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By Jason Boog on December 17, 2010 3:55 PM http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/1t3SEs/www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/how-timothy-ferriss-hit-the-amazon-bestseller-list_b19441 As of this writing, The 4-Hour...

1. Writing is a job. Writing is a job not a vocation or an avocation. If you want to be a success at it, treat it like the most important part of your day. Don’t do it when all else is done. Lots of...

http://bubblecow.co.uk/2010/12/a-list-of-book-genres/ was recently browsing in a large bookshop when I can across a section with a sign declaring ‘Dark Fantasy.’ There it was in the cold light of...

Michelle Brower is an agent with Folio Literary. 1. Go to get feedback on your work in a workshop or instructional setting. Sometimes writers forget that the first and most important step in...

What’s Your Novel’s Log Line? by Maeve Maddox http://www.dailywritingtips.com/whats-your-novels-log-line/ The term log line (also spelled log-line and logline) is usually associated with movies, but...

How to write when you've got nothing to say I was never prolific. I used to spend hours staring at a blank screen bleeding words like blood from a stone which I would end up deleting the next day....

http://windedwords.blogspot.com/2010/11/7-rules-part-iii-rejection.html Everyone faces rejection. EVERYONE. The trick is learning how to deal with it. I’m going to put myself out there for censure...

http://www.writersrelief.com/blog/post/Literary-Journals-And-Magazines-What-They-Are-Who-Runs-Them-and-How-They-Benefit-You.aspx Literary Journals And Magazines: What They Are, Who Runs Them, and...

http://thescriptlab.com/the-formula/character/character-roles/41-your-hero-top-ten-rules The most important character in your screenplay is your protagonist: your hero. It's her story. We hope and...

http://www.bothersomewords.com/blog/2011/04/13/are-you-ready-for-an-editor/

http://www.rachellegardner.com/2011/10/10-tidbits-about-author-platform/ 1. Definition of a platform? It’s the way you, the author, will get your name and your book in front of potential consumers....

I’ve discovered a new way to really get to know a character: write their Facebook profile. Start with the basics: their job, where they went to school, what languages they speak, where they’re from...

Fiction writers may debate for hours the merits of popular authors such as Stephenie Meyer or Dan Brown but on thing can we all agree--we'd be just darling as multi-millionaires. B...

AUTHOR MARKETING ONLINE By Ronald S. Barak Copyright © 2011. All Rights Reserved http://ronaldsbarak.com rbarak@rsb-law.com Introduction It’s no secret that every author today has to market. Even...

http://fictiongroupie.blogspot.com/2010/09/love-scenes-101-dont-be-corny-or-porn-y.html So what exactly constitutes a love scene? Are they only important for those of us writing romance? Of course...

http://www.aliventures.com/8-writing-secrets/ A few years ago, I’d look at published writers and think that they were somehow different from me. After all, their books were gripping and fluent –...

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