Month: August 2016

This post originally appeared on happymeerkatreviews ; (emphasis added by me). . Here’s the second Respect the Reviewer article I’ve written (the first can be read here). This is for all authors out there.  While some tips might be obvious others you may not have thought of, either way I hope some of these tips will help you find […]

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Doing this from my phone as I await breakfast in bed.  Again.  Sheesh. Kids.  Anyway… I’m also trying something new: short videos that give helpful writerly tips. You’ll see lots of them over the next few weeks: SHORT video blurbs with a helpful insight inside. Like a tootsie pop, kinda.  I’ll still be writing posts; […]

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My computer is hinting it no longer loves me – by making REALLY weird noises and suddenly freezing up or rebooting – so I panicked. My wife said it was time for a new one. That’s usually the sign. WHY DON’T I LISTEN??? And who am I kidding? It’s a robot, and robots don’t love!! […]

Have you updated your profile on BookBub? Do you HAVE a profile on BookBub? Well, you need one and you need to shoot on over there and follow me on mine. Pleeeeeeease??? Whenever I do deals there, you’ll get a notice. But wait, you say, you’ll tell us here first. True. But with a Bookbub […]

Leah Vernon, the author of Impure, drops by to give us her thoughts on world building. Impure takes place 500 years in the future, when Americans were ruled by a tyrant and divided by race and class; hate and inequality reigned. Hispanics and Blacks overthrew the government and exterminated most of the Caucasian “Europe” race – […]

Originally posted on Jean's Writing:
Ever feel like you are strangling a story to death? I feel your pain. Really I do. Sometimes I think my WIP needs to be put out of my misery. Imgflip So, let’s all avoid the paper shredder. Because there’s help by – 10 Career Killers by David McFarland Story Doctor.…

I have always held that if you ask your audience a question, after you get a dozen or so votes, you WILL have your answer. Well, yesterday I asked about a new author pic. And the vast majority of replies came back and said don’t go with the yellow shirt! Now, most of you were nice […]