tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89096895280971816742024-03-13T05:53:00.152-04:00Notes From Tabor LaneAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14368689959446235121noreply@blogger.comBlogger1227125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8909689528097181674.post-66628376537318877302016-08-04T10:18:00.001-04:002018-04-16T08:01:42.318-04:00Book Research Trip to Italy Part 4<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">My previous posts have shared our adventures in Rome and the museums and churches in Florence. Today, it's all about Pisa! </span></div>
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instructor. Since we were already expert (Ha!) Segway drivers, we didn’t need more instructions, so we hopped on our Segways and began our three-hour tour. It started with a
glide through the Piazza dei Miracoli to see the Duomo, Baptistery, and the
iconic Leaning Tower of Pisa. WOW! It was another one of those experiences where I turned the corner and there it was. It was breathtaking! </span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">I discovered in Venice that this isn't the only leaning tower in Italy. It's just the most famous. I'm so glad we included Pisa in our Italy tour!</span></span></div>
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you get a chance to jump on a Segway, give it a try. It’s SO much fun!</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14368689959446235121noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8909689528097181674.post-3056297471690079782016-08-03T08:49:00.000-04:002018-04-16T08:02:07.504-04:00Book Research Trip to Italy Part 3<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">After five days in Rome, we
boarded the train for a ninety minute trip to Florence. Our hotel was located on
a cobblestone street in center city among centuries our buildings, churches,
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following our arrival, we were picked up and taken on a scenic journey to Fiesole,
a charming town in the hills of the Arno Valley. We returned to the city and
toured the Uffizi Gallery to see masterpieces by Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael,
Botticelli, Michelangelo and Giotto. Our guide was extremely knowledge, which
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to the Piazzale Michelangelo for an unbeatable view of the city. After enjoying
the view and taking pictures, we returned to city center and toured the Piazza
del Duomo, including the bronze doors of the Baptistery, Giotto's Bell Tower
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Accademia Gallery to see Michelangelo’s David. When I turned the corner and saw
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.walksofitaly.com/rome-tours/colosseum-underground-tours" target="_blank">VIP Colosseum Underground Tour with Roman Forum & Palatine Hill</a></span>: When I first entered the Colosseum, I was blown away
by the size. It was interesting to hear the history and to discover that most
of the destruction occurred because of recycling the materials to use in other buildings. </span><br />
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gallery houses a vast and diverse collection of sculptures and paintings
produced by masters such as Bernini, Canova, Caravaggio, Raphael and Titian. Our guide was extremely knowledgeable, and I loved hearing about the history of the artists and their paintings. </span><br />
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PEARL BROOCH, a renaissance time travel romance set in 1600. We landed in Rome
where we spent five days before traveling on to Florence, Venice and Milan. </span></span></div>
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group, we boarded an open-air bus and drove through the absolutely gorgeous
gardens and heard stories about the history. The garden tour was followed by a
tour of the Museums, Sistine Chapel and Raphael’s Rooms and St. Peter’s
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14368689959446235121noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8909689528097181674.post-45371263407604964072016-07-12T07:11:00.001-04:002016-07-12T07:11:32.631-04:00Tuesday's Links to Writing & Marketing Blog Posts<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/multi-faceted-characteristic-moment/" target="_blank"><b>GRAB READERS WITH A MULTI-FACETED CHARACTERISTIC MOMENT</b></a> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">Want to write a
character your audience will immediately go bananas for–and will remain
passionately fanatical about after your first book comes out? Of course you do.
