There's still time to grab the Depositphotos deal! Only $39 for 100 photo/vector downloads from Depositphotos (this never expires). Choose from 270 million+ royalty-free images Get the dea...
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I've been using voice recognition for about twenty years. Dragon NaturallySpeaking is the gold standard, but it's expensive and only really works well on my desktop computer. I've struggled wi...
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CLIFFHANGERS: KEEP THE PAGES TURNING! A cliffhanger chapter ending can add impact to a dramatic scene and leave the reader desperate to find out what happens next. Learn how to identify yo...
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I wrote this post in April but thought it could be helpful as people look for holiday gifts. Get these for the writers or readers in your life! If you are a writer – or if you work at any ...
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I wrote this post in April but thought it could be helpful as people look for holiday gifts. Get these for the writers or readers in your life! At a recent writer’s retreat, we all shared ...
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I wrote this post in April but thought it could be helpful as people look for holiday gifts. Get these for the writers or readers in your life! I was recently at a writer’s retreat where we...
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I wrote this post in April but thought it could be helpful as people look for holiday gifts. Get these for the writers or readers in your life! I was recently at a writer’s retreat where w...
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Writers need bios, for query letters, on websites, for conference brochures. If we are writers surely we can write about ourselves. Yet while coordinating writing conferences, I discovered that ...
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EARN MONEY WITH EDUCATIONAL PUBLISHING Nov 19, 2023, 8 AM PST, 11 AM EST, 4 PM GMT: Online event sponsored by SCBWI International Central. FREE to SCBWI premium members. A recording will be ...
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I've been doing some manuscript critiques lately. (SEE MY RATES AND RECOMMENDATIONS HERE ). I often wind up discussing plot in terms of Goal – Motivation – Conflict. GOAL-MOTIVATIO...
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Bring your writing career to the next level! Take a self-paced video writing class with Chris Eboch, the author of over 100 books for children and two dozen novels for adults written as Kris Boc...
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Are you doing planning to write a novel National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo)? You may wonder how you can possibly develop your novel enough to get 50,000 words. Start planning now! Learn how...
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When writing a novel, it's common to hit a slump somewhere in the middle. What happens next? How can you keep the story going strong? Let’s talk about the stakes – and how to raise them....
(From the "Most Viewed" files...) Conflict comes from the interaction between character and plot. Let's look more closely at character. SIX BASIC HUMAN NEEDS INFLUENCE CHARACTER: Growth (work...
Jumpstart your writing or boost your writing career! Take a class with Chris Eboch, the author of over 100 books for children and two dozen novels for adults written as Kris Bock. Chris has led ...
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Generally on this blog I’ve covered writing craft. (See the topics on the right-hand sidebar for those posts.) But to be successful in the business of writing, you have to understand the mark...
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Get Advanced Plotting from Amazon in print or ebook. Get some help as you prepare to dive into your story if you are doing National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) - or any time. The mi...
Are you doing National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo)? This challenge is designed to get people moving quickly through a first draft of a novel. Here's some help as you prepare for the challeng...
In writing the humorous mystery series, The Accidental Detective, I explored different types of humor in writing. My previous posts addressed physical comedy, quirky characters, and wordplay, i...
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In writing the humorous mystery series The Accidental Detective, I explored different types of humor writing. My previous posts addressed physical comedy and quirky characters. Today let’s ex...
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Nonwriters seem to believe that authors just sit down to work, write a wonderful book, and when it’s published, everybody buys it. Maybe that has happened. In a fairytale. But first drafts us...
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This week’s post is on adding humor through quirky characters. This is a great way to pump up the humor in your story. In general, if we think of a character type – grandmother, cheerleader...
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In writing the humorous mystery series The Accidental Detective, I explored different types of humor in writing. Over the next few weeks, I’ll delve into each type and give examples. First, h...
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I recently signed up with MockupShots – it's like BookBrush, but instead of an annual or monthly fee, it's a one-time purchase. You can upload your book cover and it will put it into a couple...
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TAKE YOUR NOVEL TO THE NEXT LEVEL. You’ve finished a few manuscripts, read books and articles on writing, taken some classes, attended conferences. But you still struggle with plot, or suspe...
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