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How to Turn Your Book Signing into a Sell-Out!
Everyone loves a successful book signing! When I had my very first book signing
it was a total flop! Well, maybe not totally, the book store did order six books
and I did sell two of them! But success comes after...
My Writing Treasure Chest
Writing didn't start out as a passion for me. Don't get me wrong - I wrote from a young age; but words didn't burn inside me trying to escape my brain, and set fire to the paper. In high school, English was...
Hook Your Reader from the First Sentence: How to Write Great Beginnings
Let's face it: when you send your writing off in the hopes it will be published,
every word is important. You wouldn't give yourself permission to get sloppy
after page 37, assuming the editor can handle choppy prose or...
Creating Motion in Fiction
The reader of today, because he is so strongly conditioned by the movies and
television, loses his interest in a novel or short story easily when the
narrative drones on and on. To keep the interest of the reader, the writer needs
to...
Five Things Not To Do When Trying To Write Your First Novel
Some people suppress an insistent urge to attempt novel-length fiction all their
lives. That's like giving yourself permission to hide from who you are. If your
soul is that of a writer, to write is...
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