I’ve put together a list of resources I’ve used or that have been recommended to me by great authors to help me with my writing, editing, and submitting. What others do you use? Share in the comments! Books On Writing by Stephen King The series of writing thesauruses by Angela Ackerman and Becca Puglisi (and…
Tag: publishing
How to Blog Tour Your Book Launch
Going into my second book launch, I find myself going through some of the same steps as I did before my first. One thing I did really big last year was a blog tour. Seems most authors have a blog and are happy to share their platform. They get to take a break from coming…
Real Writer Life Top 10
1. Check out this fantastic piece in The New Yorker on the land-based writing habits (and more) of Herman Melville. Melville felt he had all of Moby Dick in his head and just needed to write it down. By the way, if you’re writing fiction, I hope you know you already belong to the same…
Publish or Perish (Your Writing Career, That is)
As part of my job maintaining the adult fiction collection for the local public library, I have to weed books. I know it sounds awful—getting rid of books—but we have limited space, so it has to be done. I’ve been weeding the collection for a long time, removing books that are damaged or worn out…
Frustrated with marketing? Help is on the way!
Marketing. For many authors it’s a dirty word. When I go to RMFW events and talk to aspiring authors, I get the distinct impression that the real reason so many people pitch to agents and chase a traditional contract is because they just don’t want to do the marketing. They want to be pretty writer…