A brief blog about the abundance of words, the write words, in the safe place of your journal or wherever you keep your ideas. There are health benefits to writing it all down in the privacy of your journal.
by Guest Contributor · Published January 5, 2021 · Last modified November 3, 2022
Enjoy this Q&A with Holly Shaw, performer, coach, and author the newly released, Making Art In the Middle of Madness.
Many people place an incredible amount of importance on New Year’s Eve / New Year’s Day. Yet this time of year is a good opportunity to assess and reflect on life and to get clear about your creative and writing goals.
You do not want a reader who is determined to read your book to fall asleep while they’re still in the first chapter because you stopped revising too soon. When you find the heart of your story and reveal that to the reader, you’ll keep them engaged.
Nevada McPherson discovers she’s writing the noir as she explores what kind of novel she’s written and prepares to submit her new book to agents.
A compilation of 15 tips to marketing your novel in the time of COVID from Keri Kruspe who has published five books in the last two years. Even in these challenging times, we can find ways to reach readers.
In this post I discuss your options for how to end your scenes. After you eat a delicious meal, you’re left with a sensation, usually a feeling of pleasant fullness. The resolution of a...
The other day I was sharing with my community of other creative entrepreneurs about how I was feeling stuck about getting into my editing, partly because that meant turning my back on the world...
Literary lawyer and writer Kelley Way answers three common objections to a trademark application.
Discover your authentic promotion style with a unique process. When you know yourself, you have a better time describing your book, and then will find it easier to identify and reach out to the exact right audience for your book.
This is post is about how you don’t need to go it alone to edit your novel. *** Since I was a little girl I wanted to write stories, but I didn’t know how....
Four common issues will force the air out of your manuscript faster than a needle can pop a balloon. Find out how to fix these issues and repair the sagging middle of your story.
Author Nevada McPherson inspires with her call to be dedicated writers in this confusing never-before-lived age we are in right now.
Doing less to do more is key to harnessing winter magic and the tremendous amount of power that the darker months, the time before and after the Winter Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere.
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