I saw a tweet the other day that said, “Best writing advice ever: only write when you’re inspired.” I stared at it for a second, shook my head and got back to work. I’m just going to say it: if…
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Writing when you’re uninspired
Tagged with: Artistic inspiration, books, tweet, Writers Resources, writing, Writing Exercises
Posted in Intrigues
Posted in Intrigues
Quality in e-books: is it really so hard?
I think anyone who has bought some 99 cent ebooks off of Amazon or even bought these books while they were offered free for a weekend has noticed a disturbing problem with them: often times, the formatting/grammar/spelling – in short,…
Tagged with: Amazon, Creative Penn, E-book, Ebook, ebook sellers, grammar errors, proofing, proofreading, Publishing, quality, Quality control, Self-publishing, Smashwords, writing, writing process
Posted in Grammar, Intrigues
Posted in Grammar, Intrigues
How do you decide on a novel’s title?
After my first novel was published, I had a plan for the trilogy. That included their titles, or so I thought. My first novel is title Into Fire. I wanted the titles to be along those same lines, so the…
Be professional with rejection
I read a scathing tweet a few days ago from a literary agent who had rejected a writer’s submission. Said author then had written a “snarky” reply to the literary agent. I can only imagine what the “snarky” reply was.…
Tagged with: Author, Fiction, Literary agent, Publish, Query letter, rejection, Writer, Writers Resources, writing
Posted in Intrigues
Posted in Intrigues
How being a journalist helps me as an author
I am both a journalist and an author. Are the two mutually exclusive? Obviously not. You do a google search for “journalist and author” and you come up with a lot of results of people who are both. There’s even…
Really? Knowing how it ends makes it more enjoyable?
Apparently, a new study is saying that people find movies, books, etc., more enjoyable if they know how the story is going to end before they get there. Supposedly, it takes away the stress of wondering what is going to…
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