And it all starts with introducing your protagonist in a killer characteristic
moment.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">The
characteristic moment is your protagonist’s big debut. He steps onto the stage,
the spotlight hits him–and he shines. In this one moment, he shows readers what
he’s all about: the good, the bad, the potential for greatness to come. The
characteristic moment tells readers <i>shows</i> readers exactly
why this protagonist is going to be worth reading about.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">Today, we’re
going to take a look at how to ace not just <a href="http://www.helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/character-arcs-5/">a basic
characteristic moment</a>, but a multi-faceted character introduction that
conveys all the most important info about your protagonist in one fell swoop.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">But first…<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">Welcome to the <i>Do’s and Don’ts of
Storytelling According to Marvel</i> Series<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">In the wake
of <a href="http://www.helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/movie-storystructure/captain-america-civil-war/" target="_blank"><i>Captain America: Civil War</i></a>, I’ve been re-watching
the Marvel series and appreciating the overall scope of their storytelling
vision even more than usual. Even better, I’ve been gleaning all kinds of
interesting writing insights. This isn’t a perfect series, by any means, so
we’re going to be looking at both the things Marvel aced (like Tony Stark’s
characteristic moment) and the things they bombed on (be ye warned: the <a href="http://www.helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/movie-storystructure/the-avengers-age-of-ultron/" target="_blank"><i>Age of Ultron</i></a> post might be reeeeaallly long).<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">The series will
be updated every Friday for the next couple months, featuring each movie in its
chronological order. Which brings me right back to the beginning of the
beginning and the characteristic moment that started it all…<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">How to Wow Readers With a
Complex Characteristic Moment<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<i><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">To read the rest of the post, click <a href="https://www.helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/multi-faceted-characteristic-moment/" target="_blank">here</a>:<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">If you missed my
latest writing and marketing tweets, here they are again:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Helping Writers Become Authors </span><a href="http://ow.ly/i17b3027oeA" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/i17b3027oeA</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">Character Thoughts: Direct and Indirect Interior Monologues -
Fiction Notes </span><a href="http://ow.ly/PU9V3027ojy" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/PU9V3027ojy</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">Writing Phone Conversations to Forward Your Plot | BookBaby
Blog </span><a href="http://ow.ly/C4eN3027ooN" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/C4eN3027ooN</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">Why Is “Unlikable” Often a Deal-Breaker for Readers? | Jami
Gold, Paranormal Author </span><a href="http://ow.ly/pg8Q3027otT" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/pg8Q3027otT</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">How to Get Book Reviews: 10 Tricks for Getting Your Book
Reviewed by a Book Blogger </span><a href="http://ow.ly/xCQQ3027oxQ" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/xCQQ3027oxQ</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">Fiction University: Pushing the Plot Forward—Tying (and Trimming)
Loose Ends for a Tidy Finish </span><a href="http://ow.ly/Pj5k3027oDw" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/Pj5k3027oDw</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Shopping an offer </span><a href="http://ow.ly/nIUn3027oFW" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/nIUn3027oFW</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">5 Tips for Empowering Description with Contrast — Guest:
Marcy Kennedy | Jami Gold, Paranormal Author </span><a href="http://ow.ly/ogBU3027oJk" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/ogBU3027oJk</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">Art Holcomb on: The Character/Plot Connection - Storyfix.com </span><a href="http://ow.ly/rkAa3027oMG" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/rkAa3027oMG</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">5 Steps to a Killer Book Talk | Jane Friedman </span><a href="http://ow.ly/38493027oQC" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/38493027oQC</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">Emotional Wounds Thesaurus: Being Held Captive - WRITERS
HELPING WRITERS® </span><a href="http://ow.ly/F1bM3027oTM" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/F1bM3027oTM</a></span></li>
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Snapchat - The Book Designer </span><a href="http://ow.ly/g83p3027piF" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/g83p3027piF</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">How Goodreads Can Help Writers Grow Their Readership | Live
