Writing Tip Wednesday: The Best Way to get Book Reviews
It’s the bane of our existence, at least, for us authors. We need book reviews. After all, sites such as Bookbub won’t even consider our books for promotion unless we have a good number of reviews (at least ten to twenty). But how to get those reviews? First, definitely ask your friends to leave honest […]
Writing Tip Wednesday: A curated short list of FREE book promotion sites
Photo by Gregory Culmer on Unsplash Today I’m going to share with you a curated list of sites where you can promote your book for FREE. With the advent of self-publishing, a TON of service providers have popped up seeking to sell you all kinds of promotion services for your fiction and nonfiction books. These services include book […]
Tuesday Flash Fiction: Adult Halloween
Photo by Altınay Dinç on Unsplash Haunted houses, Creepy clothes Keep you up there on your toes. Sneaky kids Burst your bubble, Double double, toil and trouble. Whispering orders, Stalking prey, Can’t get candy if I’m away. Cute little bunny, Savage mask, Now where’d I leave my flask? Halloween’s not just for kids, You know. […]
Thursday Flash Fiction: Night Out (In)
Photo by Drew Coffman on Unsplash Full war paint, Dark red lipstick, Perfectly smoothed hair, Mile-high heels, Tummy sucked in, Skirt straight, Shoulders back, No slouching because the masses don’t care if you’re tired. Polished nails, Gold jewelry, So what do you do? Where are you from? Must be ready with prepackaged answers. I’m so witty, ha […]
Writing Tip Wednesday: Elmore Leonard’s Rules on Writing
Photo by Thought Catalog on Unsplash In last week’s post on Stephen King’s writing tips, I mentioned fiction author Elmore Leonard. Leonard was a prolific genre writer, including crime fiction, and was highly regarded as an expert in writing dialogue. He gave some great advice on writing technique. Here’s a summary of his tips. Never open a book […]
Writing Tip Wednesday: Tips from Stephen King
Stephen King’s On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft is more of a personal memoir than a treatise on writing. When you drill down into the book, however, you can obtain some great writing tips that you should keep in mind when working on your first draft. I’ve condensed some of the best tips for […]
Tuesday Flash Fiction: To FOMO or not to FOMO?
Photo by Michael Discenza on Unsplash Almost everyone around me appears to have FOMO. The dreaded fear of missing out. Oh no! they think. I don’t have any plans for the weekend yet. Whatever will I do? I must fill every minute with something. I’ll do brunch, then a music festival, followed by a pub crawl, then dinner, […]
Writing Tip Wednesdays: Reedsy – A phenomenal platform for writers
Today I want to tell you about Reedsy, a website chock full of great FREE resources for authors. On the Reedsy blog site, you will find a ton of helpful articles such as The Ultimate Guide to KDP: How to Succeed on Kindle Direct Publishing and The Best Free Book Cover Makers (and a Few Paid Ones). One […]
Monday Flash Fiction: Dirty Dishes
Photo by James Wheeler on Unsplash Dirty Dishes I won’t remember dirty dishes and piles of laundry, Or dust bunnies lurking in dark corners, Or fingerprints on a window. Or a stray sock on the bathroom floor. I don’t care too much about a cheap broken glass, That slipped through your small fingers During your first attempts at […]
Welcome to Writing Tip Wednesdays!
Every Wednesday I’ll share with you the best writing and publishing tips I can find. I’m always researching how to improve my own writing and how to market my books. Starting now, every Wednesday I’ll send you my curated research, condensed, in one spot.For today: My Self-Publishing Primer is updated with important info about how […]