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, home Blog About Forums Nathan Bransford Brooklyn , NY United States Nathan Bransford is the author of Jacob Wonderbar and the Cosmic Space Kapow Dial , May 2011 Jacob Wonderbar for President of the Universe Dial , April 2012 and Jacob Wonderbar and the Interstellar Time Warp Dial , March 2013 He was formerly a literary agent with Curtis Brown Ltd . and is now the social media manager at CNET He lives in Brooklyn . View my Complete Profile Contact Me Blog Directory Directory of All Posts Publishing Essentials How to Write a Novel How to Edit 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 Your Query Letter How And Whether to List Your
This excerpt comes from Writing 21st Century Fiction by Donald Maass. Do you research your novels to the point of obsession, or do you not research at all? Historical novelists are research … Read more
, home Blog About Forums Nathan Bransford Brooklyn , NY United States Nathan Bransford is the author of Jacob Wonderbar and the Cosmic Space Kapow Dial , May 2011 Jacob Wonderbar for President of the Universe Dial , April 2012 and Jacob Wonderbar and the Interstellar Time Warp Dial , March 2013 He was formerly a literary agent with Curtis Brown Ltd . and is now the social media manager at CNET He lives in Brooklyn . View my Complete Profile Contact Me Blog Directory Directory of All Posts Publishing Essentials How to Write a Novel How to Edit 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 Your Query Letter How And Whether to List Your
A movie hero steps out of your television and proclaims that you are his/her arch-nemesis. Write about what happens. Read more
, home Blog About Forums Nathan Bransford Brooklyn , NY United States Nathan Bransford is the author of Jacob Wonderbar and the Cosmic Space Kapow Dial , May 2011 Jacob Wonderbar for President of the Universe Dial , April 2012 and Jacob Wonderbar and the Interstellar Time Warp Dial , March 2013 He was formerly a literary agent with Curtis Brown Ltd . and is now the social media manager at CNET He lives in Brooklyn . View my Complete Profile Contact Me Blog Directory Directory of All Posts Publishing Essentials How to Write a Novel How to Edit 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 Your Query Letter How And Whether to List Your
Over the coming month thousands of writers (including you, perhaps?) will take a stab at knocking out 50,000 words in just 30 days for National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). But before the marathon hits, we wanted to do a short race--a super short race--and give you an opportunity to write The Shortest Short Story you can write. In fact, we'll give away a prize to the best one. Here's how it works. Read more
The Renegade Writer About Us Free E-Books E-Courses E-Books Phone Mentoring Query Critiques Free Teleclasses Guest Posting Contact Us J-School Bonus Tweet Jump to Comments 5 Ways to Make Low-Paying Markets Work For You By Lisa Evans As freelance writers , we’re always told to stay away from low-paying markets . There are many reasons to support this position . Low-paying markets cheapen the work of freelance writers , they devalue your own worth and they’re hard to get out of . But the truth is , when I started working as a freelance writer , I loved low-end markets . They accepted nearly every proposal I made . They printed my work , and paid , in a timely manner I never had to wait five months to receive a cheque Plus , they gave me great clippings to use when pitching other publications
This interview features literary agent Helen Zimmermann of Helen Zimmermann Literary Agency. She seeks writers of fiction and nonfiction. After more than 20 years in publishing—from the marketing department of Random House to Director of Advertising and Promotion for one of their imprints (The Crown Publishing Group) to Author Events Director at an independent bookstore, she founded her boutique agency in 2003 and enjoyed early success with the New York Times bestseller Chosen by A Horse. Read more
: Lloyd of Gamebooks A blog about writing gamebooks . My musings on how to write a gamebook and what makes a good . gamebook Sunday , October 28, 2012 10 Magic the Gathering horrors from the Innistrad block At the end of last October , I produced a Halloween post on black creatures from Magic the Gathering only to have a whole horror based block to burst on the scene too late for me to make any changes to it . nbsp So this year , I'm going to give you some Innistrad horrors , none of which are black in order to give the other colours a fair shot . nbsp Don't have nightmares Unruly Mob Scared people . nbsp Give me a Dalek any day . The Doctor in A town Called . Mercy Some of the best horror stories don't actually include a big scary monster but instead have people become the monsters
I’m giving a webinar to the STC Editing SIG in a few weeks. Here are the details: Writing and Editing Scripts for Video Tutorials November 15, 2012, 3-4 pm EST. When you’re writing scripts for video tutorials, you must address some of the differences between writing and speech. Copy may be well written, but will ... more »
