8 Tips to Plan Your Novel to Write With Confidence and Clarity
Enjoy this list “8 Tips to Plan Your Novel So You Can Write With Confidence and Clarity.” This post is a table of contents for the 8 tips on planning your novel, so you...
Author: Beth Barany
A Roadmap for Book Marketing for Novelists
Yes, there is a roadmap for book marketing! We novelists want to be read. Otherwise why would we publish our work? Well, it is so gratifying to hold the book and see it on...
Get Intimate with Your Novel Writing Process by Beth Barany
You’re invited to get intimate… with your creativity and writing process. Enjoy! *** When you think of writing your novel, you may not think in terms of intimacy, a deep connection, or a conscious...
Guidelines on Restarting Your Writing After A Break
Happy New Year! May this year be filled with creativity, joy, and lots of fun fiction writing! Ezra and I are back in our apartment, settling in with our cats. The repairs are almost...
New Year New Habit by Beth Barany
“Quality is not an act, it is a habit.” -Aristotle I love this quote and ask myself, “What habit do I want to deepen for 2019?” I want to protect my writing and editing...
How to Create Vivid, Compelling Characters, A 5-Video Series with Bonnie Johnston and Beth Barany
To recap one of the fun projects I did in 2018, I’ve created this list of 5 videos I did with Bonnie Johnston on “How to Create Vivid, Compelling Characters.” If you like this...
Thank you to our Writer’s Fun Zone Guest Writers of 2018
As part of my wrap up for 2018, I want to thank all my Writer’s Fun Zone guest writers for past year. Thank you! Thank you for your sharing your passion with us! I’ve...
Top 10 Writer’s Fun Zone Posts of 2018
Happy New Year! I hope that 2019 is starting well for you and may this year bring you fulfillment, joy, and success! Here are the top 10 most popular posts on Writer’s Fun Zone in 2018. It’s fun to see what you, the WFZ readers, found the most valuable. Thank you for reading and commenting!
Craft Compelling Characters Master Class with Beth Barany
I’ll be teaching a Master Class just after the San Francisco Writer’s Conference in February 2018. The Master Classes are sponsored by the nonprofit San Francisco Writers Foundation, not the conference per se. So...
Happy Merry! Smashwords End of Year Sale
Hankering for adventure, romance, or thrills? Or help as a writer? Then check out our books on sale at Smashwords for their end of year sale. At one minute past midnight Pacific time on December...
Site Security for Authors: Recommended Resources
Are you concerned about site security as you create your author site or maintain or overhaul yours? Then read on for some tools to help you secure your site. Recently I had a malware...
OH NO! My Novel is Loose in the Universe…by Keri Kruspe
OH NO! My novel is loose in the universe. Well, I did it. I launched my debut novel in October of 2018. Softly…slowly and with little fanfare.
Lift Your Story with Character Archetypes by Kay Keppler
Some books are easier to write than others. Some stories “write themselves,” while others seem uninspired. Lift Your Story with Character Archetypes.
Openings: Starting Your Story Right, a course with Alicia Rasley
I’m excited to share with you an upcoming craft course for fiction writers by a writing teacher I deeply admire, Alicia Rasley. If you’re struggling on how to start your stories, or struggling with...
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