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January 31, 2016
6 Steps to Hooking Your Reader: How to Write a Page Turning Novel
THE HAPPY HOOKER’S GUIDE TO THE ART AND CRAFT OF WRITING A PAGE TURNER by Ruth Harris “First you do it for love, then you do it for your friends, then you do it for money.” Ralph Ellison said it. Or was that Virginia Woolf? Depends on who you ask, but no matter where […]
January 24, 2016
10 Misconceptions a College Education Taught Me about Writing
by Anne R. Allen I had what is known as a “good education.” I attended East Coast and European prep schools and Ivy League colleges. Both my parents were college professors with PhDs in literature. All of which left me uniquely unqualified for my chosen profession: writing novels. Why? Because I grew up knowing […]
January 17, 2016
Writers: How Succeed at “Building Platform” Without Really Trying
by Anne R. Allen Welcome to all our new subscribers! We had one of those crazy lucky streaks this week when one of my older posts 10 Things that Red-Flag a Newbie Novelist, suddenly went viral. Somehow moving the blog from Blogger to WordPress made some of the old posts hit social media radar […]
January 10, 2016
THE E-PUBLISHING REVOLUTION IS DEFINITELY NOT OVER (Regardless of what you’ve heard)
We’re honored this week to host literary agent Laurie McLean of the Fuse Literary Agency. If you’re looking for an agent, we have great news for you! Although Laurie is not accepting unsolicited submissions, she will accept queries from readers of this blog! Scroll down for more info in Laurie’s bio. And now, here’s Laurie!… […]
January 3, 2016
How to Start a Novel: A Checklist for Editing Your First Chapter
by Anne R. Allen Happy New Year! Congratulations if you won NaNoWriMo in November. And even if you didn’t. In fact, you deserve congrats if you didn’t join in the madness at all, and you’ve been writing slowly and steadily all year. No matter how long it took you, pat yourself on the back […]
December 27, 2015
11 NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS FOR WRITERS WHO WANT TO LIVE DANGEROUSLY
by Ruth Harris With tongue firmly in cheek, Ruth Harris tells us what NOT to do in the coming year to further our writing careers. We both wish you the very best in 2016! If you’re a new commenter on the blog, you may have to wait for comment moderation. I apologize for that–we LOVE […]
December 20, 2015
10 Reasons Why Being a Writer Is Like Being Santa Claus
by Tara Sparling Tara Sparling is an Irish blogger and humorist. I stumbled onto her award-winning blog, “Tara Sparling Writes: A Sideways Perspective on the Bonkers Business of Books” through a Tweet, and I’ve been an avid follower ever since. Her take on the writing life is uniquely quirky and hilarious… and oh, so Irish. Seriously, […]
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December 13, 2015
6 More Scams That Target New Writers
by Anne R. Allen Thanks to all of our loyal followers who have followed us from Blogger. And welcome to all our new subscribers! Moving a huge blog like this from Blogger to WordPress.org has been a major undertaking. There are still some glitches to iron out, but I want to thank Johnny Base […]
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December 12, 2015
6 More Scams That Target New Writers
by Anne R. Allen Thanks to all of our loyal followers who have followed us from Blogger. And welcome to all our new subscribers! Moving a huge blog like this from Blogger to WordPress.org has been a major undertaking. There are still some glitches to iron out, but I want to thank Johnny Base […]
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December 6, 2015
5 Scams that Target New Writers and How to Spot Them
by Anne R. Allen Welcome to our new blog!! I hope you’ll find our new WordPress site is easier for comments and searches. If you’ve been reading this in your inbox, you’ll find you can now click through to the blog and comment. If you’re new to commenting, you can find the comments if […]
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