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Writer Unboxed » Hacks for Hacks: The Basics of Author Branding
The highway to publication overflows with cars: luxury behemoths; sensible hybrids; nondescript, windowless vans with strange dents that protrude from the inside. Each bears the logo of the mechanic...
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Having trouble finding your story? Look for your quest. » Doyle McDonald
Having trouble finding your story? Look for your quest.by Megan McDonald Posted on May 21, 2013 A couple of you wanted to know the difference between a quest and a story. That’s an excellent...
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From the Desk of Phylis Johnson: Writing Tips: 31 Most Invaluable Pieces Of...
Writing Tips: 31 Most Invaluable Pieces Of Writing Advice From Famous Authors: Many avid readers are also avid writers. It only makes sense that someone who loves the beauty of language would want to...
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Writer Unboxed » An Abundance of Ideas
If you ever need one or a thousand writing ideas, drive across the country. Seriously. I can tell you it works, because as you read this, I’m on the road—quite literally. In fact, I just finished a...
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Novel Writing Tips and Techniques — Excerpt: Organizational Tools | Second...
Novel Writing Tips and Techniques From Authors of Second Wind Publishing — Excerpt: Organizational Tools EXCERPT FROM NOVEL WRITING TIPS AND TECHNIQUES FROM AUTHORS OF SECOND WIND PUBLISHING...
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44 Essential Twitter Hashtags Every Author Should Know | Author
44 Essential Twitter Hashtags Every Author Should Know44 Essential Twitter Hashtags Every Author Should Know Connect With Other Authors - #AmWriting #AmEditing #WordCount #WriterWednesday (or #WW)...
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The English pleaded, the Scots pled « Grammar « Glossophilia
The English pleaded, the Scots pled Posted on September 13, 2011 by Louise “ NewsOK ran this interesting article earlier today about the past participles and past tenses of weak and strong (or...
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Writer Unboxed » Two Words Writers Should Avoid
Two Words Writers Should Avoid Keith Cronin on Jul 09 2013 | Over the years I have witnessed and/or contributed to critiquing many writers, through my longtime participation in online writers’ forums,...
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How To Sell Books: An Interview With PR Nick Wale | Novel Ideas
How To Sell Books: An Interview With PR Nick Wale Inspiration by nickwale Nick Wale turned “Reprisal: The Eagle Rises” into a hit overnight. Interview undertaken by interviewer Alex Laybourne and...
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Lifehacker: Our List of the Best iPhone Apps
Lifehacker Pack for iPhone 2013: Our List of the Best iPhone Apps The iPhone has the largest selection of apps on the mobile side, but that means it’s also the most frustrating to find what’s...
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How To Fight — For Writers Who Need to Write & Not Fight
OK, I’m not a Mixed Martial Artist or a SEAL but occasionally your fictional hero pretty well has to “hit somebody” (Warren Zevon song about hockey players). Now, I have a problem with a couple of...
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Writer Unboxed » Flog a Pro: Inferno by Dan Brown
Flog a Pro: Inferno by Dan Brown [Terry: I'm just publishing this because I can't stand Brown's writing.] Ray Rhamey on Jul 18 2013 | Trained by reading hundreds of submissions, editors and agents...
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Five things you should know when designing with type
The Next Web Typography in Ten Minutes Serving as the intro to Butterick’s Practical Typography, an impressive guide created by type designer Matthew Butterick, Typography In Ten Minutes is a simple...
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The 7 Angels of Blogging DOOM : @ProBlogger
This is a guest contribution from Rebekah Lambert, copywriter and owner of Unashamedly Creative. Blogging is super fun, right? You get to write your own stories, express opinions, share what you learn,...
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How to Get #Free #Publicity for Your #Amazon Select Free Days
Publishing … and Other Forms of Insanity: If you have published your book on Amazon and have signed up for the KDP Select program, you are probably wondering how you are going to let the world know...
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Meet The Press: Shrewd Tips for Book Publicity | Digital Book World
From Digital Book World Ebooks are available up to four months earlier than their print counterparts. Those digital editions can be delivered to the media for review or story research very swiftly and...
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Writer Unboxed » How to Create Your Perfect Pen Name
How to Create Your Perfect Pen Name (The True Story of Terry Irving Became Mike N. Mauss is at the end.) Bill Ferris on Aug 17 2013 | Filed under: Humor Nom de plume. Pseudonym. Literary double. Even...
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8 Punctuation Marks That Are No Longer Used | Keith Houston
Pilcrow The pilcrow (¶) is the poster child of abandoned punctuation marks. With roots in ancient Greece, the pilcrow started life during the fourth century BC as the paragraphos, a horizontal line...
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From the Desk of Phylis Johnson: 7 Reasons Your Favorite Books Were Banned
7 Reasons Your Favorite Books Were Banned. Risqué-averse readers, cover your ears. Sunday marked the beginning of this year’s National Banned Books Week, for which libraries and bookstores across the...
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Writer Unboxed » Three Top-Secret Secrets to Designing Your Own Book Cover
Three Top-Secret Secrets to Designing Your Own Book Cover Bill Ferris on Oct 19 2013 | Filed under: Humor WU Admin note: Enjoy a little humor this Saturday morning. Whoever said “Don’t...
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