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">How NOT to dictate your book | Self-Publishing Author Advice
from The Alliance of Independent Authors </span><a href="http://ow.ly/uqJX3027psr" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/uqJX3027psr</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">Author Marketing Mastery #27: Pinterest for Authors - Where
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://jamigold.com/2016/06/strengthen-your-writing-with-rhetorical-devices/" target="_blank"><b>STRENGTHEN YOUR WRITING WITH RHETORICAL DEVICES</b></a> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">Some in the literary community assume that genre writers
don’t care about the deeper aspects of writing craft. While it’s true that
literary fiction is more well-known for its use of figurative and lyrical
language, genre fiction <i>can</i> use the same literary tools.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">Now, if you’re anything like me, and your English or grammar
instruction was less than ideal, you might not be familiar with the term <i>rhetorical
devices</i>. I certainly wasn’t.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">When I first heard the term, I assumed it had something to do
with arguing or making a point, like a rhetorical question. Eh, in a way,
I wasn’t too far off. But once I did learn about them, I quickly became aware
of how using rhetorical devices can strengthen our writing—even if we’re
writing genre stories. *grin*<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">Rhetorical devices are simply ways to use language to affect
our audience. We probably use several of these methods without realizing there
are other similar tools sitting right alongside them in the literary toolbox.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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two things using the words <i>like</i> or <i>as</i>: “Her smile
was as warm <i>as</i> a summer day.”</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="background: white;">Metaphors:</span></b><span style="background: white;"> Comparing two things <i>without</i> using <i>like</i> or <i>as</i>:
“Her eyes were ocean-deep.”</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="background: white;">Alliteration:</span></b><span style="background: white;"> Using words with similar beginning sounds close together: “Her
heart hammered.”</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="background: white;">Onomatopoeia:</span></b><span style="background: white;"> Words that imitate the sound they describe, such as:<i>splash</i>, <i>plop</i>, <i>sploosh</i>, <i>whiz</i>,
etc.</span></span></li>
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<b><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">Why Should We Care?<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">It’s good to be aware of the rhetorical devices that crop up
in fiction writing so we can write more purposefully. Lazy, un-purposeful
writing is more likely to be filled with clichés and sit limply on the
page.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">All of those examples above are methods for using language
for a purpose. Obviously, we’re comparing, creating tongue-twisters, or making
funny sounds. But we can have a greater purpose in mind with those
techniques too.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">Purposeful writing can add more emotion to our descriptions,
rhythm to our sentences, and faster pacing to our paragraphs. In short,
purposeful writing is stronger.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">If we weren’t aware of a rhetorical device like alliteration,
we might create a tongue-twister in our writing accidentally. Many readers
“hear” the words they read in their head, so an unintended tongue-twister could
pull readers out of the story while they chuckle over the collision of words.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">Similarly, similes and metaphors tend to emphasize concepts,
as they make readers think through the comparison. If we weren’t aware of the
purpose of the technique, we might emphasize a concept that didn’t need
emphasis. (Or we might create a bad comparison, like one of those “<a href="http://www.etni.org.il/farside/analogies.htm" target="_blank">worst
similes and metaphors from high school students</a>” articles. *snicker*)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">So the more rhetorical devices we know, the better we can use
them when we want to strengthen our writing. And the better we can <i>avoid</i> using
them when they’re a bad match for our purpose.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">What Do We Mean by <i>Purpose</i>?<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<i><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">To read the rest of the post, click <a href="http://jamigold.com/2016/06/strengthen-your-writing-with-rhetorical-devices/" target="_blank">here</a>:<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">If you missed my
latest writing and marketing tweets, here they are again:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">Self Publishing? What’s Your Plan to Keep Readers? — Part
