How a Little Bit of Solitude and Silence Can Get the Creative Juices Flowing. By Cali Gilbert As you read this, you’re probably wondering how we got to this place. Countries on lockdown, small businesses desperate to stay afloat, thousands falling ill and even death. Yet I want you to take a moment and think
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Common Mistakes of Indie Authors by Kathy Meis of Bublish
Please enjoy this interview by Carla King with Kathy Meis of Bublish, recorded at the 2020 San Francisco Writers Conference. Here’s what you’ll learn. What indie authors should do three to six months prior to publication The importance of planning ahead and having a plan The importance of building a platform prior to launch Considering
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Two Kids, a Writer, and a Shelter in Place
By: EJ DeBrun Reading about the Wuhan City quarantine against the devastating effects of the COVID-19 virus last January 2020, my first thoughts went directly to the all the parents of children who were now forced to stay confined inside their homes with said children because difficult as these kind of measures are for all
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Three tips for writing better sex scenes-from romance author Rebecca Hunter
In essence, fiction is about the human condition, and sex is an important part of being human. Novels from all genres include sex, but physical intimacy is an area where romance authors excel. Sex scenes vary widely in romance. Not all romance novels have sex scenes; Amish romance, a popular sub-genre, as a rule
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Motivation Monday: The Technology That Binds Us
by Carla King Today we experience a profound wonder and appreciation for the technology that binds us to our very humanness. It’s difficult to imagine isolation without it, and I have to cast my mind back to the delay factor that we lived with before the internet. Back in 1995, when I started blogging, the
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Three Questions with Jonathan Maberry
Interview by Joey Garcia. Best selling author Jonathan Maberry discusses his writing career, cross-genre writing and more! http://traffic.libsyn.com/sfwriters/mayberry.garcia.final.mp3 Jonathan Maberry is a multiple Bram Stoker Award winning author. He is a multi-talented writer of both fiction and nonfiction. He even writes for comic books (Captain America; Marvel Zombies Return). Two of his series are being
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Dear San Francisco Writers Conference family- Motivation Monday
Dear San Francisco Writers Conference family: We’re writers. We’re artists. We create. Yet, at this pivotal point in time we find ourselves adrift. Angry. Out of control. And it affects our writing. But it doesn’t have to affect it in a negative way. What about if we take this unusual time…this strange, horrible exile of
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Motivation Monday: Writing in the Time of COVID
by Indie Editor Mary Rakow How can we “use” our feelings about the virus in this challenging time? Fear, anger, helplessness, worry, and also moments of joy, gratitude, hope? Here’s an exercise I do a lot: First, we can put ourselves onto the page just as we are. Let’s say you just woke up. You’re
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10X Your Success as a Nonfiction Writer in the New Decade
By Nina Amir The year 2020 ushers in a new decade. That fact alone is worth a pause. Take a moment and think about what you accomplished in the last 10 years. Did you achieve your goals? Have you become the nonfiction writer you wanted to and know you can be? Are you satisfied with
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How to Write a Freakin’ Fabulous Logline
By Christine Conradt The logline is the first thing anyone hears about your book or screenplay. It’s what entices a producer, agent, reader, studio exec, or editor to want to hear more. In short, without a well-conceived logline, your manuscript or screenplay won’t get very far. Every good logline has seven elements: the inciting incident,
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