by MKMarketing | May 23, 2011 | Best Writer Tips, Fiction Novel Writing, Guest posts, Who is Writing What?
I’ll admit it, I’m a fangirl. When an author’s amazing book inspires awe, when an agent teaches a class with the intention of improving and inspiring our burgeoning manuscripts, or either write a blogpost containing encouragement and advice for other...
by MKMarketing | Mar 21, 2011 | Best Writer Tips, For the love of writing, Guest posts
I stumbled upon Debbie Weil’s thoughtful take on publishing through Amazon’s fabulous “new” concept, Kindle Singles. Weil is the author of one of the first and most definitive books about business blogging: THE CORPORATE BLOGGING BOOK. Her...
by MKMarketing | Mar 14, 2011 | Best Writer Tips, Fiction Novel Writing, For the love of writing, Guest posts
Action is my habit. When I briskly type out an initial draft of a scene, the early rendition reveals a pesky ritual of churning my characters through conflict after conflict, plowing them through troubles, smacking them in the forehead with insult and...
by MKMarketing | Mar 8, 2011 | Best Writer Tips, Fiction Novel Writing, For the love of writing, Guest posts
When people ask what your book is about, they are really asking about the plot. A response: “It’s about two German Shepherds sniffing for buried treasure,” only scrapes the surface. Why dogs? Why that breed? What kind of treasure? Where? When? What...
by MKMarketing | Mar 1, 2011 | Best Writer Tips, Fiction Novel Writing, Guest posts, Who is Writing What?
I’ll be honest with you. I just wrote an entirely new scene in a different POV and tense for my novel RADIO HEAD, inspired by the phenomenal workshop I attended at UCLA with instructor Lisa Cron. She has graciously agreed to critique it for me, and so here I am,...
by MKMarketing | Feb 8, 2011 | Best Writer Tips, Fiction Novel Writing, Guest posts
The only thing better than buzz about your new book is PRE buzz resulting in pre-orders. I follow agent Laurie Abkemeier (Brian DeFiore & Co.) on Twitter, and found this blog post by Erin Reel at TheLitCoach.com featuring Abkemeier’s advice about connecting...
