In this month's
post at Fiction University, I'm covering the basics of those best practices so that we can all start in the right direction.
As I mentioned in my guest
post at Fiction University, Marketing Strategy: The Next Book, it's important for authors to move on to the next project.
In this month's
post at Fiction University, I'm exploring our options and the pros and cons for each strategy.
In this month's
post at Fiction University, I'm sharing some guidelines to help us figure out whether including an excerpt teasing readers with another one of our stories is a good idea — or not.
Agreed, In next month's guest
post at Fiction University, I'll be rehashing my «risks of freebies» information from here.
In this month's
post at Fiction University, I'm digging into the pros and cons of those two philosophies:
For a great short piece on what contemporary writers need to know about writing descriptions, see Janice Hardy's
post at Fiction University: Three Things to Consider when Writing Descriptions.
Each month, I guest
post at Fiction University, a site overflowing with helpful information for writers at all stages.
My guest
post at Fiction University shares a big list of ideas for book - specific and non-book extras.
posted at Fiction University, saying, «As indies, one of our major advantages is that we're quick and agile.
Not exact matches
None of this will prove that Jesus is the Christ, but most scholars (both Christian and non-Christian) will tell you that what you have
posted is
fiction not based
at all on the historical facts we know.
When Gravity came out a bit more than a year ago, a thousand science -
fiction - loving bloggers leapt to their keyboards to explain why the film was a «game changer»; Boyhood doesn't have a constituency that's quite so... naturally vocal, so this
post is here for the next time someone shrugs
at the marvels of Boyhood.
We kick off the show looking
at some of this month's key films, including Steven Spielberg's literally - ripped - from - the - headlines true story The
Post, Guillermo Del Toro's dark romantic fantasy The Shape of Water, Don Hertzfeldt's animated science
fiction sequel World of Tomorrow Episode 2: The Burden of Other People's Thoughts, and Ridley Scott's ambitious Getty family biopic All the Money in the World.
Both came to mind watching «The
Post,» both historical
fiction and a breakneck shot -
at - speed allegory for the present moment of journalism and politics, begun and released in less than nine months.
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Fiction with tags 2018.
Finding the Right Balance With Your Stage Directions — an older
post from Janice Hardy
at Fiction University, but useful.
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Louise Harnby presents 5 tips for writing about physical pain in
fiction posted at The Proofreader's Parlour, saying, «Drawing on guidance from Milton to medicine, I offer 5 tips to help beginner novelists write about physical pain.
In the two years since Copyblogger ran this
post about serialized
fiction, Sean has also published another two million words
at his other company, Collective Inkwell, with David Wright.
After a one - month break for my health issues and to let Janice run her fantastic, month - long Revision Workshop on her blog, it's time once again for my monthly guest
post over
at Janice Hardy's
Fiction University.
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at 11:49 am and is filed under Bestsellers,
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posted on Wednesday, May 25th, 2011
at 9:00 am and is filed under #amwriting, 5MinuteFiction, Flash
Fiction, Writers, Writing.
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posted on Tuesday, July 27th, 2010
at 2:30 pm and is filed under 5MinuteFiction, Flash
Fiction, Writers, Writing Competition.
Newly
posted at New Flash
Fiction Review, here's «The Easy Way» by Michelle Ross: http://newflashfiction.com/michelle-ross/ If you haven't already, be sure to pick up a -LSB-...]
Carla Douglas presents Do's and Don'ts for Choosing a Title — Tips, and a Free Tool, Too
posted at Beyond Paper, saying, «The rules for choosing a good title are entirely different for
fiction and nonfiction.
However, my years of blogging and my indie - focused guest
posts at Janice Hardy's
Fiction University have added up anyway.
Wow... Today marks my last monthly guest
post over
at Janice Hardy's
Fiction University for my series about Indie Publishing Paths.
Daryl Rothman presents The Ties that Bind
posted at Maggie James
Fiction, saying, «thanks for your consideration!»
That's why I wrote a whole
post about it
at Writer Unboxed, who so generously hosted me in front of their wonderful community of
fiction writers.
Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware On July 20, the Authors Guild and the Science
Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America announced that they had together reached an agreement with Hungary - based Galaktika Magazine.For
at least a decade, Galakti... -LSB-...]
The amazing folks over
at Writers helping Writers have me over there for a guest
post on using Scene and Sequel to write better
fiction, control pacing, and ensure that every scene matters.
Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware Following on my
post last week about unattractive deal terms
at Random House's new digital - only imprint, Hydra, the Science
Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America has determined that Hydra will not be a qua... -LSB-...]
Specific details will be
posted at sfwa.org by the first of March, but the basic standards are $ 3,000 for novel, or a total of 10,000 words of short
fiction paid
at 6 cents a word for Active membership.
I'm going to refer to two
posts here
at Writer Unboxed, one by Don titled «Third Level Emotions [2],» and another [3] concerning his upcoming book, The Emotional Craft of
Fiction.
Deborah Jay presents Please don't leave me hanging...
posted at Deborah Jay — Mystery, magic and mayhem, saying, «I wrote this
post with the aim of exhorting
fiction writers to learn the craft of narrative structure.
This
post is aimed specifically
at book descriptions for
fiction, and we'll
post something for non-
fiction authors later.
I'm reminded of a piece of flash
fiction posted over
at Creepypasta (that site is NOT safe to browse
at work).
I very much enjoyed the
post, and tried to click on Marcy's link here: «You can find her blogging about writing and about the place where real life meets science
fiction, fantasy, and myth
at marcykennedy.com» and seemed to be redirected to a dead link
at WANA.
As an editor, I offer editing and publishing services to independent authors of speculative
fiction, mystery, and romance, so I would love to see
posts on writing craft, self - publishing, and marketing aimed
at these niches.
-- 13 things I've learnt
posted at Ian Martyn, Science
Fiction Writer, saying, «This is the second blog I've entered.
Susanne Lakin presents The Sound of Sound in Novels
posted at Live Write Thrive, saying, «Few
fiction writers think much about sound in their stories, other than the obvious, like noting a car honking or a baby crying.
That notion calls to mind three recent
posts here
at Writer Unboxed: one by Dave King on how much he's learned about dialog from Aaron Sorkin; a second by Kathleen McCleary on how incredibly helpful reading
fiction has been for her current work in progress; and just yesterday Greer Macallister's exploration of writing lessons to be learned from the hit play Hamilton.
I've put my scores in below based primarily on my
fiction, so you can add yours in the comments
at the bottom of the
post if you want to join in.
posted at Ian Martyn, Science
Fiction Writer, saying, «Blogging for a writer is much more than a means of getting your name out there.
posted at storyrally, saying, «Your best window for marketing impact occurs way before your
fiction is published.
posted at An Inspired Mess, saying, ««Serial
fiction» is a broad term that encompasses a wide range of story - telling formats, with no distinct language to describe its nuances.
Hope Clark presents Marketing
Fiction — selling the make believe posted at From the Writer's Desk, saying, «A reputation serves as most of the author's platform, which many consider an extreme advantage of nonfiction authors over fiction, those who choose to live in the land of make - b
Fiction — selling the make believe
posted at From the Writer's Desk, saying, «A reputation serves as most of the author's platform, which many consider an extreme advantage of nonfiction authors over
fiction, those who choose to live in the land of make - b
fiction, those who choose to live in the land of make - believe.
Erica Verrillo presents Promoting Your Scifi or Fantasy Novel on Social Media
posted at Publishing... and Other Forms of Insanity, saying, «If you have self - published a fantasy or science
fiction novel, you can promote it for free!
Shared in the Sunday
Post hosted by Caffeinated Book Reviewer, the Month in Review linkup
at The Book Date, and the Monthly Wrap - up Round - up hosted by Feed Your
Fiction Addiction
posted at Nick Daws» Writing Blog, saying, «I have just released a new, fully illustrated version of my science
fiction novella «The Festival on Lyris Five» for the Amazon Kindle.»