Writing Help and Advice for All
How to Evaluate Small Publishers—Plus Digital-Only Presses and Hybrids – by Jane Friedman…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
In my annual chart, The Key Book Publishing Paths, there is one column that is most vexing and problematic for writers to navigate: small publishers. Into this category falls some of the most prestigious publishers you can imagine, that can boast of New York Times…
Nate’s Big List of eBook Market Analytic Tools – by, Nate Hoffelder…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
on The Digital Reader site: Finding the right niche / genre / keywords to market your book, and then parsing the sales data once your ebook is on the market, can mean the difference between a best-seller book and one no one has ever heard…
The Active Word Checklist
Originally posted on K.M. Allan:
“Keep your prose active.” It’s one of the most well-known pieces of writing advice and one of the most frustrating. Sometimes when writing, especially when you’re first starting out, you have no idea what words are making your prose non-active. You’re just writing, using the words that sound right.…
Choose Your Free Book Writing Software For Your New Book – by Derek Haines…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
on Just Publishing Advice: Book writing software to help you be more creative and productive Many new writers and authors start out using a word processor such as Microsoft Word or Google Docs. But word processors are not designed to help the creative writing process.…
How To Write A Story That Connects With Readers – by Alysia Seymour…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
on The Creative Penn: Intro by Joanna Penn: Writing is a kind of telepathy. You write words on a page and at a different place and time, another human will read it and they will understand your mind at that moment. You aren’t there but…
5 Writing Tips for Making Fantasy Feel ‘Real’
Originally posted on WRITING TIPS & WRITERLY MUSINGS:
If you ask a group of writers how they approach a part of their writing process, you’re going to get as many answers as there are writers–and sometimes more. Today I’m reviewing a discussion by a group of writers on how to make fantasy feel real. No…
Posting on KDP – by David Kudler…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
on The Book Designer: Congratulations! You’ve finished your manuscript and gotten it into a format ready to be uploaded for sale. Now it’s time to get your ebook ready for sale. For most of us, Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing or KDP is the first and…
How to pick the best self-publishing route
Originally posted on Jean's Writing:
So, you’ve written a children’s book but what now? How do you decide which service to publish with? I think it really depends on your target audience. More than cost and convenience needs to be considered. Where do you want to market your book? What age is your book…
Two Good Tools for Making Multimedia eBooks – by Richard Byrne…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
on Practical Ed Tech site: Developing multimedia ebooks can be a good way for students to enhance portions of fiction and non-fiction stories that they write. By adding drawings, pictures, audio, and video students can further their points and explanations in ways places where just using…
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