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Possessed By The Word
If anyone tells you it’s easy to sit down and write a novel feel free to start laughing and call him or her a big fat liar. Inspiration might be easy, finding great story lines might be easy, thinking up fifteen ways to end each chapter might be easy, but writing the whole damn thing […]
Writing The Dreaded Synopsis
Some authors say that writing a whole novel is easier than writing a synopsis. I’m not sure I’d go that far, but I agree it sure as hell ain’t easy! Why is it so hard? There are a number of factors, I think. First, it seems so unfair that, having spent months or even years […]
Never Jump From A Moving Novel
Novel writing is a journey. We authors are the advance team who scout locations before the readers make an appearance. But we’re travelers first and foremost – into foreign lands, if we’ve the nerve to leave the familiar landscape of memoir. When I began writing, agents and editors cautioned that the craft had strict rules. […]
Can a Self-Published Author Have an Agent?
Can a self-published/independent author have an agent? Surely, it’s a contradictory state? Well, no, not in today’s publishing world. Last May, I signed with A for Authors literary agency to represent me for subsidiary and foreign rights. As the congratulations flowed in, I was a little overwhelmed by the lovely things people said on Facebook […]
How to Write the Romance Novel You Want to Read
Bestselling Author Travis Neighbor Ward Shares the Top 7 Things Every Romance Writer Should Do Writing romances can be one of the most empowering forms of fiction writing for women—as long as we make it an expression of ourselves. When I set out to write my novel COME FIND ME, my top priority was creating […]
The Inside Scoop: Working with a Freelance Editor
Your draft is done. You’ve re-read it a dozen times and you can’t stand to be near it another minute. Cleaning the bathroom is starting to sound more appealing than revising your book yet another time. Well, it sounds like you’re ready to work with an editor! Hiring a freelance editor is one of the […]
Show Don’t Tell: The Page Is A Stage
It’s as if editors believe they’re tutors when they return your work with, ‘Show, don’t tell!’ And you think, ‘I wish I could get some real feedback.’ But, in my opinion, they’re giving you really good advice. Think of a play. Actors are on the stage, but there’s a narrator at the side. The narrator […]
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