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http://bookmarketingmaven.typepad.com/book_marketing_maven/2010/06/back-cover-copy-that-sells-books-by-the-boatload.html How to Craft Back Cover Copy that Sells Books by the Boatload In today's...

Orange County Chapter of Romance Writers OCCRWA.org CJ Lyons  Break Free from the Slush Pile http://www.cjlyons.net URGENT CARE, "Lyons continues to mesmerize readers…pulse-pounding."~Fresh Fiction...

Name That Character: Top Ten Tips There are a plethora of movie character names that become everlasting brands in American culture: Rocky, Yoda, Forrest Gump, and Shrek to name a few. And when it...

This is a guest post from Paul Lonergan, an author, a ghost-writer and a copywriter. For more than 20 years he’s been using words to sell everything from stock-broking services to beauty products to...

Paulo Campos at Yingle Yangle http://www.yingleyangle.com/2010/07/20-questions-to-help-improve-your.html 20 Questions to Help Improve Your Dialogue One of the biggest let-downs as a reader is weak...

The 40th installment in this series is with agent Meredith Kaffel (Charlotte Sheedy Literary) and her author, Anastasia Hopcus, for her young adult paranormal novel, Shadow Hills, which came out...

http://thescriptlab.com/the-formula/character/dialogue/36-exposition-five-rules Exposition: Five Rules EXPOSITION: FIVE RULES One of the tricks is to have the exposition conveyed in a scene of...

http://blogs.office.com/b/office-show/archive/2010/08/18/10-tips-for-great-storytelling-from-a-powerpoint-novelist.aspx 10 tips for great storytelling from a PowerPoint novelist Doug Kim 18 Aug 2010...

Writer’s Vacation Posted by Shonna Slayton Published in Creativity I’m convinced that a writer takes a vacation quite differently than most people (photographers and other artists notwithstanding.)...

How to Win Friends and Influence Readers A guest post by Katie Tallo of Momentum Gathering. The royal road to a man’s heart is to talk to him about the things he treasures most. ~ Dale Carnegie...

The 4 Story Structures that Dominate Novels August 24, 2010 by  Orson Scott Card All stories contain four elements that can determine structure: milieu, idea, character and event. Here's a look at...

The 4 Golden Rules of Being a Writer Here are four lessons about writing and finding an agent that I have learned the hard way. I hope you will read them and save yourself a lot of time and trouble....

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7 Curious Facts About 7 Dr. Seuss Books from MentalFloss.com by David K. Israel - September 9, 2010 - 11:56 AM 1. Hop on Pop In an early draft of the book, Theodor S. Geisel (aka Dr. Seuss) wanted...

http://miraslist.blogspot.com/ GRANTS. FELLOWSHIPS. RESIDENCIES. RESOURCES. Mira's List is a resource for artists, writers, composers and others in the arts. Here you will find up-to-date...

Virtual Book Tours: How To Set Up And Run A Successful Book Tour by Gary Smailes http://www.bubblecow.co.uk/2010/09/virtual-book-tours-how-to-set-up-and-run-a-successful-book-tour/ in Proactive...

What Your Readers and Book Buyers Want to Know About You and What You Need to Know About Them By Dorothy Thompson What should authors concentrate on when answering questions in interviews or just...

Agent Barbara Poelle On: 6 Things Writers Can Do To Make Their September Rock Barbara Poelle is an agent with the Irene Goodman Literary Agency, representing thrillers, literary suspense, historical...