Writing Coach for Kids: How You Can Help
If you like writing and want to help kids, you may want to be a writing coach for children. This past Christmas I donated to a local San Francisco Bay Area organization that brings writing...
Writer's Fun Zone by Beth Barany
Don’t Go Overboard: Managing Proportion for Novel Writing by Kay Keppler
Problems like these are problems of proportion. You want to give readers enough detail and discussion to hold their interest, but you don’t want to give more detail than the scene requires.
Welcome to the Spring 2013 issue of the Author Entrepreneurship Magazine!
Welcome to the Spring 2013 issue of the Author Entrepreneurship Magazine! I created this magazine to help authors create sustainable and successful careers. It is my gift to you! This month’s theme is Sales and Success Mindset.
The Importance of Writers Warming Up by Faith Van Horne
We all know that we need to warm up before engaging in strenuous physical activity, since people are more likely to injure tight, unprepared muscles. But the way we warm up is also important.
The Art of Reinvention as an Author by Janey Fraser
What do you do if you STILL haven’t got published after years of trying? Or if you’ve been published and your sales figures are slipping? Even worse – in some authors’ books – what’s the best tactic if your publishers fail to renew your contract?
Why I Love Negative Reviews and How to Help Your Fellow Authors When They Get One by Melinda B. Pierce
For this post I’m talking about turning a negative into a positive. Think glass half full with your choice of drink.
Be Our Guest: Tips on Guest Blogging by Annmarie Miles
If you are new to blogging, guest blogging might feel a bit daunting, especially if you are still finding your voice on your own blog.
Top 10 Tips for Overcoming Writer’s Block by Richard McMunn
Here are some tips to help break down that seemingly permanent wall that many writers sometimes find themselves faced with, a.k.a. the ‘writers block’.
Writing A Series by Devon Ellington
Working on a series is rewarding on many levels. You build a rapport with your readership from book to book. You live with your characters over a period of years, growing and changing together.
You Are a Whole-Brained Entrepreneur: True or False? by Aletta de Wal
Why not apply some of that sense of discovery to finding new directions in your art business? And let’s reframe those old terms into “art brain” and “business brain,” both of which involve creativity.
Travel Writing Tips for Fiction and Nonfiction Writers by Katya Cengel
Fifteen years, a revolution and several hospital stays later, I know a little more about what to pack and a lot more about reporting from abroad.
The Imitation Game: The Sincerest Form of…. Becoming a Better Writer by Wyatt Bessing
Welcome back to another one of Writer’s Fun Zone’s monthly columnists: Wyatt Bessing. A writing coach and teacher, author, Wyatt Bessing shares his fun take on games, play, and how they help our writing....
Writing Outside by Faith Van Horne
Not only that, recent studies are also lauding the health benefits of simply being in nature. In addition to lowering our blood pressure, evidence is mounting that time spent in natural setting may even help restore our ability to perform attention-needing tasks.
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