3 questions (about your book) to ask yourself right now
Writing is book is hard, but the really difficult stuff comes after it’s finished. After the editing, revising, rewriting, and cleanup, you’ve still got nothing but a book. Your next step is to get the...
View ArticleFive Links Friday 5/8/15
It’s time for another Five Links Friday. Read some posts about writing and then hit the word processor and get some stuff done 1. Let’s start with a behind-the-scenes look at what happens to your...
View ArticleWith Rejection Comes Opportunity
Every writer at every level knows that they need to be able to accept rejections. If you can’t handle getting a rejection, then you might as well give up writing now because a rejection letter are not...
View ArticleFive Links Friday 6/26/15
Hey, hope you’re having a great Friday so far. Here are some writing links for ya. 1. From Mary Keeley at Booksandsuch.com here is a giant Writing Mechanics and Grammar Checklist. 2. Check out this...
View ArticleFive Links Friday 7/3/15
Three day weekend! Here’s some stuff to read in between blowing stuff up and eating hotdogs. 1. A pitch sessions can be one of the most important and frightening things a new writer can do. Here is an...
View ArticleFive Links Friday 9/4/15
First Five Links of September. Enjoy! 1. Check this out: Industry Spotlight: Susan Spann on the Five Things This Publishing Lawyer Wishes Authors Knew. Great, great advice for all of us. 2. Writing...
View ArticleFive Links Friday 10/9/15
Okay, another weekend is upon us. Here are the five best articles I read about writing this week. 1. Who here wants to get their novel published? Then you ought to check out this podcast by Sara...
View ArticleFive Links Friday 12/4/15
It’s the final month of the year. Lets make 2015 go out with a bang. Here are your five links to read over the weekend. 1. I don’t generally do book reviews, for a lot of reasons, but if you do write...
View ArticleQuick Tip # 3 – Real publishers won’t contact YOU.
There you are, an aspiring author who just finished your first masterpiece. You set up a website and shared your success on every social media platform out there, up to and including the one invented...
View ArticlePlanning the next few months. And questioning my sanity…
I started off this year saying, “I do not want to find myself asking where the hell 2016 went.” And I stand by that. I swear, as you age, years fly by before you can even blink an eye. I set up some...
View ArticleFour Things I See in Fiction I Don’t Like
If you’re a writer, chances are you’re a reader too. And as with any type of entertainment, there’s going to be plenty of things you see as a fan that irritate you. Here are four of mine, in no...
View ArticleFive Links Friday 2/26/16
And it’s the final Friday of February. This year is already going by too fast. Here are five links for ya, have a great weekend and don’t waste it! 1. A lot of us struggle with the “boring middle.”...
View ArticleFive Links Friday 3/11/16
Yikes. It’s already Friday and as you can tell, I took a week off from the blog. But that’s okay; we all need to take a little break sometimes. Anyhow, I’m back now with five articles for you to read...
View ArticleTo me: “Shut up and finish your novel.”
You know, I don’t really believe in the condition of writer’s block. I do believe that every writer will at some point have trouble writing. Some people call that “writer’s block”, but all it really...
View ArticleHow to pitch a trilogy to an agent
I’m finding myself at a bit of a crossroads right now. As I’ve mentioned in previous posts, I have an urban fantasy YA novel that I’ve really been struggling with when it comes to revisions. It seems...
View ArticlePodcast Episode 11: How to NOT Get Published
In this episode of The Write Good Books Podcast, Jason and Scott discuss several of the things you should not do if you’re looking to become a published author. Click the link below to stream the...
View ArticleFive Links Friday 5/27/16
It’s time again for another Five Links Friday. It’s the last Friday of the month, and I have to say that May went by WAY too quickly. 1. Let start out the weekend with an article by Michelle Russell at...
View ArticleFive Links Friday 8/12/16
Well, here it is Friday already and it looks like I forgot something…I forgot to blog this week! The standard excuses are family illnesses, the day job, and working on the novel revision. FWIW, the...
View ArticleAugust Progress Report and September Goals (2016)
Last month I decided to do a post sharing my writing accomplishments for the last thirty days as well as listing my goals for the coming month. As August comes to a close, I decided to do it again. I...
View ArticleStuff you need (and stuff you don’t need) for your author platform
Something interesting happened at the RMFW conference. I heard differing opinions on something. I kind of jest, but on this one topic, it seems like the consensus has been 100%. And topic is The Author...
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