If you need an idea for a fun Halloween activity, try making a “touch and feel box,” as they are sometimes called. Yesterday at work I made a Human Body Parts Donation Station. Kids reach in and feel brains, guts, eyeballs, hearts, and so on. A bookshelf works well for this. Find some posterboard or ... more »
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If you're trying to reach more readers and make connections, a blog will be one of your biggest tools. A blog is your chance to have a depot for content and let people know who you are and what you've written. Fortunately, we have blogging expert Porter Anderson to help us learn more about this subject. Blogging pro Porter Anderson is teaching an all-new how-to webinar on blogging called "What Authors, Bloggers and Freelancers Need to Know" on Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012 at 1 p.m. EST. Keep reading to learn all about the intensive webinar and the personalized critique. Read more
Rather than dressing up as a pirate or a sexy nurse this Halloween, why not take a nerdier approach and go out as your favorite book character? Here are a few of … Read more
, , The Renegade Writer About Us Free E-Books E-Courses E-Books Phone Mentoring Query Critiques Free Teleclasses Guest Posting Contact Us Tweet Jump to Comments How to Crowdsource Your Way to Better Article Ideas , Great Sources , and More By Elena . Mikhaylova Do you know what the creation of the Oxford English Dictionary , Microsoft’s Hacking Competition and your Sunday potluck party has in common All of them are results of crowdsourcing . When Linda offered her new book for free last week in exchange for reviews , it was also an act of . crowdsourcing This phenomenon has existed for hundreds years , but the Internet and cloud computing have made it extremely popular and useful . Crowdsourcing” has become a buzzword after Jeff Howe’s article published in 2006 in Wired magazine . There
, home Blog About Forums Nathan Bransford Brooklyn , NY United States Nathan Bransford is the author of Jacob Wonderbar and the Cosmic Space Kapow Dial , May 2011 Jacob Wonderbar for President of the Universe Dial , April 2012 and Jacob Wonderbar and the Interstellar Time Warp Dial , March 2013 He was formerly a literary agent with Curtis Brown Ltd . and is now the social media manager at CNET He lives in Brooklyn . View my Complete Profile Contact Me Blog Directory Directory of All Posts Publishing Essentials How to Write a Novel How to Edit 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 Your Query Letter How And Whether to List Your
The Renegade Writer About Us Free E-Books E-Courses E-Books Phone Mentoring Query Critiques Free Teleclasses Guest Posting Contact Us Tweet Jump to Comments Are You Ready to Take the Plunge into Freelance Writing Here’s How to Find Out By Lisa Evans Three years ago , I took an introduction to freelance writing course at my local community college . I was working full-time as a marketing professional and was suffering from workplace lethargy . I awoke each morning dreading my hour-long commute every morning except . Tuesdays On Tuesday mornings , I sprung from my bed , put on a pot of coffee and stuffed my notebook and laptop into my purse , eager for the daytime hours to fly by so I could attend my freelance writing . course I eventually quit the marketing job and became an ESL teacher ,
, home Blog About Forums Nathan Bransford Brooklyn , NY United States Nathan Bransford is the author of Jacob Wonderbar and the Cosmic Space Kapow Dial , May 2011 Jacob Wonderbar for President of the Universe Dial , April 2012 and Jacob Wonderbar and the Interstellar Time Warp Dial , March 2013 He was formerly a literary agent with Curtis Brown Ltd . and is now the social media manager at CNET He lives in Brooklyn . View my Complete Profile Contact Me Blog Directory Directory of All Posts Publishing Essentials How to Write a Novel How to Edit 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 Your Query Letter How And Whether to List Your
: . Lloyd of Gamebooks A blog about writing gamebooks . My musings on how to write a gamebook and what makes a good . gamebook Monday , October 22, 2012 How Battlemaster MMORPG showed me a wealth of non magical rewards . It might look fun now but it will lose its appeal in book 11. This post is all about how the game Battlemaster and how it showed me that there are plenty of opportunities for success without having to stuff my gamebook full of powerful magical stat boosting items that don't fit into the game world and would lower the chances of using the same character in a future book unless they had to lose the items somehow causing annoyance or the power of the enemies had to increase which may lead to power creep Lone Wolf books suffered from this problem when the hero got the
, home Blog About Forums Nathan Bransford Brooklyn , NY United States Nathan Bransford is the author of Jacob Wonderbar and the Cosmic Space Kapow Dial , May 2011 Jacob Wonderbar for President of the Universe Dial , April 2012 and Jacob Wonderbar and the Interstellar Time Warp Dial , March 2013 He was formerly a literary agent with Curtis Brown Ltd . and is now the social media manager at CNET He lives in Brooklyn . View my Complete Profile Contact Me Blog Directory Directory of All Posts Publishing Essentials How to Write a Novel How to Edit 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 Your Query Letter How And Whether to List Your
