The Creative Life

Book Promotions – My Experience Thus Far

Part of what I received in the promotion: advertising content http://bookbuzz.net/ultimate-book-promotion-blitz/ The package I purchased...

Book Promotions – Worth the Hype?

Photo by Anete Lusina on Pexels.com Once upon a time there was a writer who wrote several books. She self-published them and waited for...

Princess Revision: Chapter One, Scene Five

JULY 26, 1967 The country club was breathtaking in its decorum. The lights were low and lazy, and tissue paper made into large bows hung...

Five Things Writers Do to Ruin Their Stories

Photo by Viktoria Alipatova on Pexels.com Even seasoned authors make mistakes. We’re all human, right? But what if I could share with you...

So You Wanna Write A Book: The Art of Arc (Part Five)

Photo by Wendy van Zyl on Pexels.com It seems so simple, right? Invent a compelling character, develop a problem he or she needs to...

So You Wanna Write a Book: Pacing Problems (Part Four)

Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com What is a Pacing Problem? Have you ever read a book where you wanted to skim through long passages to get...

So You Wanna Write A Book: Find Repetitive, Redundant, Reoccurring Words

Photo by Scott Webb on Pexels.com When you put on that editing hat, one of your jobs is to locate dull, repetitive words and cliché...

So You Wanna Write a Book: Replacing -ly Adverbs

Once upon a time, my literary agent found the one -ly adverb I snuck into my manuscript and made me ditch it What?!? Why Shouldn’t I Use...

So You Wanna Write a Book: Making the Cut

Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com Now that you’ve finished the first draft of your book, it’s time for the excruciating part: editing. Some...

So You Wanna Write a Book: What Writers and Editors Don’t Tell You

You probably have great ideas for a book. Maybe one of these ideas keeps popping up in your brain over and over again. It’s calling to...

The “Great Idea” Concept

Photo by Thiago Miranda on Pexels.com It happened again. I went to a party, struck up a conversation with a very nice guy, and when he...

About My Blog

Welcome to my newest blog. I’m here to help, but you can help me by following my posts and interacting with the discussions. My aim is to...

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