by Lindsay Flanagan | Oct 13, 2014 | Blog, Writing Life (Finding Time, Writing Groups, Getting Organized, Etc.)
by Sabine Berlin If you’re a writer, chances are you have probably asked the age-old question: What is the best thing I can do for my writing? The answer is almost always the same: write and read—sometimes in that order, sometimes not, but if you want to become a...
by Lindsay Flanagan | Sep 29, 2014 | Blog, Writing Life (Finding Time, Writing Groups, Getting Organized, Etc.)
A natural concern for authors is the fear of having their work stolen. It’s the source of much-asked questions at writing conferences and online: Do you need to copyright your work immediately? Does putting the symbol on your work yourself count? Are you in...
by Lindsay Flanagan | Jul 16, 2014 | Blog, Fiction How-to, The First Page: Hooking Your Reader
by Amy Maida Wadsworth Forget the old adages you’ve heard: In a real race between a tortoise and a hare, the hare would win every time. It’s biology. And what applies to biology applies to writing as well: no one wants to write at tortoise speed or produce a book that...
by Lindsay Flanagan | Jul 2, 2014 | Blog, Fiction How-to
A Strong Premise: Your Story’s Hook by Sabine Berlin with Angela Eschler In part 1 of our articles defining “high concept” and what makes for a bestseller, we listed one requirement as a “hook that’s easy to describe.” Think of the...