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Using Dirty Fighting To Escalate Tension In Your Story

by MKMarketing | Sep 2, 2011 | Best Writer Tips, Fiction Novel Writing, Guest posts

Great books are filled with conflict, and great characters who learn important lessons. Writer and all-around-funny Jenny Hansen’s clever tips for Dirty Fighting Techniques can be applied to your main character’s friend, family member or a significant other…whoever he...

Author Paul Dorset’s “How to build a brand on Twitter for FREE!”

by MKMarketing | Jul 15, 2011 | Best Writer Tips, Guest posts

I have a feeling I would like Paul Dorset, were we to meet. Well organized, typo-free, and to the point, Dorset writes prolifically, and not just books. His blog Utterances of an Overcrowded Mind offers concise, valuable  posts about the craft of writing, yet for all...

Feel the Heat: Sex and Fiction. 8 Tips for Building Tension

by MKMarketing | May 27, 2011 | Best Writer Tips, Fiction Novel Writing, For the love of writing, Guest posts

Will your fictional characters, at some point, hit the sheets? As most of us creative types enjoy a delicious romp in the sack in real life, it shouldn’t be too difficult to apply our trusty, book-enhancing observational skills to break down, scene by scene, moment...

Publishing with Kindle Single for not quite full length Books

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...

Do Readers Care About Your Fiction Characters?

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...
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