You Can Write Compelling Cover Copy by Kat Sheridan
Please help me welcome Kat Sheridan to Writer’s Fun Zone as he shares with us “You Can Write Compelling Cover Copy.” Enjoy!
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Get More from Your Settings by Kay Keppler
Have you ever picked up a book and read back cover copy that sent shivers down your spine? You know what I mean: stories located in a peaceful country garden filled with sweetpeas and butterflies, or the brooding castle that bristles with medieval weaponry—these are the settings that tell you what adventures lie in store.
Is Your Muse-ic Calling Your Name? by Carol Malone
When I was a small child, it didn’t take me long to realize music could be used to tell powerful stories. I’d pop on a 78 record and listen till my parents would cry. I listened to songs like: “Blue Tail Fly” or “Jimmy Crack Corn and I Don’t care,” “The Big Rock Canady Mountain,” “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star,”
What Is Your Genre? by Deanna Jackson
I participated in Pitch Madness last year on twitter and while preparing I realized I had no idea what genre my book was. Before you begin they give you a list of what genre to put at the end of your tweet so that agents and editors can see if they would even represent your book. There were so many to choose from so I did some research on each of them.
Learning the Hard Way – What NOT to do When Designing Your Own Book Cover Model Shoot – by Raina Schell
I’ve always been one of those people that learns the hard way, by doing. I’m also one of those people that says “I can do it myself”. This is what led me to my most recent pitfall.
GET PUBLISHED NOW: I Dare You to Step into the Conversation
Often thought leaders think that their message is cool enough to be published in a book, but actually a book is a conversation that you have with other books in your field. So, what’s a thought leader to do?
Read, Read and Read Some More
When people tell me they want to be a writer, one of the first things I ask is “What do you read?” Why is reading so important? Readers wash their minds and hearts with...
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