Writing Help and Advice for All
The Developmental Edit: Are you (emotionally) ready? – From the Writers in the Storm Blog
Don Massenzio By Guest Blogger Kathryn CraftA developmental edit can feel a lot like sending your child to school for the first time. You’ve had several years to exert your influence on his upbringing and must now allow others into his journey. You may be ready to push the little bugger through the school door! […]
Watch “How To Write A Book In Google Docs – The Basics Of Formatting A Manuscript” on YouTube
Originally posted on Motown Writers Network . . . Michigan Literary Network:
https://youtu.be/a4iFRlTkERw
Hare and Tortoise – Online Marketing vs Social Media Marketing – by Derek Haines…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
on Just Publishing Advice: Online Marketing vs Social Media Marketing. Which one works best to promote your books or services? Every author or blogger knows that both forms of digital marketing are useful in attracting readers and book buyers. In fact, because blogging and selling…
How to Write a Proper Short Story Cover Letter
Originally posted on Alex Shvartsman's Speculative Fiction:
As an editor I see a lot of bad cover letters. I can’t help but think folks are following some bad advice out there, so I wrote a thing that might help. It’s long and it’s a little ranty and cranky (because I’ve seen a lot of…
Character description: too much or not enough? #amwriting
Originally posted on Life in the Realm of Fantasy:
I love eBooks for the simple reason I have over 800 books, and I don’t have to dust them. I do buy paper books, but only those on writing craft or research for my work. I have managed to get nearly every book I ever loved…
#14 Query Corner: ‘KITSUNE SPRING’
Originally posted on WRITING TIPS & WRITERLY MUSINGS:
Welcome to: Morgan’s Query Corner: Answering Your Query Quandaries KITSUNE SPRING is a YA fantasy. When the local Shinto gods order Koji, a half-kitsune foster kid, to destroy a black alter, he resorts to Big magic. Now the Kitsune Council is on their way to strip the…
Do you know the difference in a prologue and epilogue?
Originally posted on Jean's Writing:
And… How do you know when a story needs one or both? My current work in progress (WIP) has a short introduction (prologue.) So, I thought doing a little research on the subject might be in order. After all, I do want the reader to read past the first couple…
#Detroit: Take an Entrepreneurship & Branding Master Class with @TylerPerry #NABJ18 @detroitnabj @nabjofficial
Originally posted on Motown Writers Network . . . Michigan Literary Network:
Detroit Welcome Tyler Perry in August at The NABJ Convention & Career Fair. Take an Entrepreneurship & Branding Master Class with Tyler Perry Register now! http://www.nabj.com #NABJ18 | @tylerperry @detroitnabj @nabjofficial
Inhabiting Our Scenes: Information Versus Experience – by Peter Selgin…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
on Jane Friedman site: Today’s post is by regular contributor Peter Selgin, the award-winning author of Your First Page. He offers first-page critiques to show just how much useful critical commentary and helpful feedback can be extracted from a single page—the first page—of a work-in-progress. READ ARTICLE…
Viv Drewa - The Owl Lady 