Marketing any published book is hard work. When you’re going it alone as an independent author, even more so. Understanding how different social media avenues and search engines work can put your marketing farther ahead. It’s not enough to toss…
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From many decades of creative and commercial writing experience, find posts on writing, editing, style, grammar and related topics of interest to writers. Anyone’s free to give the category a read, of course, but most of this is straight-up “if you don’t write, it probably isn’t going to interest you much” stuff. Just sayin’.
The first line of your novel can be your best friend, but it takes work. It’s the single most important way to draw readers into the rest of your story. And almost no one talks about it. Surprising, but there’s…
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Longhand writing is fast becoming a lost art. With keyboards and touch screens everywhere, we rarely have a reason to touch a piece of paper. Along with that fast-disappearing skill, professionals are taking notice of the loss of some essential…
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Writers come in a multitude of varieties, but the thing that makes us a unique tribe? The way our crazy little writer brains work. Ever doubted you really were a writer? See if any of these things sound familiar to…
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Writing time – as writers, the thing we all need the most and the thing stolen from us from when life gets in the way. It’s a constant fight to carve out writing time from any regular day. The annoyance…
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Word count isn’t something to worry about while you’re writing your first draft. I’m a big advocate of “it takes a long as it takes” to get the story out. Word count is something to consider later, after you get…
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First rule of writer’s block? Don’t let it defeat you. You can overcome it and stay prolific. There are a million reasons why it happens and you’re not alone. We’ve all hit it at some point, but the thing to…
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Writing… how do I centre myself for it? What does it take to clear my mind? There’s no secret really. Mostly it’s a matter of being disciplined with myself. Eva left this question on the blog the other day. As…
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Domain names used to be a luxury only affordable to large business. Emerging writers would never need one when traditional print publishers were the only game in town. Back closer to the beginning of the Internet, you might only see…
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Writing is hard – let’s just get that out there. If it was easy, everyone would do it. If you’re compelled, if this is your calling, then you want to hone your craft and do the best job at it…
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