Five | Jami Gold, Paranormal Author </span><a href="http://ow.ly/xVD73022YTV" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/xVD73022YTV</a></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">4 Ways to Choose the Right Story Setting - Helping Writers
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">Why Audiobooks Are Not the Same Thing as Books </span><a href="http://ow.ly/uF4B3022Zu8" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/uF4B3022Zu8</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">Planning and Productivity Tips For Busy Writers | BookBaby
Blog </span><a href="http://ow.ly/3E6I3022Zx8" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/3E6I3022Zx8</a></span></li>
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Paranormal Author </span><a href="http://ow.ly/yHlD3022ZCe" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/yHlD3022ZCe</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">Planning and Productivity Tips For Busy Writers | BookBaby
Blog </span><a href="http://ow.ly/Hkmu302308O" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/Hkmu302308O</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">Shades of Meaning in Names of Colors </span><a href="http://ow.ly/JeQv30230aY" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/JeQv30230aY</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">Tech Tips for Writers #114: How to Embed Google Docs |
WordDreams... </span><a href="http://ow.ly/ga9630230fL" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/ga9630230fL</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">Ten Things That Taught Us To Be Better Writers | Pub(lishing)
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">A Pre-Writing Checklist » WriteOnSisters.com </span><a href="http://ow.ly/h38Q30230lP" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/h38Q30230lP</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">5 Reasons You Should Still Pursue a Traditional Book Contract: Women Writers, Women's Books </span><a href="http://ow.ly/aGIz30230o4" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/aGIz30230o4</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">Developing Themes In Your Stories: Part 6 – The Inciting
Incident - DIY MFA </span><a href="http://ow.ly/PBLG30230qL" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/PBLG30230qL</a></span></li>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif; font-size: large;">Happy writing and running, Kathy</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14368689959446235121noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8909689528097181674.post-50350400906487093132016-07-08T07:07:00.000-04:002016-07-08T07:07:08.320-04:00Friday's Links to Writing & Marketing Blog Posts<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://cksyme.com/every-author-needs-every-social-media-channel/#utm_source=feedly&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=every-author-needs-every-social-media-channel" target="_blank">WHY EVERY AUTHOR NEEDS AN ACCOUNT ON EVERY SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNEL</a> <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">By: Chris Syme <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">Self-published authors work hard building a personal
platform. The journey to stand out, find your readers, and sell your own books
is a lot of work. Your “brand” is how your readers see you and remember you.
One of the most important branding strategies for authors is to build and
protect your name. And that is why every author needs an account on every
social media channel.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">In a <a href="http://cksyme.com/podcast/">recent podcast
interview with Jim Kukral</a>, founder of The Author Marketing Club, Jim called
the process “claiming your digital land.” I call it having an outpost strategy.
Setting up an account on a social media platform and choosing to be active
there are two entirely different processes.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">It used to be that marketers encouraged people not to set up
a social media account where they had no intention of interacting. We were
worried about someone searching a name and then seeing an abandoned account
with no posts, tweets, pins, or engagement. Now, that philosophy has changed.
With the proliferation of people on social media and the powerful search
engines being developed on those channels, it is important that people claim
their branded username on all the important social media channels to insure
their brand is protected.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="background: white;">Set Up an Outpost</span></b><span style="background: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">I liken this strategy to the “fort” system in the old west.
Before the U.S. settled the west, the military maintained an outpost system
designed to protect the property and people that were settling in the area.
That outpost was attached to a main regional fort or central headquarters:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">“<i>A military </i><b>outpost</b> is a detachment
of troops stationed at a distance from the main <i>force or formation,
usually at a station in a remote or sparsely populated location, positioned to
stand guard against unauthorized intrusions and surprise attacks; and the
station occupied by such troops, usually a small military base or settlement in
an outlying frontier, limit, political boundary or in another country</i>.”
