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Know Thyself. 7 Truths About Writers A guest post by Joanna Penn from The Creative Penn, one of the Top 10 Blogs for Writers Claiming the word ‘writer’ for yourself can be a big step. You may have been writing all your life but do you… |
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Happy Birthday, Book Baby Therese here. I’m so pleased to bring you today’s guest: author Sarah McCoy. Sarah’s second book, The Baker’s Daughter, about the daughter of a German baker during WWII and her continuing story in the present day, was released just last week… |
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Is Your Writing Career Missing This Single Most Crucial Element? A guest post by Josh Sarz of Sagoyism I read a story a while back about a farmer who was sowing seeds by hand. He would bring his pouch of seeds, go out and start sowing. The farmer threw the… |
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Writing Secrets of Prolific Authors A guest post by David Masters of inkably: tell better stories. Isaac Asimov, one of the big three science fiction writers of the twentieth century, published over 500 books including novels, short story collections and non fiction, making him one… |
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Writers: How to Avoid Stagnation A Guest Post by Meredith Resnick of The Writer’s [Inner] Journey When my kids were in middle school they got a lot of make-work for homework and classwork, stuff that kept them very busy but that steered them away from… |
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Making a Comeback in the Digital Age Kath here. It’s such a thrill to be able to introduce one of the most courageous writers that I know, and a dear friend, historical romance novelist Elena Greene. Like most professional writers, Elena suffered ups and downs with a… |
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The Pros and Cons of Comparing Yourself to Other Writers A guest post by K.M. Weiland of Wordplay: Helping Writers Become Authors With the advent of writing communities on such networking sites as Twitter and Facebook and half a thousand forums and Nings, writers are perhaps more social and less… |
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5 Ways to Draw Readers Into Your Articles A guest post by Linda Formichelli from the Renegade Writer blog Readers are short on time. So when someone starts reading your article, you have just a few seconds to draw her in and convince her to keep going. The same applies… |
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Community – What’s In It For Me? Therese here. I’m beyond happy to present today’s guest to you. Vaughn Roycroft has become a true pillar of the WU community, though if you’re not a part of the WU Facebook Group (easily remedied by clicking here), you may… |
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Surviving the Publishing Industry’s Looking Glass Kath here. Literary author Christopher Harris knows a thing or two about the hard knocks of professional writing. As a commentator for ESPN and sports journalist for Yahoo sports and ESPN the magazine among others, plus a slew of published… |
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What Bad Movies Teach us About Good Writing A guest post by Jennifer Brown Banks of Pen and Prosper Have you ever shelled out good money for the show and then felt cheated when the movie was over? Maybe it was a low budget flick that you held… |
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The Twelve Most Dangerous Words for Writers Today’s guest is back for an encore. Author Kim Wright was with us back in October to talk about ways not to behave with your agent. Today she’s back for more commonsense advice for writers. Kim has been writing about travel,… |
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10 Easy Ways to Improve Your Dialogue A guest post by Ali Luke “And what is the use of a book,” thought Alice, “without pictures or conversations?” – Lewis Carroll I can manage books without pictures, but I know how Alice feels about the conversations. When I’m… |
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The Platform Workout Update: Congratulations to Mari Passananti, winner of Christina’s book! Therese here. Today’s guest is the original Writer Mama, Christina Katz, author of three books for writers, including The Writer’s Workout: 366 Tips, Tasks & Techniques, out in print as of this… |
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Get Help Therese here. Today’s guest is here to offer a crash course in reaching out to others for help with your writing. Writing coach Rochelle Y. Melander is the author of ten books, including her latest, Write-A-Thon: Write Your Book in… |
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How to Use Uncertainty to Fuel Your Writing Therese here. Today’s guest is Krissy Brady, who’s here to introduce us to a book that, to me, sounds like the secret every writer needs to know–Uncertainty: Turning Fear and Doubt into Fuel for Brilliance by Jonathan Fields. Recently, Krissy… |
