Writer's Fun Zone by Beth Barany

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Writing Tips

The Fire in Fiction: Harness Your Passion

“I believe that passion is available to every author, every time she sits down to write. Every novel can be inspired. Every scene can have a white-hot center. It is not a matter of conjuring demons, being obsessed, or just plain luck. The passion that inspires great fiction can be a writing technique as handy and easy to use as those with which all fiction writers are familiar.”

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Book Promotion

Using Twitter to Network and Market Your Books

In addition to a website, newsletter, and a blog, authors can use social networking tools to connect with friends, make new friends, interact with readers, and gain new readers. In my previous Promotion Posse article (”Heart of the Bay,” January 2009), I wrote about how authors can use Facebook to network and market.

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Author Career / Author Interviews

Create Change Now

Are you ready to create change now? That is the question my good friend, and author, Cari LaGrange Murphy is asking us all now. In her new book, Create Change Now, offers an effective, and inspiring tool to all you creatives out there! Here’s what she says:

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Author Career

One Day Crash Course in Publicity

Part of my quest at Writer’s Fun Zone, is to offer apsiring authors the tools they need to succeed. And what can be more fun than learning from the masters. Jill Lublin is a master at publicity. I’ve been networking and learning from Jill since we were both in book publicity over ten years ago. I slid into writing more seriously, and she dove deeper into publicity. A few years ago, I even arranged…

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Writing Tips

Epidemic of Kindness

“I call fear and avarice, because if left unchecked, it greedily consumes all your thoughts, the cells in your body, and every particle of your being. It controls your words, and your deeds. In fact, your entire life can be overthrown by fear. Even then it is not enough. …”

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Author Career / Other Sites on Creativity & Writing Support

Create Raving Fans of Your Writing

This post is part of the wider vision of Writer’s Fun Zone: to share awesome, kick-ass content for the content creator. That’s us! Enjoy! Reprinted with kind permission by Writers of the Round Table: First posted there 17 Apr 2009 05:10 AM PDT As artists we have to create significant buy in from audiences and from those who can hire us for our services–that’s how we get paid for our work. We do that through inviting them into our world – which we do through story… Every single person we run into can fall into one of these two categories:

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Writing Tips

3 Reasons to Write A Book

What are the top 3 reasons to write a book?
1. Writing a Book is Fun
2. If you don’t write your book you’ll regret it
3. Writing a Book Opens Up Opportunities
Okay, let’s get into greater depth.
#1 Writing a Book is Fun
Yes, writing a book is fun. Let me count the ways.

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Writing Tips

Discover the Book Within

“I have a book in me,” she said. “But I don’t know what it is.”
Ah, therein lies the rub. Or however that saying goes.
How do we go about discovering our book inside?
The answer is surprisingly simple, but not easy.

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Writing Tips

Edit Your Fiction: 3 Secrets to Create Compelling Book

Editing and rewriting can be a daunting and scary process. Where do I begin? One of my clients asked me this recently. As I extemporaneously verbalized a checklist to her, I realized that I had internalized a process I had been unaware of until that moment, a process that I had learned by writing my novels.

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Author Interviews / Writing Tips

Writing as Self-Hypnosis?

There are many ways to make writing fun. Tawny Weber’s suggestion to create an anchor is one wonderful way. I invited Tawny to tell us about her great tools that make writing enjoyable and an enriching experience. I hope you enjoy! ~Beth, Writer’s Fun Zone chief bottle washer Writing as Self-Hypnosis? The writing I refer to is that wonderful creative output of imagination.

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Writing Tips

5 Ways to Master Your Inner Critic

Do you ever wonder if your inner critic will leave you alone? You know the voice I mean. The one who always tells you that what you write is shlock and sounds like your 9th grade writing teacher. (Okay, that’s what my inner critic often sounds like.) She or he tells you that your grammar is all wrong, that you’ve made a poor word choice, or that you topic is just so unoriginal and uninspiring.

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