One year ago, I declared April 11, 2017 as “Write Any Way You Want and Forget about Bridging Paragraphs Day” aka “Babbling is Okay.” March madness is over, the green jacket has been given away, sunlight before 8AM; Autism Awareness Day, Earth Day, Professional Administrator’s Day, Passover, and of course after-Easter chocolate sales. No fooling,…
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The Best Day
One of the more common questions I hear is “What’s the best day to release a book?” Generally, the question comes from somebody who may have released a book or two and it sank without a burp. They think the reason it sank might be they launched in the wrong season or the wrong day…
What’s Happening Around CO
Online Class: April 16-29, The Dreaded Synopsis Workshop Deadline: April 24 | Last day to get regular registration pricing for PubCon 2017 Non-RMFW Event: April 28-30 | Pikes Peak Writers Conference Event: April 29 | PubCon 2017 Event: Date TBA | Announcement party for WOTY and I-WOTY finalists May 2017 Registration Opens: May 1 | 2017 Colorado Gold Conference Non-RMFW…
Writing Romance: The Alpha Hero
The most obvious starting place to discuss the types of romance heroes is with the Alpha male – Alpha hero. Alpha Male: a domineering man; the dominant member in a group of males, especially animals. They say that the term was coined mainly to distinguish between boring heroes and exciting heroes. Really? I’ve seen some…
Asking for Advice: A How-To…Avoid Letting Advice Drive You Mad
Recently, I posted two possible covers for an upcoming endeavor on Facebook, asking for, yes, you guessed it, the dreaded ADVICE. You see, I love hearing thoughts on cover art, on manuscripts, on marketing as well as how to live a better, more productive writerly life. Advice can be the best thing EVER. And then…