Another month, and another authors’ Round Robin. This month our question is… …What’s your favourite point of view to write and/or read, and why? When I first started out writing, I struggled with point of view. I had no idea how choppy my story was until a very good editor pointed out how my fictional… Continue reading Do your heads hop? Some tips on choosing point of view and keeping it consistent
Title: Breakfast Buddies Author: Ildar Daminov Publisher: NineStar Press Release Date: 11/01/2022 Heat Level: 1 – No Sex Pairing: Male/Male Length: 23900 Genre: Contemporary, LGBTQIA+, college students, self-discovery, first love, cultural differences, writing Add to Goodreads Description We humans are spectacularly bad at understanding our own emotions. A socially conservative Asian young man makes a […]
Another month, another authors’ Round Robin. And another through-provoking question in our writers’ group… What do you define in your writing about your characters and what do you leave to the reader’s intuition? Is there anything you never tell about a character? There’s a LOT to these questions but they got me thinking in particular… Continue reading Appearance is everything – or is it? How much character description should a writer give?
Summer blockbusters are coming to an end, and our timelines are filled with the first day of school photos. Time to show your book to those who will have a little more free time during the week. First, you need …
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Free Access for ALLi Members The Self Publishing Advice Conference offers two full days (10:00 AM – 10:00 PM) of information and insights for indie authors. Speakers include Joanna Penn, Mark Dawson, Nick Stephenson, Joel Friedlander, Jane Friedman, Ma…
I’m not the only author who adores reviews. Honestly, they can be worth more than a sale. Think of it this way: I make about thirty-five cents on every dollar of a book. True story. Obviously, that amount isn’t going …
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Christmas book-buying has already started! So NOW is the time to get in front of your audience and potential readers. BookBub recently revealed that after almost a decade of monitoring Christmas book sales, the data is clear that one of …
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Many MockupShots customers have been sharing their images and promotion schedules for the holiday season. It’s going to be a big year for their book sales. This is what one of them wrote: “Just wanted to say a huge thank …
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Another month, and another of our authors’ Round Robins. This month we have another thought-provoking topic, this time set by author Marci Baun Deleting scenes: Do you ever delete scenes? When and why do you delete them? And what do you do with them? Do you save them? Or just toss them? When I first… Continue reading Kill your darlings: 5 tips for cutting and editing scenes you love
This is the second part in a series on the tarot. If you’re new to it, please start with part one for an introduction to the cards, how they work and what they mean, then come back to learn how to use them in your writing. Before you read, you might like to find a […]