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Tag Archives: writing advice
Crafting Your Pitch, Elevator Style
This week for all the aspiring novelists out there, Joshua Palmatier invited a bunch of us to share our stories and advice about three stages of pitching a book. Find more entries here–and happy pitching! I love me a good … Continue reading
After “The End”
I have had the experience several times now of reading a book that I am very much enjoying–right up until the end. Then the work either fizzles out, simply stops, or blatantly kicks me in the teeth (as a reader). … Continue reading
Posted in books, essays, fiction, Uncategorized, writing, writing advice
Tagged books, endings, how to write, novels, writing advice
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Reading like a Writer
One of the dangers of crossing the line from reader to writer is that it changes the way you read. For me, it makes me impatient with bad style, slow starters, lack of tension and plot holes. I am much … Continue reading
Book Promotion: Nobody Cares about your Crazy Names (sorry!)
Once again, I have had the opportunity to read someone’s blurb for their fantasy novel. You see these things all over the place–on advertising materials at conventions, on the back covers of books, on blogs or in emails asking you … Continue reading
Posted in book promotion, books, essays, fantasy, marketing, Uncategorized, writing advice
Tagged blurb writing, book promotion, cover copy, marketing fantasy novel, writing advice
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Dear Writers, Welcome the New Year with Change
Hey, it’s 2014! I have a lot to look forward to, like a royalty statement that will definitively answer the question, “How’s Elisha Barber doing?” And the release of Elisha Magus in July, which I’ll be sure to talk lots … Continue reading
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Tagged 2014, change, resolutions, writing, writing advice
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