Voice in Narrative and Dialogue - A Contrast of Writing Styles
One of the nice things about being an author is that we can break any rule we want. (I just did.) It's part of our job description. Language changes through usage -- definitions, spelling, grammar -- and authors can help it do this. But on the other hand, we have to have some sort of agreement on...
Voice in Narrative and Dialogue - A Contrast of Writing Styles
Reviewers' Help Writers Write Better
Learning Through Others
A good critique helps two writers. Most of us, when we write,
know what's right about our work. We feel it; in that moment
when everything just clicks and the words flow like oil from our
fingers, we know. Presumably we don't see the flaws, or we would
have fixed...
Reviewers' Help Writers Write Better
Writing The Blockbuster Book Proposal: How To Sell Your Non-Fiction Book
You did it. You crafted the perfect query letter for your non-fiction book, and as a result, an editor at a large publishing house has requested a full book proposal. At this point, you have a 50/50 chance of seeing your work on a bookstore shelf. The difference maker will be a strong book proposal...
Writing The Blockbuster Book Proposal: How To Sell Your Non-Fiction Book
The Published Novelist: Nine Essential Qualities
So what does it actually take to make it as a selling writer? And beyond that, what does it take to ride out the tough spots in a highly competitive field?
These are questions I get asked on a regular basis from readers, as well as people who are just plain curious about someone who chooses...
The Published Novelist: Nine Essential Qualities
Ghostwriting - Making Money by Being Invisible
My bookcase takes up one whole wall in the family room, from floor to ceiling. It shows my eclectic reading tastes... fiction, non-fiction, Harry Potter next to murder mysteries and metaphysical literature. Also there are books I've written for the business sector - on negotiation, writing letters,...
Ghostwriting - Making Money by Being Invisible
The Future of Electronic Publishing
UNESCO's somewhat arbitrary definition of "book" is: "Non-periodical printed publication of at least 49 pages excluding covers." The emergence of electronic publishing was supposed to change all that. Yet a bloodbath of unusual proportions has taken place in the last few months. Time Warner's...
The Future of Electronic Publishing
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