Do You Know Which Writing Rules to Break and When It’s Okay to Break Them? Writing instructors and editors often stress certain rules for improving one’s writing and selling manuscripts to publishers and book/magazine buyers. Some of these rules – like the admonition to “show don’t tell” – are so deeply engrained in writers’ advice…
Creative Writing Prompts for the Week Start each morning with a little creative writing practice. Use these prompts to start a new short story, poem, or even a novel. 1. Matt was gone now. And Lily had to face the fact that she was alone. 2. June was determined to do at least one good…
A guest post from Carolyn Howard-Johnson I once read an article/editorial from Jeff Rivers, an expert in writing query letters in the late, great Dan Poynter’s newsletter. It was titled “What I Learned from Janet Evanovich: Write for your Audience.” It is hard to argue with experts like Jeff and Janet. But I do disagree—or…
Watch this video review of the new card game “Top Trumps – The Royal Wedding – 19.05.18” See more about the game here: About the Card Deck Title: Harry and Meghan Royal Wedding Top Trumps Card Game Recommended for Ages 6 and Up SaveSave SaveSave SaveSave SaveSave SaveSave SaveSave SaveSave SaveSave SaveSave SaveSave SaveSave…
Do you want to write a novel but don’t know how to start? Every novelist has his/her own method for getting started. But generally it helps to have an outline. Here’s a simple novel outline trick: Create an informal outline that contains ONLY 12 chapters. That’s right, ONLY 12 chapters. No matter how many chapters…
A guest post from children’s author and ghostwriter Karen Cioffi All writers, including the children’s writer, have one primary focus—to get published. What makes each of us different is our slant or perspective on the story we’re telling, and how we tell it. It’s true that anyone can write, but writing to get published is…
Every Sunday I post new creative writing prompts for the week to help you get a little creative writing done. Choose one prompt each day this week and use it as the basis of a new short story or poem. You might also combine several of the creative writing prompts to create a single story….
A guest post from Carew Papritz, award-winning author of the inspirational bestseller, The Legacy Letters If you’re an author, you need to get your book reviewed so you’ll attract more readers. Try these 3 quick and easy tips: 1. Screenshots are Your New “Bookcrumbs” Help your potential reviewers and MAKE IT EASY! Most people have…
A guest post from Carolyn Howard-Johnson Amazon Book Reviews QUESTION: Do you lose your Amazon reviews when you publish a second edition of your book? ANSWER: You can get Amazon to post reviews from the first edition to the second through Author Connect, and you can get Amazon to put a referral widget from the…
by Sandra Knight, Contributing Editor I studied copywriting for a couple of years. I thought I wanted to write Business-to-Business (B2B) copy such as white papers, case studies and articles. The closer I got to prospecting for clients, the more stressed I became. Nothing was fun and I hated the marketing. Really! I’m a member…
a guest post from children’s author Melissa Abramovitz If you are an established or aspiring author or freelance writer, you may have been targeted by any of the many scams that specifically target writers. Amazingly, I have only been targeted by two such scams during my 30 years as a professional writer. I say “amazingly”…
A guest post from Jennifer Brown Banks I’d like to go on record, first of all, declaring my fondness for writers. When I take a mental inventory of all my friends, writers dominate. Writers rock! And for good reasons. Categorically, we’re bright; good conversationalists; we know how to spin a story at a cocktail party;…
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