By Pamela Nowak There’s a big difference between an enjoyable read and a keeper book. For me, the keepers are those books that take me beyond light entertainment and involve me emotionally in the story. They are the books that make me feel as if I am in the story and make me gasp or…
Category: General Interest
Descriptive Power on Page One
By Karen Duvall Description often gets overlooked for the power it can have in a story. Some dismiss it as no big deal, just use the five senses and you’re good to go. Some avoid using it altogether because they think readers skip that part to get to the action. Some worry over excessive exposition…
Lesson Eleven –The Market –Big Press, Small Press, Self-pub
By Jeanne C. Stein We’ve reached the last lesson. I hope I’ve given you one or two nuggets to strengthen your writing. This lesson will increase your understanding of the business. The two go hand in hand. If you are truly serious about a writing career, it isn’t enough to immerse yourself in the creative…
How to Get Away with Murder (Non-TV Show Edition)
By J.A. (Julie) Kazimer From the title you’d guess that I was about to tell you how to murder someone. But I’m not. At least not really. This post is about reality in fiction. No, really dear NSA (who can still read my meta data, or is that my mind thanks to the Patriot Act…
What’s In Your Bucket? … by Kay Bergstrom
Many writers have Bucket Lists of the good stuff they hope to accomplish before they kick the aforementioned bucket. It usually starts with “write a book” and ends with “#1 NYT Best-Seller Five Years in a Row.” Take that, Harry Potter. “Write a book” is an appropriate listing because it’s within your power to do…