The Renegade Writer About Us Free E-Books E-Courses E-Books Phone Mentoring Query Critiques Free Teleclasses Guest Posting Contact Us Tweet Jump to Comments New in town 5 Best Practices for Fresh Freelancers By Elana Baxter First , congratulations are in order . You’ve made the choice to put yourself and your writing out there , and you want to get paid for it . That takes courage , and the journey to success as a writer requires that very brand of gumption . Starting out as a freelancer is a lot like moving to a new city : Excitement , infinite possibility and adventure are waiting around every corner . But being the new kid in town has a flip side : It can be scary , overwhelming , and unpredictable . Every writer , no matter what their level of experience or success , experiences spells
, home Blog About Forums Nathan Bransford Brooklyn , NY United States Nathan Bransford is the author of Jacob Wonderbar and the Cosmic Space Kapow Dial , May 2011 Jacob Wonderbar for President of the Universe Dial , April 2012 and Jacob Wonderbar and the Interstellar Time Warp Dial , March 2013 He was formerly a literary agent with Curtis Brown Ltd . and is now the social media manager at CNET He lives in Brooklyn . View my Complete Profile Contact Me Blog Directory Directory of All Posts Publishing Essentials How to Write a Novel How to Edit 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 Your Query Letter How And Whether to List Your
The Renegade Writer About Us Free E-Books E-Courses E-Books Phone Mentoring Query Critiques Free Teleclasses Guest Posting Contact Us Tweet Jump to Comments Anti-Schedules for the Freelancer Who Hates Scheduling By Dianna L . Gunn Let’s see if this sounds familiar : You find yourself procrastinating on the web until you’re frantic to meet deadlines . Then you spend hours , days or even weeks researching time management . Following the most popular advice , you carefully track your time for a week and create a strict schedule in half hour . blocks A month later you’re not frantic , but the routine is starting to give you a headache . You feel like your creativity is being stifled . Or worse , you haven’t followed it at all and you’re spending more time guilt-tripping yourself than . working
, home Blog About Forums Nathan Bransford Brooklyn , NY United States Nathan Bransford is the author of Jacob Wonderbar and the Cosmic Space Kapow Dial , May 2011 Jacob Wonderbar for President of the Universe Dial , April 2012 and Jacob Wonderbar and the Interstellar Time Warp Dial , March 2013 He was formerly a literary agent with Curtis Brown Ltd . and is now the social media manager at CNET He lives in Brooklyn . View my Complete Profile Contact Me Blog Directory Directory of All Posts Publishing Essentials How to Write a Novel How to Edit 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 Your Query Letter How And Whether to List Your
I’ve always been curious about the military. I’ve wanted to join it several times, but the circumstances were never right. No Easy Day is an autobiography of an ex-Navy SEAL who participated as a team lead on the mission into Pakistan to kill Osama bin Laden. The book generated a fair amount of controversy, because ... more »
, home Blog About Forums Nathan Bransford Brooklyn , NY United States Nathan Bransford is the author of Jacob Wonderbar and the Cosmic Space Kapow Dial , May 2011 Jacob Wonderbar for President of the Universe Dial , April 2012 and Jacob Wonderbar and the Interstellar Time Warp Dial , March 2013 He was formerly a literary agent with Curtis Brown Ltd . and is now the social media manager at CNET He lives in Brooklyn . View my Complete Profile Contact Me Blog Directory Directory of All Posts Publishing Essentials How to Write a Novel How to Edit 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 Your Query Letter How And Whether to List Your
: Lloyd of Gamebooks A blog about writing gamebooks . My musings on how to write a gamebook and what makes a good . gamebook Sunday , October 7, 2012 Computer games Mystic Well Mystic Well is a 1st person RPG that came with issue 28 of the ST Format magazine It is a game that I really got into and it showed me the value of exploring and . discovering It's a very basic and straightforward RPG , its creators not wanting to burden you with complications like instructions or telling you what the hell is going on . It saves you the effort of having to sit through an introduction and goes straight to telling you to reroll stats or to pick a class for your character . I like it when my games are to the point . You have four stats strength , agility , reason and vigour which , have some affect on
, home Blog About Forums Nathan Bransford Brooklyn , NY United States Nathan Bransford is the author of Jacob Wonderbar and the Cosmic Space Kapow Dial , May 2011 Jacob Wonderbar for President of the Universe Dial , April 2012 and Jacob Wonderbar and the Interstellar Time Warp Dial , March 2013 He was formerly a literary agent with Curtis Brown Ltd . and is now the social media manager at CNET He lives in Brooklyn . View my Complete Profile Contact Me Blog Directory Directory of All Posts Publishing Essentials How to Write a Novel How to Edit 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 Your Query Letter How And Whether to List Your