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How to Set a Book’s Price
Originally posted on S.T. Capps: After the back blurb, the price of a novel is the second thing that I look at once its cover catches my eye. If the price is set to high then I will likely put it...
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Book Review: The Art of Memoir by Mary Karr
Originally posted on A View From My Summerhouse: Mary Karr’s newly released The Art of Memoir couldn’t have arrived at a better time for me. As bestselling author of The Liar’s Club, Cherry and Lit,...
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Do You Really Know How To “Show, Don’t Tell”?
Originally posted on A Writer's Path: Yesterday marked my deadline for completing the pre-edits for Marred. “Pre-edits” seems like it would be an easy task. It wasn’t. Once the track edits begin in...
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4 Common Sense Reasons It Can Benefit You to Self-Publish
Originally posted on Pearls Before Swine: Twenty years ago, a book followed a routine process: You poured your heart and soul into a manuscript and when you finished it, you started calling agents and...
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Guest Post: 25 Debut Authors Share Advice for Getting Published
lynettedavis:Great Advice! Originally posted on Writing and Rambling: I’m delighted to welcome Chuck Sambuchino (@chucksambuchino) of Writer’s Digest Books to the blog today. September 2015 saw the...
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How to Use Facebook for Authors
lynettedavis:I’m guilty of not using Facebook. So this post piqued my interest. Originally posted on Natasha Orme: I’ve spoken to quite a few authors with regards to their marketing strategy and...
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Writing Quote Wednesday
Originally posted on Inkslayer's Journey: There are many advices on writing. The best I know is stop reading them and start writing. View original
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Worshipping the Ever-Elusive Amazon Book Review
Originally posted on disappearinginplainsight: Amazon is in the process of suing 1,114 Fiverr users for offering to write fake product reviews for money. The publishing giant is hot on the scent of...
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Writing With Heart: Creating an Emotionally Engaging Character
Originally posted on A Writer's Path: Someone recently asked me about writing with emotion. This is really about creating the emotionally engaging character because if you don’t write emotion into...
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Review: Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Originally posted on K.J. Chapman: Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck 5/5 Blurb:Streetwise George and his big, childlike friend Lennie are drifters, searching for work in the fields and valleys of...
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Author Quote
Originally posted on Teresa McRae: Another one from Mr. King. Write what has meaning to you. Write in a way that speaks to you. It will be read. View original
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5 Reasons to Self-Publish in December!
Originally posted by selfpublishingadvisor on Dec 10, 2015: “It is not in spite of the holiday busy-ness that I recommend publishing in the heart of December, but because of what the holidays are meant...
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Writing Emotional Scenes
A Writer's Path I watched The Hunger Games last night. I read the book before the movie came out, and I’ve seen the movie a few times. So I obviously knew what would happen. Still, a certain scene got...
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The Price Of Books
Rachel Poli At the beginning of December, Herminia wrote a post titled, “The Disadvantages of Buying Books.” Then we started talking in the comments and an idea sprouted. One of the disadvantages of...
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How to Write With All Five Senses
A Writer's Path Description With All Five Senses This might be a little grade school for some of you. Or you might think it’s a little grade school. Frankly, I think we could all stand to be reminded....
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Print Books Having Good Finish to Solid Year
BCNN1 WP The book business looks ready to mark a second consecutive year of unit growth in print books. Unit sales of print books were up 2.8% through the week ended December 20, 2015 compared to the...
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Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison Book Review
Noiseless Madman First published in 1952 and immediately hailed as a masterpiece, Invisible Man is one of those rare novels that have changed the shape of American literature. There’s so much I could...
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How to Build (and not Build) an Author Site
Andrew Updegrove: Tales of Adversego When I released my first book four years ago, I wasn’t convinced I needed an author site. After all, an Amazon Author Page includes most of the basic elements...
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Preparing to Write Your Story | Ruth, Writer
Ruth, Writer “I don’t know where the idea originated that memoir writing is cathartic. For me, it’s always felt like playing my own neurosurgeon, sans anesthesia. As a memoirist, you have to crack...
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It’s Coming Together
The Faithful Scribe I see a permanent transformation within myself that I know is different than all the other changes I’ve witnessed in my lifetime. I have found the love of writing and I have...
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