USA Today bestselling author Dan Alatorre has 50+ titles published in more than 120 countries and over a dozen languages.
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The winners of April’s Word Weaver Writing Contest share their thoughts on the contest, writing in general, and other stuff. Today our fourth place winner, Adele Marie Park, answers a few questions about our contest and other writerly things. (Click HERE to read her contest entry) 1.Dan: Did you write your story […]
I’m interested in getting your thoughts about stuff I see and hear, quotes I read, stuff that passes as knowledge – and starting an authorey conversation. This one falls into a broad category where there are ten sayings almost exactly like it. Basically, get off your ass and do it already! I always tell people […]
“…reminded me a lot of how Stephen King writes, who is one of my favorite writers.” – beta reader Wow. WOW. Best. Compliment. Ever. I can’t say everybody feels this way about the story, but so far 2/3 of the beta readers have really enjoyed it (and the other 1/3 […]
Time to turn the wheel over to a friend and learn something from somebody other than me! Enjoy this terrific guest blog author J. A. Alexsoo. This isn’t just about picking a book to read, but what readers look for in a book – so write one that way, too! Enjoy! Dan Finding the […]
Crap. Yeah, I got a bunch of you to send me your mailing addresses so I could send you your drawing prizes from the Word Weaver Writing Contest, then I started emailing the sponsors and telling them who to send prizes to… and then I kinda forgot to do the rest. Uh, well, in my […]
The winners of April’s Word Weaver Writing Contest share their thoughts on the contest, writing in general, and other stuff. Our first place winner in our first contest, Ellie Presner wrote an amazing story – but also lives one. Born and raised in Montreal, Ellie still lives her life there “to the fullest” as a […]
“I have to say that I thoroughly enjoyed reading ‘Angel’ , I kept forgetting I was supposed to be beta reading it!” – beta reader Gang, my paranormal thriller “An Angel On Her Shoulder” is currently with the first round of beta readers. They are checking for mistakes and continuity problems, but also giving me […]
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I keep thinking there should be a formula for coming up with an awesome blurb. (We have discussed blurbs HERE and HERE and HERE, but this formula idea is different, I swear.) Could a series of 10 (or 20 or 30) questions be asked and the answers dropped into a template that spits out a […]
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