20 great similes
http://www.dailywritingtips.com/20-great-similes-from-literature-to-inspire-you/ Similes, metaphors, and analogies are turns of phrase that help readers conjure images in a narrative, whether in fiction or nonfiction, but it is in the latter form that they bloom more profusely. And what’s the difference between each of the three literary devices? A simile is a comparison between one thing and another. […]
author bio
Savvy Book Marketer http://bookmarketingmaven.typepad.com/book_marketing_maven/2011/04/6-secrets-to-writing-a-killer-author-bio.html?cid=6a00e551344c0a883301538e111af4970b#comment-6a00e551344c0a883301538e111af4970b 6 Secrets to Writing a Killer Author Bio In today’s guest post, novelist Roni Loren shares some terrific tips for writing a compelling author bio. So we’re writers, right? Which means throwing together a few sentences about ourselves should be no big deal, right? No? Damn. So I’ve been working on […]
nascar draft–fast writing
http://thescriptlab.com/features/script-tips-applied/1020-the-nascar-draft-fast-and-furious#content
8 writer secrets
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 – unlike my stumbling attempts at first drafts. Their blogs had hundreds or thousands of readers. They were real writers. And, deep down, I was afraid that I […]
Roni Loren’s Sex Scene advice
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 not. A love scene can involve any number of things. It could be that kiss that your readers have been rooting for since page three or it can be full out swinging from the chandeliers […]
AUTHOR MARKETING ONLINE
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 the most successful authors today are marketing, big time, one way or another. The most successful may have publicists and marketing consultants helping them, but they all are […]
chapter anatomy–disaster
http://mistydawnwaters.blogspot.com/2011/09/chapter-anatomy-disaster.html?spref=tw
Making money as a writer… without a bestseller
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 http://www.deanwesleysmith.com/?p=5257
Writing Character Sketches the Modern Way
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 and when they were born. Then you can move on to their philosophy, the books and movies they like, their political […]
Story Prompt Monday: Where are you from?
http://www.georgeellalyon.com/where.html Where I’m From I am from clothespins, from Clorox and carbon-tetrachloride. I am from the dirt under the back porch. (Black, glistening, it tasted like beets.) I am from the forsythia bush the Dutch elm whose long-gone limbs I remember as if they were my own. I’m from fudge and eyeglasses, from Imogene and […]