When I first heard about RMFW, I had been floundering around on my own, convinced there were hardly any other writers in my neck of the woods. I’d met a few writers through a small critique group I belonged to, but it wasn’t until I saw an item about a meeting on the “events” page…
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Choice Overload
Is your email inbox swollen with “helpful” newsletters and videos? You know the ones, presented by the “Successful Writers” who have found “The Secret” to become (fill-in-the-blank) best-selling authors and astound millions with their novels. Each helpful newsletter or video encourages you to launch a new marketing project (often closely associated with the service the…
Cutting a Trail Through the Jungle of Great Adventure Novels
Adventure novels, at least the really good ones like Peter Heller’s The River, take up a permanent home in our imagination. They rise up from a literary jungle of suspense, following a path cut by the best adventure books of all time. Early childhood friends helped to beat down this well-trodden path: Twain’s Huck Finn,…
DEEP POV Lesson 7 – Deixis (Pointing Words)
When we’re writing in DEEP POV, we are inside the head of the character. That character is in the center of his own world. This is where this deixis (pronounced DIKE-SIS) stuff comes in. By the way, if you want to get really confused, Google deixis and skim through the first few links. OY! I…
Books don’t sell themselves–or do they?
No, they don’t. They really, really don’t. I hear writers say all the time how great their book is, and yet, no one seems to be buying it. And they can’t figure out why? As a writer, no matter where you are in your journey, it’s important to remember that like most consumer products, your…