Category: writing tips
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Friday’s Findings 05.18.18
Here are some articles on writing I’ve read lately: Synopsis: Why All Writers Need One Even Though They Hate It Plot Problem? Fix It Fast with a Retcon Seven New Books for Writers Show, Don’t Tell: It’s a Rule For a Reason 5 Lies Writers Believe That Are Holding Them Back Explore the Consortium ……
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Author Interview: Jennifer Laslie
I met Jennifer at the Kentuckiana Authors Fair. I really liked the covers of her books. She says she is a crazy cat lady who lives in Louisville, Kentucky, with her wonderful husband and two children. When she’s not thinking about cheesecake or cats, she can be found in the bookstore in the Young Adult…
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Friday’s Findings 05.11.18
Here are some articles on writing I’ve read lately: Conveying the Senses of Place to Our Readers 9 Ways to Create a Rock-Solid Writing Habit Why Writers Need to Perfect Their First Thirty Pages You’ve Got to Work It Over Plot Points: A Storytelling Exercise View my Consortium SF Series at Amazon.
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Prose Is Architecture
Prose is architecture, not interior decoration. – Ernest Hemingway
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Epiphanies in Writing, Part 3: Marketing your Novel
Anyone involved in the publishing industry knows it changes daily. I worked at a publishing house in the early nineties and then again in the 2010’s and comparing and contrasting my two stints capsulizes what is happening all over the world: we’re becoming a digitalized culture. No surprise there, but it was fascinating to…
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Friday’s Findings 05.04.18
Here are some articles on writing I’ve read lately: Imagine the Page as You Write Your Book Find Your Way Back to Writing A Tip for Getting Through Hard-to-Write Scenes How to Write a Great First Sentence–With 22 Inspiring Examples. What Is Fantasy, Exactly? View my Consortium SF Series at Amazon.
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Author Interview: Dennis E. Taylor
I have been listening to Dennis E. Taylor’s humorous science fiction series via Audible. If you enjoy a little sarcasm sprinkled on your action stories, you should check out Taylor’s Bobiverse. Start with We Are Legion. The series is great to listen to while driving around running errands and such. They brighten up otherwise boring…
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How much detail and backstory?
NOTE: I dusted off some notes I took for a webinar, How to Revise Your NaNo Novel, from January 2016. Grant Faulkner hosted the segment on writing advice with guest speakers KM Weiland, James Scott Bell and Kami Garcia. The following were some of the questions asked. How do you balance detail? Too much, too…
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Friday’s Findings 04.27.18
Here are some articles on writing I’ve read lately: 7 Stress-Free Ways to Handle Notes From Your Book Editor The Best Book Is the One You Can’t Remember Not Your Mama’s Character Descriptions 5 Ways to Structure (and Plot) Your Novel How to Write (and Read) a Good Fight Scene View my Consortium SF Series…
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