Finally, a Simple Solution to Handling Backstory

by MKMarketing | Apr 20, 2015 | Best Writer Tips, Fiction Novel Writing, Guest posts

I spend a lot of time thinking about my character’s motivation. If you don’t believe me, you should see some (unpublished) stories I wrote a few years back, where character origins and backstory flood the pages where plot and emotional reaction ought to...

Cover Reveal! Book 4 of Between Series is HERE!

by MKMarketing | Feb 14, 2015 | Fiction Novel Writing, Who is Writing What?

At last! The awaited cover reveal of the much-anticipated fourth book in Cyndi Tefft’s BETWEEN series has arrived! Sacrifice of Greatest Price will soon be in our hot little hands. (Well hello again, Mr. MacRae;) Until then, have a peek at this teaser and follow...

Revise Your Novel in One Month with PlotWriMo

by MKMarketing | Dec 1, 2014 | Best Writer Tips, Fiction Novel Writing, Guest posts, Your highest potential

Congratulations on completing the draft of your novel! That messy hunk of love is ready for polishing. Literary agent Jill Corcoran and Plot Whisperer goddess Martha Alderson have joined forces to help you maintain the swift progress of NaNoWriMo as you edit, revise...

One Last Song – A New Book by Author S.K. Falls

by MKMarketing | Oct 27, 2014 | Fiction Novel Writing, Who is Writing What?

Exciting news! The pub date for One Last Song, a brand-new book by S.K. Falls, has been announced! Falls is the award-winning author of the popular Fevered Souls and Glimpsing Stars book series. For those of us who love books and writing, it is our pleasure (nay,...

Boiling Down Story – Creating a Pitch

by MKMarketing | Oct 14, 2014 | Fiction Novel Writing

As a competing mentee in this year’s Pitch Wars, I’ve been working on formulating a pitch. It would seem that, having dreamed up, outlined, and written an entire novel (and I won’t even go into the number of revisions I’ve done) that I should...

Is a Writer’s Retreat for you?

by MKMarketing | Oct 6, 2014 | Best Writer Tips, Fiction Novel Writing, For the love of writing

When was the last time you walked through a meadow? Not a cut-lawn city park expanse, or your own back yard just before mowing, but an honest-to-goodness meadow? Last weekend I attended an intimate writer’s retreat at Prue’s House at Hilltop Park on...