Whether you are seeking inspiration for writing or want to know how to get motivation to write, today’s tip, provided by The Productive Writer, will give you effective writing techniques to be … Read more
After getting into an argument with another patron at a local bar, the person challenges you to a fight out back. Because you've never been in a fight before (and don't want this to be your first time), you come up with a more creative way to settle your dispute. Read more
Okay, so there are probably about a million ways to write a poem, but the five methods below help me when I’ve been stuck in a rut. If you have other ways to … Read more
It’s not enough to love our story ideas. We need to weigh their suitability as subjects for fiction, and then figure out how to go about making use of them. This means steering clear of cliché and its sappy cousin—melodrama. Here are 10 tips to help you do just that. Read more
: , Lloyd of Gamebooks A blog about writing gamebooks . My musings on how to write a gamebook and what makes a good . gamebook Tuesday , January 31, 2012 Ian Livingstone to release a new Fighting Fantasy book involving zombies the book , not the release So Ian Livingstone is releasing a new Fighting Fantasy book in August to coincide with the 30th Anniversary of the beginning of Fighting Fantasy . However , much to my surprise , it's going to have nothing to do with Titan and instead it will be set in the modern world with zombies . You can even vote on the name if you go here I'm interested to see the end result and I'm wondering if any more new Fighting Fantasy books will be released by Ian or anyone else . To discuss the new book , or to suggest alternative titles , you could go here or
As the first month of 2012 winds down, so does the fight to stay strong in keeping up with New Year's resolutions. It's so easy to fall off the horse for a few days, then a few more days, then a few more—and we do this without considering how much falling off a horse actually hurts! (Even falling off a figurative horse hurts our writing career in the long run.) So with month two creeping up on us, I'd like to offer up some writing prompt exercises to rekindle your creative spirit. Read more
, : The Renegade Writer About Us Free Query Packet E-Courses E-Books Phone Mentoring Query Critiques Free Teleclasses Guest Posting Contact Us Tweet Jump to Comments You Ask , I Answer : How Should I Organize My Article I recently critiqued a list article for a client . A list article can be any collection of tips , products , and so on five ways to lose weight , profiles of four entrepreneurs in a certain industry , a top-10 list , a round-up of several vacation spots , a bunch of product reviews , and so on . In this case , it was a round-up of five or six different resources that catered to a certain . demographic My client’s editor had supplied her with one of the resources she wanted the writer to include , so my client put that one first in the . list The bad news was , that product
About Erin: Erin Harris is an agent at the Irene Skolnick Literary Agency. A graduate of the MFA program in creative writing at The New School, Erin received her B.A. in English from Trinity College (Hartford, CT), where she was Presidential Fellow of the English Department and inducted into Phi Beta Kappa.
She is seeking: literary novels with compelling plots and international settings; literary thrillers and mysteries (She'd love to find the next Tana French!); noirs (especially starring headstrong female protagonists); and YA and middle grade novels that transport her to magical places. Read more
Guest Post by Rob Eagar Earlier this year, I heard a publishing executive say, “The best way to market your fiction is to write more fiction.” I disagree with this idea, because … Read more
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Two weeks ago I posted a survey asking people to rank the 3 science blog networks they visit most frequently. The responses (23 in total) are probably not representative, given that most of the traffic to the post came from people clicking on my tweet or on those of other former Sciencebloggers (and current Scientopioids).…
Home Humanities Culture Literature Keys to a Million By Blogging Authors 5 hours ago Read more : social media Publicity Writing Writing Publishing debut novel selling a book Guest Post by Douglas Misquita When I received sample copies of my debut novel and held the first book in my hands , I realized the implications of the sentence over a million copies sold” . I realized that a million people had to buy what I was holding in my hand for me to get that branding on my books . At that point I could not fathom how other authors had reached that staggering as-far-as-the-moon-is-from-the-earth figure But there had to be a way and I began to think about how to attain that end goal . No easy task because I was going to have to fund all this on my . own The easiest and quickest thing to do was
“Agent Advice” is a series of quick interviews with literary and script agents who talk with Guide to Literary Agents about their thoughts on writing, publishing, and just about anything else. This installment features Nicole Resciniti of the Seymour Agency. Nicole is a member of AAR, ACFW, RWA, and Mensa. She holds degrees in biology, psychology, and behavioral neuroscience. She also Tweets.
