A good post on social media…
Here's a good post on the use of social media to blog your book. The One Thing An Author Should Never Do On Social Media… http://bestsellerlabs.com/biggest-author-social-media-mistake/
The morning after….
Well, as a relative newbie to the publishing world, I was elated when my debut novel, Numbers Never Lie, was chose as Amazon's Daily Deal yesterday. I have no idea what led up to that but it was quite a gift. Since writing Numbers, I have written four other novels. Three of them are out, [...]
How many words does a wordchuck chuck, if a wordchuck doesn’t chuck words?
Dang Holidays. They suck the productivity right out of me. I'm so busy flitting around to stores to find the right gifts for friends and fam, that I can't keep my butt in the chair. And that's the key to writing, right? Butt in Chair. Hands on Keyboard. Click. Click. Click. Hmmm. I think I [...]
How many words does a wordchuck chuck, if a wordchuck doesn't chuck words?
Dang Holidays. They suck the productivity right out of me. I'm so busy flitting around to stores to find the right gifts for friends and fam, that I can't keep my butt in the chair. And that's the key to writing, right? Butt in Chair. Hands on Keyboard. Click. Click. Click. Hmmm. I think I [...]
How to run a blog tour…by Lynn Cahoon
Please take a look at the following posts from Lynn Cahoon, Crimson Romance author. She provides excellent advice on setting up a blog tour, step-by-step. First Post: How to set up your own blog tour: http://newkidonthewritersblock.blogspot.com/2012/08/how-to-set-up-your-own-blog-tour.html Second Post: Setting up your blog tour part 2: http://newkidonthewritersblock.blogspot.com/2012/08/setting-up-your-blog-tour-part-2.html And while you're there, take a look at some of [...]
Tips on Writing…And Life:
Lazy Friday...my day to SHARE what great people have said, done, and talked about. From their brain to yours, here are 30 writing tips from great authors that you will recognize. But don't stop there, I have a second glint of inspiration below that. I'll warn you, this link is laden with graphics but well worth [...]
Beginnings and Endings are GREAT but where's the middle? I'll trade you stories…
When I come up with the idea for a new manuscript, I vividly imagine how it begins. I normally can also nail down the ending and several scenes down the road. But the part that comes right before is tough. How do I give the reader enough information about the characters to draw them in [...]
Who wants a happy life anyway?
In a book, happines from start to finish is boring. No one wants to read it. Let's be honest, have you ever known anyone who's life is always perfect? Or at least they say so? Don't you really, really hate that because you know it can't possibly be true? No one has a perfect life. [...]
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