–Wikipedia<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">Your purpose will be to claim your brand name and set up a
“holding message” that will direct people to places where you are active. That
way, if potential readers search your name, they will be directed to your main
locations. This is fairly easy to do with cover photos and pinned tweets and
posts, and bio information that directs them to your main social media channel
and website.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="background: white;">But Isn’t Social Media About Connecting?</span></b><span style="background: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">Yes, it certainly is. But with people spread out over so many
channels, it’s important to grab people where they are and send them to places
where you are active. Don’t worry about not engaging on every channel. Choose
the top one or two where your readers are and concentrate on building personal
connections with your fans there. An outpost strategy is strictly aimed at
people who are searching for you. It’s about discovery.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">Start With a
Consistent Username<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="background: white;">. . . </span></b><span style="background: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<i><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">To read the rest of the post, click <a href="http://cksyme.com/every-author-needs-every-social-media-channel/#utm_source=feedly&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=every-author-needs-every-social-media-channel">here</a>:<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">~*~<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">If you missed my
latest writing and marketing tweets, here they are again:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">Why Every Author Needs An Account on Every Social Media
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">Five Ways to Twist the Chosen One Cliche – Write for the King
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">That Long, Rocky Road: Why Is Dystopian Fiction Evergreen? </span><a href="http://ow.ly/w8qj3020E9y" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/w8qj3020E9y</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">Why Your Ebook SHOULD NOT Look Like a Print Book | QA
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">Butt in Chair without an Aching Back | Writers' Rumpus </span><a href="http://ow.ly/gKK53020Eg0" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/gKK53020Eg0</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">How to Write a Multi-Dimensional Lead Character </span><a href="http://ow.ly/O7Oi3020EjU" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/O7Oi3020EjU</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">8 Book Marketing Shots in the Dark | Self-Publishing Author
Advice from The Alliance of Independent Authors </span><a href="http://ow.ly/p4BO3020EnM" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/p4BO3020EnM</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">The Art of the Short Story: Helen Phillips and Matthew
Vollmer | Literary Hub </span><a href="http://ow.ly/9CXB3020EpZ" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/9CXB3020EpZ</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">How to Blog for Authors and Writers: Questions and Answers </span><a href="http://ow.ly/M7Jz3020EwF" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/M7Jz3020EwF</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">How To Create An Ebook Boxset Or Bundle And Why You Should |
The Creative Penn </span><a href="http://ow.ly/o0Fw3020ECj" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/o0Fw3020ECj</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">4 Ways to Respond When Someone Bugs You Online - Social Media
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">The Tool That Will Change How Much You Write - The Smarter
Artist </span><a href="http://ow.ly/DUoS3020EOM" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/DUoS3020EOM</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">5 Ways to Make a Blogger Want to Stab Us in the Face |
Kristen Lamb's Blog </span><a href="http://ow.ly/rxNj3020EXb" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/rxNj3020EXb</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">4 Ways to Choose the Right Story Setting - Helping Writers
Become Authors </span><a href="http://ow.ly/HzUS3020F1J" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/HzUS3020F1J</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">Getting Ahead of Yourself…and Your Reader </span><a href="http://ow.ly/FLZd3020FbR" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/FLZd3020FbR</a></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Happy writing and running, Kathy</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14368689959446235121noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8909689528097181674.post-12564856314277748342016-07-07T06:30:00.000-04:002016-07-07T06:30:03.947-04:00Thursday's Links to Writing & Marketing Blog Posts<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://wordstrumpet.com/2016/05/how-to-get-your-writing-done.html" target="_blank"><b>HOW TO GET YOUR WRITING DONE</b></a> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">By: Charlotte
Rains Dixon <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">So, you have a book…or an article…or a story that you’d like
to write. (Right? Because otherwise you wouldn’t be reading this.) And you need to get that book finished, that
story done. How to accomplish such a
thing? How to make room in your schedule
to get it written?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">To my mind, there are two ways to get your writing done, and
writers fall naturally into either group, because of need or temperament. I have strong opinions on which works best.
But if there’s anything I’ve learned in fifteen years of teaching writing and
nine years of blogging, it’s that there’s not one way that works for every
writer. The best I can do is offer options and opinions and let you figure it
out for yourself.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">The first group, and I count myself among them, are those
writers who prefer to write every day, or as close to it as possible. The
second group write in great chunks of time as their schedule allows. Let’s look
at the benefits and drawbacks of each.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">If you’re at all like me, you prefer this schedule. Aiming for writing every day means you’ll hit
at least five days of the week, right?
