Do You Smell Bad or Badly?
Here’s something that writers often mix up. When you use verbs that express a state of being rather than an…
Five Months on the First Scene
Believe it or not, I’ve spent the first five months of 2012 discussing the essential elements that must be in…
3 Great Tips for Authors on Networking
Today’s guest post is by Nick Thacker–author, blogger, and encourager! Take a look at these tips on online marketing and…
More Dangling Things
Here are some more dangling things. These are called dangling (and misplaced) modifiers. A writer might start a sentence with…
Watch Your Tone
Since you need to establish the tone of your book right from the start, I want to spend a little…
Digital Publishing–A Marathon, Not a Sprint
Today’s guest post is by best-selling author and indie publisher Bob Mayer, who shares cutting-edge news about the digital explosion…
One Thing Leads to Another
One thing I see a lot in manuscripts is two sequential events happening simultaneously. Authors often construct sentences like this:…
Endings That Spark Beginnings
I covered scene beginnings and middles over the last few weeks, so let’s look at endings. Just like beginnings, endings…
Is the Publishing Game Really “Still a Lot Like It Was”?
An article by Bob Minzesheimer in a January issue of USA Today brought out some statistics about some of the novels on…