Many (if not most) professional authors understand the value of attending writers’ conferences. In addition to offering valuable writing tips and marketing classes, conferences provide an unparalleled opportunity to network and connect with other authors and industry professionals. But are you getting the most from your conference experience? Here are some tips for turning a…
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Five Things You Might Not Expect Going Indie
I’m very nearly through my first venture in independent publishing, and I thought it might be helpful to share some of the things I didn’t see coming.
I’m not going to spend time on the things that are easy to see. Obviously you’re going to need a cover and some sort of editing. But there are some other things you’ll need when the manuscript is all polished and shiny that you might not have thought about in advance.
Finding My Heroic Fantasy Chops Only to Descend into the Horror Pit Of Marketing … by M. K. Theodoratus
Story telling has been part of my life since I went on “adventures” with an ‘imaginary” friend. Over the years, I’ve written lots of fiction in many genres, but I usually gave up on most writing projects about a third through. Writing was like an unscratched itch for me, so, I decided to study the…
The End: Bringing Your Novel to a Close
There’s a lot of emphasis put on story beginnings as well as its muddy middle, but what about the end? I think the topic deserves more consideration. Every book has a beginning, a middle and an end. The beginning must be engaging enough to hook the reader, and the middle has to hold your audience’s…
Adventures in Genre Writing: Lesson Eight–Suspense
By Jeanne C. Stein How do you keep a reader engaged? Creating and Maintaining Suspense Our goal as a writer is to entertain, and make the reader care about your story. How do you do this? By creating and maintaining an emotional bond with the reader, by manipulating their emotions, by creating and maintaining suspense….