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What makes a reader set a book aside with the comment, “Unbelievable!”? And why should a writer care?
Because an agent or editor might set it side too. An author’s goal is to maintain readers’ attention and interest from the …
Too often we talk about how tough the writing world is these days. Today let me turn the tables and talk about some of the best things about being a writer today in 2023.
Periodically someone will post on Facebook their opinion of a certain punctuation mark. Comments in response unfurl like a long serpent below the post. Neutrality tends not to exist in those comments. In this way I’ve learned that writers, in …
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“What are my next steps?” This is the question I am asked repeatedly when taking agent meetings at writer’s conferences. Often writers come to me with ideas but no understanding of what publishing requires. Launching into the writer’s world …
I don’t know about you, but I spend a lot of time feeling guilty. I’m either not working hard enough, or I’m not a good wife, or housekeeper, or mother, or dog owner, or church member, or…the list of things …
If you are a writer actively pitching your novel or non-fiction, but you still dabble in children’s books, and you’re feeling the hankering to ramp up your YouTube channel, is it helpful or harmful to broadcast all your creative outlets …
Four Measures to Self-Audit Your Author Brand for ConsistencyRead More
Who knew not taking time to adjust your privacy settings on social media could create a tangled mess of chaotic, unwanted, unpleasant hairball-like clogs?
Who knew that self-publishing a book is rarely a natural first step to traditional publishing?
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Lately, I’ve been spending much of my free time in the kitchen. I made up my mind to lean into probiotics by making things like brined pickles and sourdough bread. I also wanted to finally master cooking fish. It’s coming …
Writers soon learn that to be a successful author one needs to be one’s own PR staff, communicating regularly and engagingly with potential readers. But some authors never figure out that they have an equally important audience to communicate with–also …
You are ready to put together your proposal for the book God has laid on your heart. You know you need to write it. But how should you approach the topic? What makes your take on the topic a unique …
