Writing Help and Advice for All
How Not to Get Overwhelmed: ISBNs
Originally posted on Rachael Ritchey:
Sorry there’s been such a delay in getting on to the next chunk of this indie publishing break down! Life has been full. But you might be struggling with this whole ISBN business. I want to help you as much as I can. Here in the US, we have to…
Markets For Writers
Originally posted on Esther Chilton:
If you’re looking for a writing competition which is FREE to enter and which has a great first prize, then the annual ‘Writers’ and Artists’ Yearbook Short Story Competition’ is for you. This year, there’s no set theme so get those ideas coming. You have until Monday 13th February 2017…
The #1 Way to Write Intense Story Conflict
Originally posted on CKBooks Publishing:
K.M. Weiland has a wonderful blog for writers, if you haven’t already seen it. In this post she talks about how writers make readers care about what is going on in a story, which should be a lot of conflict or things that get in the protagonist’s way of their…
A newbie writer’s guide to getting your first Bookbub ad — via Patty Jansen
Originally posted on Ruth Nestvold – Indie Adventures:
Patty posted this to her blog six months ago, but I only now just saw it. Since it made me chuckle and fits right in with my “Starting Out as an Indie Author” series, I thought I would pass it along. * * * In conversation. GH…
Writing the Building Blocks of a Page-Turner
Originally posted on Ryan Lanz:
? by Allison Maruska Books are made of chapters, and chapters are made of scenes. Those segments of the story are what hold the whole thing together. Write them well, and you have a page-turner. Write them not so well, and…zzzzzz. No writer wants to do that to their readers,…
The Hard Truth About Publishing—What Writers & Readers NEED to Know
Originally posted on Kristen Lamb's Blog:
As we careen toward the New Year, many emerging writers have a goal to finally publish that novel and I hope you do! But the arts are kind of strange. We often get fixated on the creative side, without really understanding the business side of our business. The…
Mystery Mondays: Year End Post With Rebecca Bradley on Google Alerts
Originally posted on Kristina Stanley:
Today we celebrate another year of Mystery Mondays. Thank you to the contributing authors who make this series possible. And thanks to Rebecca Bradley for rounding out 2016 and sharing with us a unique way to research a novel. I’m looking forward to another year of Mystery Mondays and a wonderful…
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