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Revive a Stalled Novel – Weave Sub-Plots Into Your Fiction Novel
How many times have you started work on a great novel only to run out of steam 50 pages into your work?
The story stalls, the idea goes flat, the characters seem to stare back at you saying "What now,...
The story stalls, the idea goes flat, the characters seem to stare back at you saying "What now,...
Author Interview: Michael Stevens, Author of Fortuna
I’m delighted to share here an interview with author Michael R. Stevens about his new book, Fortuna. Michael began his writing career in high school as a music columnist for the Vallejo Times Herald, his hometown newspaper. After graduating from the University of California at Berkeley as an English major, he served...
Sneak peek at Writing Rules! by Charles Gulotta
Charles Gulotta, Author of Writing Rules! helps teach youngsters the rules of writing in a humorous, memorable way. For anyone who ever thought the subject had to be a stuffy and boring read, pick up a copy and watch your mind change. I’ll be doing a full review soon. Here are some snippets to whet...
How do you Define Success?
What if you defined success by how much to you contribute to another or to society? What if you define success by how kind you are to yourself and to others and by what you contribute to the world? What if success is not defined by how many widgets you sell, but by how many people you help and how...
Book Excerpt: What Would Rob Do? An Irreverent Guide to Surviving Life’s Daily Indignities by Rob Sachs
Forget Someone’s Name? What Would Rob Do?
When nobody else has been around to help out, I’ve also tried getting someone to talk about her own name. I’d say something like, “I used to get made fun of all the time when I was little because people would call me names like ‘Saxophone’ or ‘Sexy Sachs’...
Effective Writing – Exorcise Your Grammar Demons
Good grammar is important, but perfect, academic-style grammar can get in the way of communicating. If you write letters, memos, and other communications based on your English teacher's demands, you're probably not communicating as well as you think. Learn...
Book Publicity – How to Create an Online Media Kit
Online author and book publicity pages are called by several names, including media room, media kit, press room or press kit, or they are simply labeled as Media or Press on the site's navigation menu. On some sites, the media page is accessed through a link from...
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