Tag: self-publishing

  • Friday’s Findings

    Friday’s Findings

    Some articles on writing fiction for your reading pleasure. How to Self-Publish a Book: A Guide for Aspiring Authors Resolving Common Story Issues With “Show, Don’t Tell” The Top 10 Reasons to be Thankful for Self-Publishing Publishing Your Ebook Is Changing on Smashwords Book Covers 101: Tips for Typography

  • Are Writers in Competition With Each Other?

    Are Writers in Competition With Each Other?

    This is something I’ve been wondering about for a while: are writers, especially indie writers, in competition with each other? It’s easy to see another’s writer’s success and become … jealous? Envious? Maybe, on Facebook, you’ve seen a writer you follow sell their latest manuscript, or maybe, on Twitter, an author celebrates selling another hundred…

  • Friday’s Findings

    Friday’s Findings

    Some articles on fiction writing I’ve come across lately: This Writing Technique Will Make Your Readers Fall in Love With Your Sentences Writing a Fantastic Fight Scene How to Write Dialogue and Become a Great Storyteller How to Self-Publish Your Novel Master List of Facial Expressions for Writers

  • The answer to the question

    As a fiction writer, I have always wondered how to break into the publishing companies that announce on their manuscript submission guidelines: “We do not accept unsolicited manuscripts. We only look at manuscripts through an agent.” Then when trying to find an agent — a legitimate agent — the agents are only looking for established…