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A Summer in Europe: Finding Meaning in Florence Therese here. I’m so happy to present today’s guest to you, Marilyn Brant, who’s here to tell us about her experience in making setting pertinent to character growth. Marilyn’s third novel, A Summer in Europe, was just released this past… |
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The Critical Aspects of Digital Publishing Kath here. New York Times bestselling author Barry Eisler made headlines when he turned his back on a six figure deal to self-publish his highly anticipated thriller THE DETACHMENT as an Amazon Kindle exclusive. Barry, a former CIA covert operative,… |
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Publicity: Soul Crushing or Life Affirming? Therese here. Today’s guest is the delightful Rebecca Rasmussen, who’s here to talk with us about her experience with publicity and how it’s impacted her–personally and professionally–since the release of her debut novel, The Bird Sisters. Rebecca’s novel releases in… |
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I Found An Ebook Written About Me & My Novel on Amazon.com (and I Didn’t Write It) Therese here. Today’s guest is Sarah Jio, whose second novel, The Bungalow, releases on December 27th. Sarah’s debut, The Violets of March, sold very well and was a Target “Emerging Author” pick. It was while watching those sales that Sarah happened upon… |
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Be a More Confident Writer: 5 Choices That Might Be Hurting Instead of Helping Therese here. Today’s guest is Annie Neugebauer, who’s here to talk about how to be a more confident writer. Annie is an award-winning poet, and a writer of short stories and novel-length works. Her writing has appeared in–or will soon… |
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Turning the Soil Therese here. Please welcome today’s guest, the one and only Sarah Callender, who’s here to talk with us about how doubt can be good for a writer. Sarah’s blog, Inside-Out Underpants, is one of my personal favorites–intimate and authentic, and highlighting… |
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How to Use Psychometric Testing to Create Believable Characters Today’s guest is psychologist Vince McLeod, who runs a website called The Story Generator. Vince is here today to talk with us about the psychology of our characters–and more than that, how we might use psychological testing to help inform… |
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How to Get Guest Posts on Big Name Blogs and Land Dynamite Interviews Therese here. Please welcome returning guest Ollin Morales, who’s here today to talk with us about approaching big blogs for guest stints. Ollin posted with us in March about the purpose of writing, and it was so well received, we… |
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What We Think We Know Kath here. Please welcome Dawn Tripp to WU today. Dawn’s latest novel GAME OF SECRETS , a murder-mystery spanning two generations, is getting terrific buzz. Booklist calls it “A gracefully told character study of three intelligent, forbidding women and the… |
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Why Researching Articles to Death Is A Waste of Time Use "What?" for article marketing A guest post by Sean DSouza of Psychotactics The world was flat. Now it’s round. Who knows? Maybe it’s square. Research helps. But there’s a problem with research. And it’s called counter-research. Tea is good… |
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Four Ways Not to Get An Agent Kath here. Please welcome Kim Wright again to WU. We loved Kim’s July post about switching genres, so we invited her back again to talk about the agent hunt. Her newest book, Your Path to Publication, is available on her… |
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A Guide to Alienating Editors Kath here. Please welcome Rebecca Coleman to Writer Unboxed today. Rebecca’s manuscript, THE KINGDOM OF CHILDHOOD, was a semifinalist in the 2010 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Competition. The story is controversial, dark, complex – in short, not an easy commercial sell.… |
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Rethinking Motivation for Character Arc Therese here. I’m so happy to bring you today’s returning guest, A. Victoria Mixon, a professional writer and independent editor with over thirty years’ experience in both fiction and nonfiction. She is the author of a successful craft book for… |
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Writing About Yourself Without Being Arrogant or Apologetic How to write about yourself? By Thursday Bram of of EnhancedFreelance.com I wrote my first sales page in the third person. I was young, naive and desperately wanted to be taken seriously — and I thought ‘we’ sounded more professional… |
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Can You Please Be More Specific! Therese here. Please welcome today’s guest, Joni B. Cole. A 2011 Pushcart Prize nominee, Joni is a popular speaker at writing conferences across the country, has been interviewed on national television shows including CNN, and contributes regularly to The Writer magazine.… |
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