Author of Contemperary Romance, Thriller, Mystery and Suspense
Informational posts for current and future writers.
Good for you. You have finished your book. I always take a few days to celebrate the delight of knowing another story is actually ready for editing. No matter how many books I have written the feeling of accomplishment is always there, the euphoria, the excitement. I love the creative part of writing. Now comes…
One of the questions I see on social media is about character description. This is also a favorite question when I do face to face presentations. I’m not sure that there is a one-size-fits-all answer but here are the two basic ways I use. Character information can be delivered in a number of ways. This…
One of the challenges about being a self published writer is promotion. When I published in New York, the publisher promoted the imprint under which I published so that I and the writers who also were in that group reaped the benefits of the house’s promotional dollars. The print runs were set by the publishing…
I don’t know how long this will last but one of the members in my writers’ group member, my website designer, just clued me in to a new feature on our WordPress website and Amazon. Like YouTube videos, all you need to do now is to copy and paste the link into your WordPress blog…
Since I am quarantined liked everyone else, I miss interacting with other writers, discussing plots, characters and the strange twists that our stories sometimes make. A writer friend and I decided to be try using our computers to make connections. Right now, we have a writer from Louisiana, a narrator for audio books from Louisiana,…
So, your first draft is done. Now what? It’s time to polish and present your book. Today’s focus is descriptions. Information such as physical descriptions should not be lumped together & given at one time. Paragraphs of text without interaction are boring for today’s reader & that means skipping pages or simply putting the book…
