top ten must-haves for your protag
http://thescriptlab.com/the-formula/character/character-roles/41-your-hero-top-ten-rules The most important character in your screenplay is your protagonist: your hero. It’s her story. We hope and fear for her. She’ the interesting somebody who wants something badly and is having trouble getting it. Without your hero, there is no story. But when creating that unforgettable protagonist, you must know the whole package – […]
How Timothy Ferriss Hit the Amazon Bestseller List
By Jason Boog on December 17, 2010 3:55 PM http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/1t3SEs/www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/how-timothy-ferriss-hit-the-amazon-bestseller-list_b19441 As of this writing, The 4-Hour Body: An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat-Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman is ranked #2 (pictured, click to enlarge) on Amazon’s Kindle bestseller list. We caught up with author Timothy Ferriss to find out how he built his audience. He […]
Read the Type of Stories You Write
Why You Should Read the Type of Stories You Write http://wordplay-kmweiland.blogspot.com/2011/01/why-you-should-read-type-of-stories-you.html?sms_ss=twitter&at_xt=4d42027d35a2f7a1,0 Aside from writing itself, reading is the single most important element in a healthy writing life. As Natalie Goldberg and Stephen King, respectively, point out: “If you read good books, when you write, good books will come out of you.” “If you don’t have […]
10 tips for free publicity
Top 10 Tips for Free Publicity 1.Write and distribute direct-to-consumer press releases regularly to promote your product, service, cause or issue. 2.To promote your expertise, write “how-to” articles and post them to EzineArticles.com. These same articles can be sent to newspapers, magazines, trade publications, and print and electronic newsletters. 3.Create your own blog and blog […]
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 MARKETING ONLINE
http://ht.ly/5okcA 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 […]
the work of an editor
http://www.bothersomewords.com/blog/2011/04/13/are-you-ready-for-an-editor/
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 […]
chapter anatomy–disaster
http://mistydawnwaters.blogspot.com/2011/09/chapter-anatomy-disaster.html?spref=tw
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 […]