I’m thanking Flash for this week’s topic. People keep asking her how to become a writer. My immediate answer to that — you don’t BECOME a writer. Writers write. We have stories we want to tell. Correction, we have stories we HAVE to tell or else they won’t leave us …
Since I talked about websites last week, I figured I should mention business cards. You know, the second thing you as an author need. It’s the one bit of promo you should have on you at all times. Bookmarks come and go, just like books. Your business card is the …
In this internet day and age, YES YOU NEED A WEBSITE! I have run across several authors that don’t have one. I can only shake my head. That is Promotions 101. The very first thing you, as an author, should have is a website. It can be a blog site …
One of the greatest skills any person can have, whether they are a writer or not, is the ability to read, understand and follow directions. Agents, publishers, editors and blogs — you’ll find instructions for submissions pretty much everywhere you turn. I run two promotional blogs and out of hundreds …
As it was told to me, so I pass it on to you. Okay… I admit that sounds a little more epic than it actually is but that doesn’t make this topic any less important. Openers are hard. You want to snag the reader’s attention and keep them reading. The …
I’m not going to preach too much on this because lord knows my description-writing skills need work. I will say this, YOU ARE NOT BEING PAID BY THE WORD! Seriously folks, I don’t need to know every single little detail about everything your character sees and feels. I especially don’t …
This isn’t my advice. I actually found out about this from James Ray Tuck, Jr. on Facebook. I totally love him for posting about it. From author Rachel Aaron :: How I Went From Writing 2,000 Words a Day to 10,000 Words a Day First let me say, the way …
Thanks go out to Kayelle Allen and her Thursday Thirteen post about “Beefing Up Your Writing.” If not for that, I wouldn’t be able to pass on this lovely and beneficial link: Pro Writing Aid http://www.prowritingaid.com/ It’s a self-editing aid. This site will analyze your story (you have to copy-and-paste) …
Since I said a bad word last week, I might as well drop the other one this week — SYNOPSIS. *waits for the screaming and teeth gnashing to stop* Done? Okay. Moving on. The only thing authors hate as much, if not more, than a query letter is a synopsis. …
NOOOOO! It’s the dreaded Q word. *runs screaming into the night* Okay, now that you got that out of your system, let’s do this thing. I’m going to make writing query letters easier than you can ever imagine (or harder, if you are just stubborn like that). There is an …
