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…
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Deep POV Lesson 10 – Headhopping vs. Seamless POV Shifts
Some folks are POV purists, preaching that each scene should be from one POV and only one POV. Fine. I’m not going to argue. I’m not a POV purist. Powerful writing pulls the reader in and doesn’t let her up for air. I’ve read many books that shift POV in a scene, sometimes more than…
Who is this Julie Forth, and why are we celebrating her?
On the day we celebrate our independence from tyranny, I’d like to discuss some books that remind us why, with all her flaws, the United States of America is, in my opinion, the most successful political experiment in the history of mankind. The following books remind us of the lofty and noble ideals upon which our…
Trespass
I knew I was in trouble the second I saw him take a picture. He wasn’t coming up the hill to greet me. He wasn’t coming up the hill to say “Howdy, partner” or “You must be my new neighbor.” No. His climbing posture said it all. He was coming up the hill with a sense of…
How to Write When You’re Not Writing
For the last 12 months, I worked in a sort of creative fever on my latest novel. When I wasn’t at my day job, I was writing. When I couldn’t be writing, I was brainstorming. When I stopped writing to sleep, I felt like I was still trapped in the fictional world, not really resting…