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.…
No Wasted Ink Writers Links
Originally posted on No Wasted Ink:
Happy Monday! It is time for another batch of links that would prove useful to writers and readers of fiction. I’ve stayed mainly on topic this week. There are plenty of general writing tip articles to read, along with a few related to writing science fiction. Enjoy! Building Characters…
Sneak Off and Read: Lines all about JEALOUSY #RSsos #RomSuspense
Originally posted on Word by Word:
#OneLineSunday by #RSsos Lines all about JEALOUSY for an lovely start to the week. The lump in his belly turned to acid. Was this what jealousy felt like? Sam Bradley w/a McKenna Sinclair I heard Celia start to giggle. She clutched at his elbow and buried her face against…
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…
Sneak Off and Read: Lines with the topic TAKE #RSsos #RomSuspense
Originally posted on Word by Word:
#OneLineSunday by #RSsos Lines with the topic TAKE for a great start to the week. It was important to keep up the tough cookie persona, not the underlying ball of insecurities she felt at the inability to take care of her brother or keep her personal life afloat. S.A.…
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…
Viv Drewa - The Owl Lady 