5 Newbie Mistakes that Will KILL a Perfectly Good Story – Reblog (Kirsten Lamb)

I came across a blog post last week that was a reblog of a reblog. My first thought was 'that's got to be a good article, so I skipped over to the originator's site and had a read and discovered the post you see beneath, from author Kirsten Lamb. For me, the magic word was …

A Beginner’s Guide to Creating a Free Email List For Authors #4

How to Attract People to Your Email List #2 This is part 2 of 'How To Attract People Your Email List'. You can find all the parts of this series here: Creating an Email listAdding names to your email listhow to attract people to your list #1How to attract people to your list #2 (this …

A Beginner’s Guide to Creating a Free Email List For Authors #3

How to Attract People to Your Email List #1 This is part 3 of my series on email lists for authors. You can check out part 1 HERE and part 2 HERE. Part 1 covered getting your list set up and part 2 was about how to add people to your list. This part and …

15 Things I Learned After Reading 100 Query Letters – A Writer’s Path

  Query letters are something I have found perplexing. Finding these tips over on A Writer's Path should help... by Katie McCoach   A few weeks ago was the submission review period for the annual RevPit contest. During this review period, each editor has one week to review submissions from authors in order to make …

How to Find Your Novel’s Path — A Writer’s Path

I'm finding myself getting lost going through the second draft of my novel. I've found a kindred spirit in Kelsie Engen over on A Writer's Path, who has some great tips for getting un-lost (can that be a word?)... by Kelsie Engen All too often, I find myself lost in my writing. No, I don’t …

The Pain and The Pleasure (And A Warning)

So today has not been a good day. Well, it started off badly, then finished strongly. A couple of weeks back I wrote about writing a Choose Your Own Adventure story. I started to use this software as a means to get some example for my blog posts, but in doing so, I found that …

Beginner’s Guide to creating a FREE Email List For Authors

Beginner's Guide to Creating a Free Email List For Authors What is an Email List for Authors? You know email, right? You know lists, yes? Well an email list for authors, in its most basic terms, is a list of email addresses and possibly names of people that have given you permission to send them …

How To Write a Choose Your Own Adventure Story

I wrote last week about writing a Choose Your Own Adventure (CYOA) story, and i talked about some of the different options that exist FREE online to help you to organise and write your own. If you've ever thought about writing one and wondered how you be able to manage all the different options and …

[Blogging Mindset] Consistency is Key — The Art of Blogging

Originally posted over on artofblogging.net . Consistency is an issue i've struggled with over the last few months. I've seen bigger increases in engagement last month since I settled on a regular schedule. An excellent argument for consistency is made here: What if your favorite TV show suddenly started misbehaving like this: they release one …

Diary of an Author With Multiple Sclerosis – March 2019

March is over, and time for a recap on what has happened in the last four weeks, both with my writing, but also with my health. If you're here for the writing updates and info on what I've learned, that bit comes first, as it should. I can't lie, MS is a huge part of …