IS HEAD-HOPPING REALLY SO AWFUL?
Have you ever been told your head-hopping is a problem, and you just can’t understand why? You like the way your prose reads and don’t...
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WHAT’S YOUR BOOK WEARING TO ITS PREMIER?
Don’t Look Now, But Your Book is Being Judged By Its Cover. And that includes both the front and back. There’s an analogy I heard not too...
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Unlock Your Potential and Start Your New Year With More. More Knowledge, More Skill, More Readers!
Way too often, I see evidence of a new writer publishing well before they’re ready. Writers in too much of a rush to get their stories...
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What's World Building Got to Do with Writing Contemporary Fiction? Everything!
No matter where you live on this Earth, I imagine your world is somewhat different than it was a year ago, and I want you to think about...
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GOT LEAKS IN YOUR PLOT?
Avoid Those Small Leaks Because They Ultimately Lead to Major Cracks Ever read a story that had tiny leaks in its plotline? Those...
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WRITING WITH ALL FIVE SENSES
Oh, the visuals! Now some of you may have heard me talk about this before, but visuals are more important than you can imagine. Without...
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WHAT’S THE RIGHT PUBLISHING ROUTE FOR YOU? (Part 4 of a 4 Part Series -Self-Publishing)
So, here we are at the end of the series, ready to broach the subject of that third path to publishing. The most recent spice added to...
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WHAT'S THE RIGHT PUBLISHING ROUTE FOR YOU? (Part 3 of a 4 Part Series - Independent Publishing)
I see post after post on various Facebook pages discussing traditional publishing versus self-publishing, but no one talks about the indepen
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Which Path to Publishing is Right for You! (Part 2 of a 4 Part Series - Traditional)
As Bob Dylan told us way back in the early sixties, “the times they are a-changin’” and boy are they ever. We’re in the 21st century now, a
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What's The Right Publishing Path For You? (Part 1 of a 4 part series)
Many of the aspiring authors I run into have done little research in the area of publishing. If you ask me, I’d say this is because they are
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Writer's Block. Legend, Myth, or Folktale?
How about all three. After all, a legend is a story that typically includes an element of truth. It’s based on historical facts, but with my
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20 Things You Need to Know About Your Main Character
Have you been told your characters are one or two-dimensional? Perhaps you’re having trouble weaving your character arc or connecting those
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SHEDDING THE UGLY MASK FROM SELF-EDITING
What you envision when you think about self-editing is nothing but a mask that simply needs to be peeled away. I swear it!
Daily, I hear w
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Are You On Pace To Get Your Readers Over the Finish Line?
How important is pacing? Probably more than you realize. Poor pacing can easily send your book to the donate pile. Or worse, the garbage pil
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HOW LONG SHOULD YOUR BOOK BE?
Quite simply put, your story should be as long as it needs to be. In other words, just because your brother told you he loved your short sto
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Common Newbie Mistakes To Avoid
Remember, even your favorite author was once a newbie. Shakespeare, Austin, Dickens... Even Mark Twain once upon a time sat down with pen an
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Create a Fictional Character your Readers Will Want to Spend Time With
I want you to think in terms of a movie and the actors who play in them (we all see a movie every now and then, even if it’s from the
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Plotter or Pantser. Which is the Better Storyteller?
Now, here’s a question that could be debated until the end of time. And if you ask me, one without a definitive answer. In fact, I’d be will
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Getting Back to Basics - Fact vs. Fiction
Fact: A thing that is indisputably the case.
Fiction: Literature in the form of prose, especially short stories and novels, that descri
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Want to Improve Your Writing Skills?
I know you’ve heard this a hundred times before, but if you want to be really good at your craft, all you have to do is READ, READ, READ, an
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