Recent social isolation has left us in our own bubbles with much less contact with other writers as sounding boards for our work. Living in an echo chamber, while it may make us productive in terms of word count (or not), may also have allowed us to drift back into bad habits we thought we…
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Managing your Author Platform: How to give more than you recieve
Managing your Author Platform: How to give more than you recieve When managing your author platform it is very important that you create and foster a community of fans for your writing. The first step of doing that is to write great books. The second step is creating great content for your fans on in…
Say What? Part 2: While You’re Writing
In this part of our series about the jargon of the writing community, we’ll talk about terms that relate to writing or editing your work. You’re likely to hear these phrases from critique group members, beta readers, or your editor. Think of these terms as “good writing advice”. Oxford Comma (aka Serial Comma): A comma…
Word of Mouth Goes Viral
Bestsellers have always been created by word of mouth. One reader loves a book and tells other readers. They love the book and tell more readers. In a few weeks, or months, a bestseller is born. Publishers obviously try to influence the process. They pick out books on their lists they think have the potential…
Off the Beaten Craft: 5 Writing Books You Might Not Have Heard Of
There are iconic writing craft books—think Anne Lamott’s Bird by Bird or Stephen King’s On Writing. And then there are many “also rans,” books that may not have garnered the acclaim or audience of such bestsellers. But wait! These are gems. They may hide in the shadows because the craft book shelf is crowded to…