Writing Help and Advice for All

Important Tips on Copyrighting your work

Originally posted on How to be a great Store Manager:
Whether you’re a writer, film maker or a photographer, you are a creative individual. And if you have created something that is truly creative or utter rubbish, it is still yours and it belongs to you. In today’s world of internet, email, PDA’s, photo messaging…

Amazon now Allows Pre-orders to Authors

Originally posted on Nicholas C. Rossis:
A month ago, I published Mad Water, the third book in my epic fantasy series Pearseus. I had announced the imminent publication on social media and to my friends. A lot of them asked me if they could pre-order the book. “I’m afraid Amazon doesn’t support pre-orders,” I had to…

If you are not receiving email notifications from WordPress blogs . . .

Originally posted on ronovanwrites:
If you are not getting notifications of from your own blog such as from comments made by Readers, or you subscribed to a WordPress blog and are not receiving the emails of the new posts, or if you are sending an invite to someone to either Follow your private blog or…

A Chance to Leave the Self-Pub World…what to do?!

Weekend Edition – Optimism, Being a Pro, and Niche Audiences

Originally posted on Live to Write – Write to Live:
Acting Out Optimism My daughter and I had just returned from our first trapeze class after a year’s absence from “flying.” It was late (we’d stopped for dinner on the way home), and I was whirling around the kitchen, simultaneously shooing her into the shower,…

Promote Yourself: Barbara Alfaro

Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes:
Today’s guest, Barbara Alfaro is a poet. I’m always pleased to be able to give poets a bit of a plug as poetry is probably about the most difficult of all literary forms to sell. Here is Barbara’s short introduction. Barbara Alfaro is a graduate of Goddard College and…

Writing Tips: Character Beyond the Internal

Originally posted on ronovanwrites:
We’ve come to Part 5 of the Character series. To date: Part 1: Creating Character Names Part 2: What to Avoid when Creating Character Part 3: Giving Your Characters Their Character Part 4: Creating Believable Characters ? So far these have been specifically internal or cosmetic developments of character, name being…

Conflict Is Essential To Story, a lesson

Special PROMO: 25 % Discount on Cinematic Trailers

Originally posted on International Book Promotion:
Promotion  We are launching our (this) new website at the end of this month. To celebrate this occasion, we are happy to announce promotional sale for the Cinematic Book trailers.  First THREE authors to book a Cinematic Book Trailer package will enjoy a 25 % discount on the trailers.…

Reading Tips

Originally posted on Shannon A. Thompson:
Announcements: Honya’s Bookshelf reviewed Take Me Tomorrow, “I was gripped and impressed by how intense it is, not just in terms of action but also in emotional impact. This story deals with a number of difficult, even controversial, topics in a thoughtful way, while still leaving the conclusions up…

J.M. NORTHUP

Writer, Editor, & Book Reviewer/Blogger

Judy Mastrangelo

Artist & Author

K.M. Allan

Writing Advice from a YA Author Powered by Chocolate and Green Tea

Cassie Loves Covers

Yes, I Judge Books By Their Covers

Just Can't Help Writing

A blog about the hard work of writing

Fiction is Food

Existing in a Different World

Author D.L. Finn

Embrace your inner child by reading a good book!

Book Editing

Professional book editing for fiction and nonfiction writers

barsetshirediaries

A site for the Barsetshire Diaries Books and others

Touch My Spine Book Reviews

☆📚~A Magickal Book-Blog Featuring A Free-Spirited & Custom Made Bibliophile ~🔮