What do you put in an author newsletter? When it came to my author newsletter, I asked my subscribers what they wanted to hear from me. I also looked at other newsletters for ideas. It is a great way to formulate how you want your newsletter to look and to give you...
A good editor is worth their weight in gold. They not only fix your grammar and find and correct major and minor errors , but also improve your book's content and structure in a way that preserves your style. There are two main processes a manuscript has to go through...
I have been the advocate of prompts to spark imagination ever since I began writing. In fact my first 'real' piece of writing was the result of a three word prompt. Here it is: Fire, Clock & Certainty. Fire light flickered on the walls and ceiling as Joan sat with...
#AuthorToolBoxBlogHop As writers and authors, we are formidable in our ability to create narratives but we also have to learn how to market the 'end product' of those many months or even years of creativity. We become a book business. The first avenue many authors...
Many of us experience, from time to time, the dreaded writers block, that awful feeling while staring at a blank page or screen when words do not flow but what happens when there are too many story ideas bombarding our brains? It can be just as debilitating as staring...
I have been tagged by Eva Blaskovic at https://evablaskovic.com/ to play along with this Q&A, so here goes. Rules: Thank the blogger who nominated you. Thanks Eva (I think!) Answer the questions you were given by that blogger. Nominate 10 bloggers, give them 10...
I grabbed this from Jackie over at To Breathe Is To Write – a great idea. Why not do your own answers? What do you think you can do but can’t? Be all things to all people - but I do try! It is a female's dilemma to nurture, protect and create an all encompassing...
Today is a new beginning for my blog. After a year of utilizing desk diary words for a post every day in 2013, I will be posting three times a week in 2014. This is the schedule I have come up with : Mondays : A series of articles exploring topics reflected in my...
Today's word is not really a reflection of what is happening here and over at Melissa's blog. http://grosvenorsquare.blogspot.ca/ We are having a carnival of writing spaces. Attrition - definition: a reduction or decrease in numbers, size, or strength over time. In...