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READING IN GENRE

Does genre fiction possess the merits of, say, Literary fiction? You’ll get answers across the board. Of course, genre sells hugely. In all the categories and subcategories of Traditional publishing...

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DOES QUALITY MATTER IN BOOKS TODAY?

If so, why? With the seismic shift in publishing these days, and the reality that virtually anyone can publish a book, one of the odd changes has of course been that the gatekeepers no longer exist....

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4 WRITING-CONFLICT EXERCISES SCENES PART 2

Okay, so you’ve effectively set the scene, and are ready to really dive into the conflict. But what actually is conflict in a scene? And how do you write it effectively? Conflict should comprise about...

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LESSONS FROM THE TRADITIONAL-PUBLISHING MODEL Part One: THE BOOK, THE BOOK,...

Traditional publishing is in the toilet.  Big news flash, right?  I lined out some of the whys in my recent guest blog on Authorlink.com But what can we learn from big publishers’ successes and...

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LESSONS FROM THE TRADITIONAL-PUBLISHING MODEL PART TWO: The Genre’s the Thing!

We talked last time about the first lesson from Traditional Publishing—focusing on the product, the book!  Now we continue with the second—knowing your genre.   Often new writers tell me a big reason...

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LESSONS FROM THE TRADITIONAL-PUBLISHING MODEL PART THREE: Timing

Okay, so we’ve talked about focusing on the book, honing in on the genre, and now for the third thing to take from Traditional-publishing’s successes: Timing.  Here I’m not talking about all the time...

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LESSONS FROM THE TRADITIONAL-PUBLISHING MODEL Part Four: Distribution

Okay, this is a big bag of worms. And a changing-at-the-speed-of-light one! One of the biggest differences in self vs. traditional publishing is something “they” never tell you—they being all those...

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So, who do you write for? Yourself? Your readers? A combination? We all talk about this a lot. One side firmly states that you write for yourself. Of course, this has to be true, as you’re the one up...

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WRITERS’ GOALS 3 Tips to Cementing Yours

We all gotta have them. You know it’s true! And in this season of resolutions, what a great time to set them, once again. We all subscribe to some sort of goal, no? Whether you join up for Nanowrimo or...

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THE EBB AND FLOW OF STORIES

Don’t you just love a great book as it transports you to a different world.  No matter what genre you love best, off on a journey you go. But ever have that feeling (more and more these days!) of...

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