting down, many of us thought […]
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August 16, 2020
How to use simple psychology and basic common sense to sell more books
by Barb Drozdowich Do you dream about creating a group of Superfans who will buy every book you write? Yes? Well, then, do you make it easy for readers to become your Superfans? I’m Barb Drozdowich, the admin of this site, and a technical trainer by trade. “How to make it easier to turn your […]
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August 9, 2020
Any Which Way But Done: Writing a Series for Fun and Flavor
By William L. Hahn We often think of writing as a life filled with the once-and-done. There’s this book, we must write it; Muse willing you finish, then jot “The End” and it’s on to a completely different story. Each tale is complete, the characters exist only so long as you were penning more words […]
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August 2, 2020
12 Tips To Write Tight
No one less than Stephen King has passed along some career-changing advice. “I got a scribbled comment that changed the way I rewrote my fiction once and forever. Jotted below the machine-generated signature of the editor was this mot: “Not bad, but PUFFY. You need to revise for length. Formula: 2nd Draft = 1st Draft […]
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July 26, 2020
What to write when you can’t “write what you know.”
One of the primo, Number One “rules” for writers is write what you know. Writing what you know is generally excellent advice for writers who are in the early stages of their careers. Knowing your setting — whether it’s geographical, professional, familial, is one less issue you’ll have to face when you’re still not yet completely comfortable with […]
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July 19, 2020
Books versus TV, Narrative Voice versus Scripted Scenes Longmire, Outlander
by Mara Purl Every author wants their novels to be made into a film or a television series. Right? So let’s take a look at how these two worlds of “series”—both the readable and the viewable kind—connect, overlap, or compete. Some people discover a great series first on TV, then want to dig deeper by […]
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July 12, 2020
Boost Your Blog Traffic with the Yoast SEO Secrets of the WordPress Elves
Yoast SEO Secrets from the hard-working (if judgemental) WordPress Elves by Anne R. Allen Our fantastic webmaster, Barb Drozdowich of Bakerview Consulting, put a Yoast SEO plug-in on this blog when she rescued us several years ago. (After my disastrous attempt at turning this into a “monetized” blog. Note: Author blogs shouldn’t be monetized.) Like […]
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July 5, 2020
The Biggest Writing Craft Issue New Novelists Face, and 7 Ways to Avoid It.
by Anne R. Allen We all have a writing craft issue or two…or three or four or five, no matter where we are in our careers. Yes, even professional authors who have written ten or more novels. I’m wrestling with some myself with my forthcoming Camilla book, Catfishing in America, which is still, alas, only […]
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June 28, 2020
Unforced Errors—5 Ways Writers Stand Between Themselves And Success.
by Ruth Harris A term used in scoring tennis, “unforced errors” are not caused by the actions of the player’s opponent, but they’re the responsibility of the player him/herself. S/he is caught wrong-footed, out of balance, unable to return the serve, incapable of making the winning shot. The concept of unforced errors can also be […]
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June 21, 2020
You Got Your First Bad Review: Congratulations!
by Anne R. Allen I’m not sure anything stings as much as that first bad review. You’re riding high in triumph. You finished the project that may have taken decades to complete. Then you survived the crushing editing/ querying/ rejections/ revising/ editing again process. But now you’re finally a published author. Yay! Whether the publisher […]
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