This is the standard advice that most of us preach, I think with good
reason. Such as:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">–This schedule is the best way to get and maintain momentum
on a project. If you’re writing every day, you watch your word count grow
regularly, which is hugely encouraging.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">–Your story stays in your head. I don’t know about you, but my brain is so
full of random bits I’ve picked up lord knows where that I lose the train of story
very easily. If I’m writing every day, I don’t have to reinvent the wheel every
time I sit down to write. This story is right there, waiting for me.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">–You don’t even have to write a lot to pile up the
pages. If you manage to eke out three
pages a day, that’s 90 pages—a third of a novel—at the end of a month.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">–Your writing will become more facile. The more you write,
the easier it is. Writing is like anything else: the more you do it, the more
adept you become at it. And if you’re writing every day, you’ll hone your
skills quickly.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">–You will learn more about writing more quickly. As above,
the more you write the more you realize how much you don’t know—and what you
need to learn. Writing every day helps you learn it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">–There’s magic in making a daily commitment. There just
is. You begin to take yourself, and your
writing, much more seriously.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="background: white;">To read the rest of the post, click <a href="http://wordstrumpet.com/2016/05/how-to-get-your-writing-done.html" target="_blank">here</a></span></i><span style="background: white;">:<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">If you missed my
latest writing and marketing tweets, here they are again:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">Plot Twists –– Part III - Almost An Author </span><a href="http://ow.ly/Nme0301Yj7o" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/Nme0301Yj7o</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">Publishing ... and Other Forms of Insanity: 10 Tips for How
to Throw a Successful Book Launch Party </span><a href="http://ow.ly/f1dr301Yj9Q" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/f1dr301Yj9Q</a></span></li>
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writer-representative relationship? | Go Into The Story </span><a href="http://ow.ly/UDKH301YjbC" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/UDKH301YjbC</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">Introducing Book Marketing: Tactics and Trials </span><a href="http://ow.ly/TfWX301Yjdu" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/TfWX301Yjdu</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">3 Reasons All Writers Should Write Flash Fiction </span><a href="http://ow.ly/GwVN301YjfR" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/GwVN301YjfR</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">Using Backstory Effectively | Plot to Punctuation </span><a href="http://ow.ly/wrQp301Yjhy" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/wrQp301Yjhy</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">10 Reliable Ways To Get More Out Of Facebook </span><a href="http://ow.ly/rBRp301YjjC" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/rBRp301YjjC</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">The 10 opposing traits of highly creative people </span><a href="http://ow.ly/gkyk301Yjow" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/gkyk301Yjow</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">How To Get Your Writing Done | Charlotte Rains Dixon </span><a href="http://ow.ly/dYfi301Yjsd" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/dYfi301Yjsd</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">A Simple Way Out of Your Precarious Freelance Income Problem
- Copyblogger - </span><a href="http://ow.ly/Bnds301Yjxy" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/Bnds301Yjxy</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">Podcasting: How to Sound Professional Even if You're a
Beginner </span><a href="http://ow.ly/i3l1301YjzR" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/i3l1301YjzR</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">World Building: How to Write a Fictional Royal Court | A
Writer's Path </span><a href="http://ow.ly/nzv3301YjCR" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/nzv3301YjCR</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">How to Tap into Your Passion Every Time You Write | Live
Write Thrive </span><a href="http://ow.ly/KcZh301YjHy" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/KcZh301YjHy</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">Fiction University: 6 Easy Steps to Planning Out Your Novel </span><a href="http://ow.ly/DXe7301YjK1" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/DXe7301YjK1</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">Do You Suffer From Impostor Syndrome? - Live Write Breathe </span><a href="http://ow.ly/jNC2301YjNh" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/jNC2301YjNh</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">Platform Schmatform! Writing Success Without the Stress |
