Tag Archive | Writer
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.…
The Elevator Pitch: Telling People About Your Book in One Sentence
Originally posted on Self-Published Authors Helping Other Authors:
You may be talking to someone at a party, at work, or while waiting to lead an army of werewolves and asuras into battle to stop the demonic entity Delassi from entering our dimension and consuming it entirely (or is that just me?), and the subject you’ve…
10 Signs You’ve Upgraded To Being A Serious Writer
Originally posted on K.M. Allan:
Of course, you’re a writer if you write. The act of putting words down on paper to create a story is the very definition of being a wordsmith, but what takes you from wannabe writer to writer, and then upgrades you to a serious writer? Spoiler alert, actually writing…
How to prepare for a successful book signing?
Originally posted on Jean's Writing:
What does your signature look like? Have you practiced signing books? Practiced your autograph? Remember Practice makes perfect. I recently read a good article by Judith Briles on how to prepare for a book signing/author event. Here’s what I learned from Ms. Briles about preparing for that big event. Click the link…
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