Novelist and writing consultant Roz Morris is offering a free PDF download of her book Nail Your Novel–no registration required. Those of you who finished a novel during NaNoWriMo may be looking for tips to help you assess what you wrote and revise your draft.
Roz visited us earlier this year to talk about her beat [...]
For those of you who have missed me on my long Thanksgiving holiday, here is a link to an interview I did with Andy Shack about my blog tour. Enjoy!
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Today, I’m over at The Romantic Journey talking about classic love stories and why I think they remain so powerful.
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After attending Caroline Miller’s talk on book marketing earlier this month, I’ve been thinking about how to get my book into libraries.
Miller suggested asking your friends to request it, using either the paper or online forms or just a face-to-face conversation with the person in charge of acquisitions.
The more I thought about it, the more [...]
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Comparing Your Book to Other Books in Your Query
Agent Nathan Bransford weighs in on using comparisons to other books in your query. Personally, I think it can give a nice frame reference for tone or subject matter, but your query shouldn’t imply that your book is derivative of those [...]
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Today, a lot of us are off work. A day off can be a good time for catching up on housework, relaxing, or catching a movie. Or it can be a day that you sample the life of a full-time writer, putting in a much longer writing shift than is possible on a day that [...]
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Do you have a press kit?
I didn’t until recently, even though, as a working journalist, I know how essential an online press kit is to the media. So, I pulled mine together and posted it today. It is a work in progress, and I intend to continue adding more to it as needed.
What are the [...]
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What are your goals for your writing career? Aprilynne Pike discusses her goals, other possible goals as a writer, and the ways we can achieve these goals.
Choosing Your Genre
Agent Jessica Faust covers the issue of specializing in a genre. If you have ideas that span genres, how do you [...]
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Last night, I saw author Caroline Miller speak on book marketing. She had some great ideas and focused a lot on marketing to libraries.
One of the best suggestions was to ask your friends to request that their local library add your book to their collection. So, next time you’re at the library, feel free to [...]
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We writers talk a lot about different ways to save money on health care, Internet service, writing supplies, and so on.
One way to save money is to make your own home remedies when you have a cold or mild flu.
Now, you should not rely on home remedies if you have a serious illness, and avoiding [...]
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