She is seeking: romance, mainstream suspense, thrillers, mysteries, young adult, inspirational, science fiction/fantasy, and action/adventure. Read more
Before sending your novel out to potential agents and publishers, be sure to follow these important formatting guidelines. Read more
The following is an interview with Ugur Akinci, a technical writer for Honeywell Corporation. Ugur asked me these same questions for an interview on this site. After answering them, I was curious about how he would answer the same questions, so I asked Ugur to respond to the questions for my site as well. (1) How long you’ve been a technical communicator? Where do you ... more »
When writing your future bestseller you don't want to have to waste too much time wondering if you should be leaving one space or two between sentences or worried that you're committing other style faux pas. Here I’ve collected a writer’s set of FAQs about formatting issues that will help you navigate the basics. Read more
I’m giving an STC webinar this week on designing quick reference guides. Here are the details: Designing Quick Reference Guides Date: Wednesday, 25 January | 1:00–2:00 PM EST (GMT-5) Condensing a manual into an attractive quick reference guide requires a poet’s precision with language, but it also requires you to exercise skill with visual design and page layout. These short guides blend marketing with instruction, ... more »
, : The Renegade Writer About Us Free Query Packet E-Courses E-Books Phone Mentoring Query Critiques Free Teleclasses Guest Posting Contact Us Tweet Jump to Comments Renegade Q A with Jacquie Jordan , Author of Heartfelt Marketing : Allowing the Universe to be Your Business Partner Jacquie Jordan is the author of Heartfelt Marketing : Allowing the Universe to be Your Business Partner She’s also a TV producer and the owner of TVGuestpert.com where producers go to book TV . experts I interviewed Jacquie about the similarities between pitching producers and editors , how to market from the heart instead of the mind , and how to avoid what Jacquie calls energetic tackiness” in your . pitches Renegade Writer : I know that you’re a producer and that as a producer you get pitches , much like a
I just got back from our writers conference in New York, and, as expected, it was extremely busy yet extremely great. It was our second year hosting it in Manhattan, and, besides a snowstorm that hit on Saturday, everything went very smoothly -- including the gigantic Agent Pitch Slam, which is my big focus in terms of planning. (If you couldn't make the conference this year, stayed tuned to the conference website. I expect we will be back in mid to late January 2013 for more awesomeness.) Read more
The following is a guest post by Michelle Tompkins. Earlier this year she asked me to post a survey about technical communication and blogging. I posted it here, and then asked if she would follow up to share her findings. This guest post shares her findings. Earlier in December, Tom Johnson was nice enough to help me with my graduate research on how blogs are ... more »
This past week I traveled to Florida to help clear out my dad’s house. He recently fell and hit his head, and now he’s in a rehabilitation center while his memory recovers. It may take him months to return to his normal self. When he does, we want him to live closer to my sister in Tampa. I spent an entire day clearing out his ... more »
Home Humanities Culture Literature Find a Ton of Reviewers Using Google Alerts By Blogging Authors 10 hours ago Read more : Book Reviews get book review google alert Publicity Writing Writing Publishing google search for reviewers Guest Post by Dane Batty How many book review blogs and websites do you know of My list has grown leaps and bounds , in the hundreds , and I’m sure I haven’t even touched the surface . When they say , It’s a big ocean out there and I’m a little fish boy do they mean it Most times I can’t even begin to see the land or the bottom , and it looks dark as night . I wonder how to find all the possible reviewers that would be happy to give me some publicity in exchange for a copy of my book . Then I get a buzz in my . pants The new buzz that I’ve found that works is myHome Humanities Culture Literature Phony Book Reviews and How to Avoid Them By Blogging Authors 16 hours ago Read more : Book Reviews get book review Publicity Writing Writing Publishing phony book reviews Guest Post by Irene Watson Authors need book reviews to sell books , and readers like book reviews that help them make informed buying decisions about what books to read . However , many fake book reviews and reviewers are out there , and when authors hire people to write reviews , not knowing the reviewer will not actually read the book , or when readers buy books based on fake reviews , the result can be displeased readers who might then be angry enough to post their own negative reviews about the . book Print publications continue to discontinue running book reviews and are even going
, home Blog About Forums Nathan Bransford San Francisco , CA United States Nathan Bransford is the author of JACOB WONDERBAR AND THE COSMIC SPACE KAPOW , a middle grade novel about three kids who blast off into space , break the universe , and have to find their way back home , which was published by Dial Books for Young Readers in May 2011. He was formerly a literary agent with Curtis Brown Ltd . but is now a publishing civilian working in the tech industry . He lives in San Francisco . View my Complete Profile Contact Me Blog Directory Directory of All Posts Publishing Essentials How to Write a Novel How the Publishing Process Works What Do Literary Agents Do How to Find a Literary Agent How to Write a Query Letter The Basic Query Letter Formula Examples of Good Queries How to Format