Writing
How to Write a Book In These 8 Steps by guest @TheLeighShulman via @BadRedheadMedia #Writing
You want to write a book? “I just have bits of scribbles on paper. I don’t know what I’m doing,” Adriana said on a call one day. We’d been working together only a short while, and she was frustrated. “Writing is a process,” I replied. “This is part of your process.” I say it all…
Read MoreFive Tips for Writing a Compelling Book Series by guest @KJWatersAuthor
When I started writing fiction I had no idea it would turn into a book series. I just wrote a story that compelled me to do my best and as it turned out, it was significantly longer than one book. It has been twelve years since I began my journey as an author and last…
Read More4 Ways You Can Make Time to Blog Right Now
Time, writers say, is the biggest challenge when it comes to blogging. We are writing books. We are marketing books. We are thinking about marketing books. We are parents, spouses or significant others, single parents, workers bees, pet puke cleaner-uppers, grocery-shoppers, housekeepers, laundry-do-ers, mental illness sufferers/survivors, advocates, and the beat goes on. Time is a real issue,…
Read MoreAre You Really an Author? How to Kill Imposter Syndrome by guest @SmartAuthors
It’s crippling, isn’t it, the self-doubt and anxiety? That feeling you get when you tell someone you’re an author. What a fraud. Who are you to call yourself an author? Sure, you’ve written and published a book, heck it’s even got a few good reviews, but you’re not like a real author, not like J.…
Read MoreThis is the Reason Plagiarizing Others Is a Total Jerk Move by @VennieKocsis
guest post by Vennie Kocsis “If you read it on the internet it must be true.” Abraham Lincoln (original quote author unknown) When the internet first came out with blogging capabilities, many of us writers were using a blogging platform called LiveJournal. I still have mine, but the majority of the posts have been turned…
Read More4 Top Tips to Overcome Your Fear of Writing
If you are a nonfiction or memoir author, one of the issues I hear from multiple authors (and experienced myself) is giving ourselves permission to write the hard stuff. Many people will never put pen to paper because sharing the intimate details of their lives or a particular experience is simply too terrifying (or painful)…
Read MoreHomophones: What they are and How to Identify Them, Part I by @GrammarGEditing
Homophones: What they are and How to Identify Them, Part I By Wendy C Garfinkle (Grammar Goddess Editing) Many words in the English language look or sound alike but have very different meanings. Examples include aisle and isle, aloud and allowed. It’s easy to confuse them, and things like spellcheck won’t catch the error;…
Read MoreThis is How Writers Can Walk the Tightrope of Work and Life with @evatopialit
We’ve all heard about the need for a work/life balance. This isn’t a new concept. The proverb, “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy,” first appeared in James Howell’s book of proverbs and was later popularized in such movies as The Bridge on the River Kwai and The Shining. Perhaps the need…
Read MoreThis is the Reason you Need Writing Goals and How to Implement Them
“The greater danger for most of us isn’t that our aim is too high and miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.” ~ Michelangelo Most writers (myself included) find it difficult to stick to any kind of a writing plan, especially as the year goes by. Well, let’s make a…
Read MoreFrom One Writer to Another: A Short “How To” on Writing Fiction by @wendygarfinkle
Do you have an idea for a great story? Does something inside push you to string letters together in complete sentences that end up filling multiple pages? Do you feel as if you’ll burst if you don’t stop RIGHT THIS MINUTE and record those scenes and that dialogue swirling round and round in your head?…
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