Discover 5 ways to rise above cliched and melodramatic villains in your novels to create memorable antagonists your readers can fall in love with in this article by scifi romance author, Keri Kruspe.
Our mental health is just as important as our physical health. As we continue to face new, strange, and challenging stressors during these times, we can do things to improve our mental health and fight back. Writing is a powerful tool to handle what comes our way.
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Get your trademark questions answered by literary and estate lawyer, Kelley Way, in this FAQ. She’s also a novelist!
Use mind mapping to discover your characters’ road not taken and add depth to your fiction. And your life. From writing coach and author of Writing from the Queen’s Seat: Discover and Write From Your Authentic Authority, Catharine Bramkamp.
Though it may be difficult to approach diversity as a writer, especially when you may not have experienced those circumstances or been underrepresented in those specific ways, but what are books if not a medium through which we can better empathize with others? Uncover ways you can bring diversity to your writing.
What is required to cleaning house of the mind of the writer? Cleaning house for writers is the way to better writing outcomes Read on for tips by writer/artist Nevada McPherson.
Novelists, learn the four ways to audit your ads and some do’s and don’t’s from scifi romance author, Keri Kruspe, who is right there in the middle of running ads for her novels.
What happens if I collaborate for Joint Authorship? How do I handle joint copyright? If you’ve had these questions, then check out this post by literary lawyer and author, Kelley Way.
The creative process is like buying shoes because they look good on Pinterest. Yes, stay with me. I am going somewhere with this.
The Shape of Stories can be graphed. At least that is what Kurt Vonnegut thought and AI is confirming.
In this post, I introduce my service NLP for Writers. *** Is this you? — You love writing, but you feel stuck in the process. That’s so frustrating. — You want the writing process...
Advice on how to get ready to advertise your novel, including evaluating your author brand and doing an audit on your book, from scifi romance author, Keri Kruspe.
Who owns the copyright when you are hired to work for another person or company? It can be complicated, yet you can navigate this intellectual property issue. Let’s discuss the Work for Hire Doctrine with literary and estate lawyer, Kelley Way.
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