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No Second Chances

Selling Your Work

There is a commercial that states that you never get a second chance at a first impression. This is never more true than when you submit your work to a literary agent.  Your goal is to pique their interest to the point where they will want to see the rest of your book.  Typically an agent will [...]

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Heroes Don’t have to be Perfect

Characters

I was watching the trailer for Will Smith’s summer movie Hancock.  He seems to be a very troubled andconfused super hero right?  Is this new?  No. Batman is troubled on a deep level, and Spiderman’s alter ego Peter Parker is awkward socially.  Even Iron Man has issues.  My favorite all-time literary character and anti-hero Sydney [...]

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Writers and Websites

Selling Your Work

How is your novel coming?  Almost done?  Once you’re finished what do you plan to do next while you’re planning your next work?  How about creating a site to showcase your work?  Robert McCammon, Nick Hornby, Stephen King, and Joseph Nassise all have official websites. In researching I discovered that some of my favorites refuse [...]

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Writers Beware – Avoid Bad Advice

Writing Tips

We’ve all received it.  Especially as writers.  But how do you spot it?  You’ve asked someone to look over your work and now it comes time to hear their thoughts.  You want to take their advice, even need it.  But what if it’s bad?
Here are some things to look for.  And I can honestly say [...]

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Interesting Tidbits: Mind Your P’s and Q’s

Interesting Tidbits

Have you ever heard the expression “Mind your P’s and Q’s”?  Common usage of the term is to tell someone to mind their own business or to pay attention to their own business. I never really thought that much of it until I was told that it had to do with old printing presses.  It appears [...]

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Don’t Read This

Writing Tips

Did I get your attention? A lot can be said for a title. So how does one choose the right title? Is it true that a great literary work can sit undiscovered in a publisher’s slush pile because of a bad title?
Don’t worry. There is no magic ingredient to a great title. [...]

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Your Novel is Ready but Are You?

Selling Your Work

You’re finished. Your mind is spent and you’re exhausted. It’s finally done. You’ve put the finishing touches on your novel, cut the scenes that didn’t move the story along, and corrected all spelling errors. You sit back and breath a sigh of relief. All of those hours put into it…*sigh*
Now [...]

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A Writer’s Greatest Sin(s)

Writing Tips

Actually I am going to list 3 of them. Are there more sins that are writer is capable of? Of course. But for the sake of those of you who are guilty of all 3 I’d rather not burden you with more.
Being Passive – As I’m writing this sentence I can feel [...]

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To Outline or Not to Outline

Writing Tips

You’re sitting down to write the next blockbuster novel that you’re sure Oprah will want her audience to read. You’ve got the premise in your head, a character you love, and an ending that will blow them away. The first fifty pages fly from your fingertips like magic. Then you stop. [...]

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