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 [...]
Entries from November 30th, 2009
Free Copy of Nail Your Novel by Roz Morris
November 30th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
A Little Tidbit to Tide You Over: Secrets of a Non-fiction Blog Tour
November 27th, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized
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!
Related Posts I’m a Kreativ Blogger I got a wonderful comment on Monday’s blog post from Rebecca Emerich, whose blog Living [...]
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Ruminations on Love
November 18th, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Today, I’m over at The Romantic Journey talking about classic love stories and why I think they remain so powerful.
Related Posts Writing Roundup, May 8 And, another work week for the 9-5 crowd comes to a close. I wonder if this song lyric would be true of me if I [...]
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A Library Request Chain
November 16th, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized
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 [...]
Writing Roundup, Nov. 13
November 13th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized
The Business of Writing
Craft
Fiction
Freelancing
Platform
The Business of Writing
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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Holidays Are Good Writing Days
November 11th, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized
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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Build Your Online Press Kit
November 9th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Uncategorized
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 [...]
Writing Roundup, Nov. 6: “Still Friday on the West Coast” Edition
November 6th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
The Business of Writing
Craft
Fiction
Freelancing
The Business of Writing
Firsts
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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More on Marketing
November 4th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
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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Home Remedies
November 2nd, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized
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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