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Articles on Writing: Write tips, Self-publishing, Book Promotion, and related topics.
Attracting Attention?
Does anyone care to predict which book by your favorite writer will do well? No? Join the club. As long as the sun…
The Most Difficult Part of Writing
The Most Difficult Part of Writing
The most difficult part of writing for me right now is just sitting down and…
Your Background and Your Writing
Your Background and Your Writing
I always thought I’d be a writer, so when I was twenty-five, I quit a job to…
Did Writing Your Book Change Your Life?
Did Writing Your Book Change Your Life?
I wish I could say writing my latest novel Light Bringer changed my life,…
How Not to Bore your Reader
How Not to Bore Your Reader
Every scene happens somewhere. It could be on a pirate ship, under a bed, or walking…
How Do You Decide that You are Finished Writing a Story?
Here are some ways other authors decide when they are finished writing a story. The comments are taken from…
A Solitary Life – Review
Mary Margaret Carmichael, the hero of this novel, is a well known author who has been persuaded to publish her…
Where Rorting The System Is OK
Where Rorting The System Is OK
The Grand Illusion Part 4
This is a fairly short installment in The Grand…
Writing is an Illness
Writing is an Illness
Is Writing an Illness?: So, science has just worked out that anyone who shows any…
What Is The Goal for Your Book?
The Goal for Your Book
What is your goal for your book? What do you want readers to take with them?I would…
10 Ideas How To Promote Self-Published Books
Promote Self-Published Books
Promoting self-published books and ebooks in an already crowded and competitive…
Good Enough For The Reading Public?
The Reading Public
Exposing The Grand Illusion - part 3In previous articles regarding The Grand Illusion, I…
Toxic Reviewers and Trolls
Toxic Reviewers
Ask any writer who enjoys regular sales for his or her latest book why they never regularly read…
What Words Would You Like to Leave the World?
Words to Leave the World: I’ll leave the world my books, which are words enough, but besides that, this is how…
eBook Wars
The more I think about it, the more I'm convinced that my countrymen are stuck in a rut, particularly when it comes…