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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
