ePublishing Tip to dramatically Improve Reviews and Sales
Aug 14Image courtesy Matt Hampel. I’ve had more or less the same experience happen several times in the last couple of weeks. I’m a member of a critique group. I won’t say which one here just in case someone figures out who I am here and there. I want to protect the guilty, so to speak. I chose a work to critique that I thought I might be interested in reading. Within the first...
5 Steps to Become a Published Writer
Sep 21Terry from PulseUniform left an interesting comment on the Story Structure article. First, to answer the question, yes I think a lot of the story structure tips can also apply to non-fiction articles. I’ve seen something akin to setup – conflict – resolution used for articles. Obviously, the tips regarding character development won’t apply, but I’m sure you can find...
Story Structure
Aug 31In this article, Larry Brooks discusses writing from an outline vs. writing from the seat of your pants. His argument is that both are feasible, providing you have your story architecture in mind. Unfortunately, although the article was good, he didn’t explain what he means by story architecture or how to develop one. Which got me to wondering, what exactly does he mean by “story...
Publishing your short fiction
Aug 02You may have a great short story already written, or the seed of one wriggling around somewhere, and you’d like to know where and how to publish it. Ralan.com is a good place for speculative, horror, sci-fi, fantasy, etc. He keeps the site up-to-date, and there are hundreds of listings there, divided up by pay amount, so it’s easy to find something in the level you’re looking...
Where to sell your writing
Jul 07You’re interested in selling some writing, maybe even starting to “freelance,” but where do you go to SELL your work? Here are some of the most popular sites and the pros and cons of using each. Constant Content After registering, you’ll submit your work for approval. You can submit content that matches up to a previous request, or you can write whatever you like. After...
American Idol, for Writers?
Jun 30I’m talking about WeBook, a site I ran across the other day through StumbleUpon. From their about page… Webook is an “online book publishing company, which does for the industry what American Idol did for music.” That’s a pretty interesting intro, don’t you think? From browsing around the site, it looks like you can start a project, collaborate with others on...