Category: publishing

  • Friday’s Findings: Books on Writing

    Friday’s Findings: Books on Writing

    I’d like to share two books on writing I’ve recently purchased: Save the Cat Writes a Young Adult Novel by Jessica Brody Brody expounds on the Save the Cat beats with young adult novel examples. Even if you don’t write YA novels, or even if you are a pantser, you can probably mine out some…

  • Check Out My Other Websites

    Check Out My Other Websites

    In addition to using Wattpad as a platform for my current writing projects, I have created websites for two of my novels in progress: Oblivion’s Hope How far would you go to save your best friend? His world turned upside down, Jad Cannon witnesses Seeby, his best friend, get kidnapped. Jad and his team of…

  • Friday’s Findings: Plot and Story

    Friday’s Findings: Plot and Story

    I’ve been trying to wrap my head around the concepts of the difference between plot and story. The simplest, bare-bones definitions is this: plot is what happens on the surface and story is what happens on the inside. Plot is the physical action and events. Story is the internal thoughts, themes and conflicts of the…

  • How These Writers Faced Their Challenges

    How These Writers Faced Their Challenges

    11 top writers on their greatest writing challenges and how they overcome their demons . . . Right click and hit save as to download and read. Photo by Andrea Piacquadio: https://www.pexels.com/photo/woman-in-red-tank-top-jumping-on-obstacle-3763879/

  • Friday’s Findings: Why I Write

    Friday’s Findings: Why I Write

    I’ve been meaning to write about this for quite a while. I see other writers on social media and they measure success in these ways: number of likes, book sales, etc. I can honestly say that’s okay. But I am loving just the creative side of writing. I get to use my writing and graphic…

  • Should I Use Kindle Create? Barnes & Noble Press?

    Should I Use Kindle Create? Barnes & Noble Press?

    Some quick tips on using Kindle Create and Barnes and Noble Press: I am about to release my novella Traption and I have been preparing it in Kindle Create. So the question is: should you Kindle Create to get your books on Amazon.com? Do I have to use Kindle Create or Barnes and Noble Press?…

  • 11 Steps to Writing a Best Selling Novel

    11 Steps to Writing a Best Selling Novel

    Click on writing infographic to enlarge. Photo by Fiona Art

  • Top Rules for Creative Writing

    Top Rules for Creative Writing

    Photo by Anni Roenkae

  • Friday’s Findings: Fandom.com

    Friday’s Findings: Fandom.com

    I’ve been using Fandom.com (formerly known as Wikia.com) to help me in my reading and writing endeavors. Fandom is a wiki hosting service which hosts wikis on entertainment and pop culture, such as books, games, movies, television and more. I find Fandom helpful in my reading in several ways. First, if I’ve been reading a…