Author-Entrepreneur: Focus on What Matters
I don’t know about you guys, but I have been so distracted by all the conversations I’ve been having: on Facebook, on Twitter, on my online community for writers, We Write Books, through email,...
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CRAFT: What About Worldbuilding For a Series?
Welcome to our bi-weekly posts from guest columnist, Bobbye Terry. This week she asks some great questions for world building your series. We’re curious to hear your tips too! Share your thoughts with us! Thanks!
Social Media Tip for Authors #6: Share
Welcome to my Social Media for Author Tip Series, where I offer you tips to put into practice the your social media tips so that you can: * Connect with your readers and get to know them * Let them get to know you * Build your network * Create your author platform — Today’s Tip #6: Share — Share what? Share yourself, your humanity, your vulnerability, a slice of your daily life? Why? Because we all want to connect with each other, feel each other’s humanity, belong and be loved.
INDIE AUTHORS: What Are the Top 10 Tips to Successful Self-Publishing?
Welcome to our weekly installment on how to create your indie author success! This week I have a guest post from an award-winning author, Suzanne Tyrpak. Her latest book, Vestal Virgin, a historical thriller...
VIDEO: “How To Instantly Brainstorm Any Idea In Minutes”
Enjoy our weekly video in our Sunday Videos for Authors series. I like this guys spunk and scrappiness. Cool tool, too! A shout out to him: Follow him on twitter: http://twitter.com/travelhead Discover the unique...
CRAFT: Do You Get the Message?
Welcome to the another article in the Craft series, this one by Bobbye Terry, a frequent guest columnist at the Writer’s Fun Zone. ^*^ Do You Get the Message? Theme is one of the...
INDIE AUTHOR: Being a 21st Century Author Means Re-Thinking Your Path
I’m rearranging the order of things and having a guest columnist talk about her adventure into becoming an award winning bestselling indie author! Please meet the talented and savvy Kris Tualla. She’s stopping by...
CRAFT: The Art of Mixing Humor and Suspense
Welcome to the another article in the Craft series, this one by Bobbye Terry, a frequent guest columnist at the Writer’s Fun Zone. // “Mixing humor with suspense?” you ask. “Surely you jest.” No, I don’t. For one of the few times in print, I’m completely serious.
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.
“Yes, And…” Improv and Writing
What does improvisation have to do with writing? Everything. When we sit down to write, we don’t always know what we will say. Often, I only have the beginning thread of an idea, a...
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