Celebrating Independent Authors
So your baby is in the hands of your editor and you look at a blank screen asking yourself, “What now?” This is the stage that gives new writers their biggest challenge. IU is here to help. If you’ve been reading the advice on social media you will have already begun to let your potential … Continue reading “New Book Launch and Marketing”
Indie authors are always looking for ways to get their names out in front of readers – and doing it inexpensively is a plus. One typical way is to contact bloggers and offer to write a guest post for them. This process works, but it takes a lot of time to line up your guest … Continue reading “To Hop or to Tour? Some Options for Guest Blogging”
This is an ongoing series about BigAl’s first experience writing a book. Join him as he flies by the seat of his pants and figures things out as he goes. For a more complete explanation about the book and this series of posts, you can read the series introduction here. It’s the end of September … Continue reading “You’re Going to Write What? – Part 4 – Making Time to Write”
One of the fastest ways to pull your reader out of your book and back into reality is to write unrealistic dialogue. When a character says or does something that is “out of character” it always makes me flinch or wince. So I thought it’d be helpful to share some of things to remember when … Continue reading “Realistic Dialogue – Things to Remember About Your Characters and What They Say”