I, like the rest of you, have been watching the trends of the publishing industry. From all indications, you might wonder if in the future, printed copies of books will become what a VHS tape or a vinyl record is today.
The old adage of “I get my best ideas for a story in my dreams” has never been true for me. Nor have I ever been so inspired for a storyline in the shower.
As any of you who have read some of my entries on the topic of writing a novel know, I’ve had a somewhat strange ride. Suffice it to say that I have learned a tremendous amount about creative writing through this effort and especially about my crutch words and weaknesses. I wanted to touch briefly […]
Anyone else despise it when people say, “I could care less”? The phrase is “I couldn’t care less” folks! Sorry – my vent for the day….
Successful authors who sell many books are business people. If you aren’t, you should be thinking like one.
When someone first sits down to write something your first instinct in an email might not be to plan out what you are writing. Let’s face it, a novel is not an email. I find it difficult to understand how someone can put “pen to paper” without a blueprint or idea of what they are […]
We now understand the basic complaints our beta readers had. Let’s take those items and use them to improve our manuscript.
Hear about the pregnant woman who went into labor & yelled,”Couldn’t! Wouldn’t! Shouldn’t! Didn’t! Can’t!”? She was having contractions.
I did share (in a secure manner) my manuscript with a good variety of people and learned a series of useful tidbits. It did require separating a lot of wheat from chaff in that feedback.
Nothing annoys me more than people who profess knowledge in something when in fact they are clueless. Be that as it may, this seems to be prevalent in writing. How many people, who are otherwise unpublished or have no writing credentials whatsoever, wax professorial when giving advice to other would-be authors.
