How to Sell Your Novel (1)
I recently got challenged on a Linked-In group forum to suggest some ideas for selling novels. I set down some ideas that popped into my head off the top of my head (which… Read More
I recently got challenged on a Linked-In group forum to suggest some ideas for selling novels. I set down some ideas that popped into my head off the top of my head (which… Read More
Should fiction writers avoid obscure words that a few readers might have to look up? I don’t. One of my role models in that is Anthony Burgess, who started his wonderful novel Earthly… Read More
Don’t. Some of you will send me examples of good writers who use italics for thoughts. Good writers can do anything. It is true. But a good writer does not need to use… Read More
If a quote from one of your characters is more than one paragraph in length — which can happen if the character changes subject matter, or moves from an explanation to an instruction,… Read More
Some stories demand to be written in first person because you need the intimacy of the narrator’s voice. Others cannot be, for the same reason — you don’t want the reader to know… Read More
Much as we want to believe that this time, we will only need to write one draft of a short story or a novel before it is publishable, down deep we know that… Read More
(I have written quite a long blog post called “In Praise of Revision” and posted it on my Militant Writer site. You can check out the whole post here http://tinyurl.com/yeahd3h. Below are the… Read More
I have days when I find it impossible to get started on my work. The very act of opening the file on the computer in which my story or novel is contained is… Read More
I recently responded with enthusiasm to a friend on FaceBook who said he was about to teach a course in creative non-fiction. I asked him if he would be talking about creative non-fiction… Read More
Find short-story, flash fiction or even novel competitions and commit to entering them. They provide invaluable deadlines and offer the additional advantage of keeping the manuscript you have submitted off your desk for… Read More
