Originally posted on Stories from the Heart:
Until a few days ago, I didn’t know much about online book launch parties. I had no idea how such a thing could work, I mean, a party, isn’t that a gathering of people? I was naive. Why did I think people could only gather in person for…
Here’s an actual email telling you to QUIT WRITING if you didn’t get selected for what I’m calling “BULLSHIT CONTEST.” (Part 1 was yesterday. Warning: This is an exercise in sarcasm and parody, so don’t take any of it too seriously. Undies = to remain unbunched.) First, don’t quit writing, ever. Second, join any freaking […]
Originally posted on J. A. Allen:
In the space of only a few months, I have accrued well over five thousand Twitter followers. To be honest, I probably could have gathered another five thousand in that time, but the work on my upcoming book would have suffered (even more than it already has this summer). So,…
There is so much wrong here I don’t know where to begin. (Warning: This is an exercise in sarcasm and parody, so don’t take any of it too seriously. Undies = to remain unbunched.) A recent contest, let’s call it BULLSHIT CONTEST, was held where a bunch of unknown, starry-eyed author types were whipped into […]
As a writer, you’re going to have moments of self-doubt – sometimes coming from people who are actually trying to help you. Recently, we discussed perseverance, HERE When my wife and I were building our house, there came a time where we had to make a lot of decisions. What kind of cabinet pulls do […]
Originally posted on Kristina Stanley:
Exhausted, that’s how I felt when my Facebook launch party ended. Three hours of chatting online, asking trivia questions, keeping track of winners, and answering questions. This is the story of how I created and hosted my first launch party. Preparation for the event. Create a banner to announce your event.…
If you write to a specific audience, then you can market your book to that audience. Makes sense. That doesn’t mean go chase the teen vampires; it means know who you specifically are writing to. You can figure that out by asking some questions to your hypothetical reader. To that end, I found a blog […]
Ernest Hemingway, Nobel winner, had no interest in attending college. William Faulkner and playwright Eugene O’Neill, also Nobel winners, didn’t take college seriously and quit. French painter Henri Rousseau was self-taught and a late-blooming amateur; his first art show was at age 40. Walt Whitman, another thoroughly self-taught autodidact, ended his formal education at eleven. […]
In a story we are often asked to create images for the reader that we may not have experienced ourselves. I discussed this in an earlier post about killing aliens and dismembering people (entitled “BLOOD FILLED, HORRID, SCARY Things Writers Do Every Day“) click HERE to read that one.) Here’s another great way to add to your collection […]
Find your voice Know your voice. Protect your voice. . Passive Guy’s original post: http://www.thepassivevoice.com/09/2015/how-corporate-america-killed-my-writing/
DAN ALATORRE