Tag Archive | Stephen King
#MondayBlogs: The Stigma of Writing Horror
Originally posted on Shannon A. Thompson:
Intro: Monday brings us a new blog post by a new guest blogger. Remember, if you want to guest blog, check out the information below this post, but be sure to read today’s post first! When author Alex Laybourne was asked why he chose to be a horror writer,…
10 Things to Consider Before Writing a Novel
Originally posted on Writing Is Hard Work:
Currently life is preventing me from reaching my daily quota on my new writing project. I suppose if I hadn’t considered a few rules to set for myself before I began this project, I would be spinning my wheels in the endless morass of counter-productivity. I set some…
Guest Post by Jay Wilburn
Originally posted on Life With Words:
Write Everything if You Want to be Long Winded by Jay Wilburn ? I appreciate the opportunity to muck up Besser’s blog. As I write this I am currently involved in the Winter of Zombie blog tour. I’m pushing my short story collection, ZOMBIES BELIEVE IN YOU and a…
Book Sales: What Happens When Blockbusters Flood The Market?
Originally posted on Tara Sparling writes:
Back to business, ladies and gentlesirs. Today I want to look at who in the blockbusting big leagues was publishing in 2014, and what the market looked like when they did. I’ve been wading around in the book data again, my hand on my chin, occasionally contorting myself into…
Novel Writing – My Process: Plotting
Originally posted on ThinkingSkull.com:
In a discussion of Stephen King’s book On Writing, he claims he doesn’t see the value in plotting. This is what I had to say on the subject on the eve of the 2014 NaNoWriMo: Whenever I write a short story, I often envision it as a single scene or…
Website Wonders
Originally posted on Shannon A. Thompson:
Announcements: If you’ve always wanted to know just a little bit more about Take Me Tomorrow, Confessions of a Book Blogger reviewed the novel with slight spoilers (but nothing major!) And you can read why she said, “this book is practically perfection.” by clicking here to read her full review. I…
Did You Write a Kindle Single?
Originally posted on Savvy Writers & e-Books online:
. . Many writers have taken a strong 70-page idea and stretched it into a weak 300-page book because that was what the industry demanded. Amazon gave short formats – Singles – an identity. Any writer can approach Amazon directly, as Stephen King, a prominent author, did with…
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