The Value of an Author Assistant Part 2 by Melinda B. Pierce
A friend of mine is a full-time personal assistant for an author and makes anywhere from $35 to $55 and hour.
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The Value of an Author’s Assistant Part 1 by Melinda B. Pierce
Have you wrestled with the idea of hiring an author assistant? Not sure what you’d have them do, how much they’d charge, or if it would be worth your time and money?
On Ghostwriting: Have Pen. Will Write. (For Pay) by Alice H. Anderson
Maintaining the client’s voice throughout the book is crucial to his or her satisfaction and to the bottom line: sales.
Playing Dress Up: Judge Your Characters by Their Covers by Wyatt Bessing
Clothes can give your reader an important first impression of your character.
Hearing Your Writing Voice by Kay Keppler
To keep your characters and your narration distinct, you need to be particularly aware of sentence and paragraph structure. Variation is critical.
Body Movement for Writers by Faith Van Horne
The idea of expressing art through one’s body can seem foreign in this environment, but I believe it’s vital for unlocking creative potential in other areas.
Editing on The Go by Tiffany Turpin Johnson
A few months back, I posted a column that outlined an efficient way to write your entire novel on your iPad or iPhone. But writing a novel is more than just stringing words together on your device. Eventually you’ll have to edit those words. And then edit them again. And again.
Crucial Proofreading Tips For Online Work By Sandra Miller
A level of consistency in written and media work is a great quality publisher need to cultivate.
The Value of A Press Kit by Melinda Pierce
Ideally speaking, the press kit (or media kit) usually includes bios of various lengths, a professional headshot or logo, workshop/chat presentation blurbs and handouts, book blurbs of various lengths, and book covers in standard JPEG format. All these items should be stored in one document folder.
Passion and Voice: An Excerpt from Making Your Creative Mark by Eric Maisel
A logical — and vital — relationship exists between passion and voice. It is very hard to be passionate about what you’re doing if you haven’t found your voice as an artist. Imagine being forced to sing an octave too high or an octave too low, straining to hit notes that you can’t really hit and that aren’t natural to you. It would be very hard to be passionate about singing in that situation.
Write a Novel on your iPad or iPhone by Tiffany Turpin Johnson
I came up with the perfect recipe for writing a piece of work even as daunting as a novel entirely on an iPhone (or iPad).
The Objects of Desire: A Character Game by Wyatt Bessing
Imagine the power of objects: we covet them, store them, save them from generation to generation, and allow them to fill our living spaces with emotion and memory.
Creativity: The Bull That Wouldn’t Die by Gordon Rothwell
Then there’s the idea that simply won’t go away. It lingers in the back of your mind and takes permanent residence there. So it was with my bullfight story.
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.
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