Positive Writer </span><a href="http://ow.ly/H0R9301YjQc" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/H0R9301YjQc</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">How to Use a Photo Shoot for Character Development </span><a href="http://ow.ly/3SEi301YjYg" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/3SEi301YjYg</a></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Happy writing and running, Kathy</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14368689959446235121noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8909689528097181674.post-15385300067236470082016-07-06T07:16:00.000-04:002016-07-06T07:16:33.612-04:00Wednesday's Links to Writing & Marketing Blog Posts<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/common-writing-mistakes-52-story-conflict/" target="_blank"><b>MOST COMMON WRITING MISTAKES, PT. 52: STAGNANT STORY CONFLICT</b></a> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">By: K.M. Weiland<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">What’s so hard about story conflict? You throw your
protagonist and your antagonist onto the page–insta-conflict! Right? Actually,
not so fast. Turns out creating a fascinating story world in which dwells a
fascinating hero and an evil villain is <i>not </i>enough, in itself, to
create integral and interesting story conflict.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">I’ve read quite a few unfortunate stories in which the
protagonist spent the majority of the book pacing around his base <i>thinking</i> about
that dirty antagonist and all his dirty deeds. The protag shakes his fist at
the sky, curses the antag, and promises to make him pay. Then he resumes
pacing. Finally, the Climax rolls around, the protag and antag meet, they
fight, the protag wins.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">Of course, the author is lucky if I’ve actually stuck around
long enough to <i>read</i> his fascinating Climax, since all that
pacing on the protagonist’s part slipped me the Mickey chapters and
chapters ago.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">The dangerous part of all this is that it’s super easy
for authors to fall into this mistake without even realizing it. But never
fear! There is an easy precautionary measure you can take to make sure your
conflict is alive and well throughout your entire story.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">Do You Understand the True
Nature of Story Conflict?<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">Where many authors go wrong with their conflict is simply in
failing to understand what story conflict really is.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">Is story
conflict…<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<i><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">To read the rest of the post, click <a href="https://www.helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/common-writing-mistakes-52-story-conflict/" target="_blank">here</a>:<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">~*~<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">If you missed my
latest writing and marketing tweets, here they are again:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">Why Your Hero Should Eavesdrop and Make a Bad Assumption (in
4 steps) | Better Novel Project </span><a href="http://ow.ly/9Rce301VT0t" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/9Rce301VT0t</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">Should you – could you – crowdfund your next book? Unbound
uncovered | Nail Your Novel </span><a href="http://ow.ly/JZQf301VT5t" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/JZQf301VT5t</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">30 Practical Ways To Beat Writer’s Block - Writers Write </span><a href="http://ow.ly/90KI301VT8P" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/90KI301VT8P</a></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">8 Common Creative Writing Mistakes | Writing Forward </span><a href="http://ow.ly/CZdL301VTkU" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/CZdL301VTkU</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">How to Really Write A Character... With Depression - Misfit
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">How to Write What You Know </span><a href="http://ow.ly/KGZB301VTM0" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/KGZB301VTM0</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">Fiction Writers: A Simple Approach to Build a Better Email
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">How Authors Can Use 3D Printing With Kevin Koekkoek | The Creative
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">5 Ways to Make a Blogger Want to Stab Us in the Face |
Kristen Lamb's Blog </span><a href="http://ow.ly/EBAS301VU9J" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/EBAS301VU9J</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">Blogging Authors Should Ignore Blogging Rules </span><a href="http://ow.ly/G1On301VUpX" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/G1On301VUpX</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">Most Common Writing Mistakes, Pt. 52: Stagnant Story Conflict
- Helping Writers Become Authors </span><a href="http://ow.ly/Wt4m301VUtq" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/Wt4m301VUtq</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">Images in Posts and an Amazon Anomaly - Elizabeth Spann Craig
</span><a href="http://ow.ly/y8ea301VUwO" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/y8ea301VUwO</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">5th Circ. Kills Writer's Copyright, Contract Row | The
Passive Voice | </span><a href="http://ow.ly/IrRD301VUGW" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/IrRD301VUGW</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">The One Thing About Creativity Everyone Gets Wrong –
Christopher Kokoski </span><a href="http://ow.ly/Bp7q301VULG" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/Bp7q301VULG</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">Do You Lock Your Best Ideas in a Vault? | Jane Friedman </span><a href="http://ow.ly/Bohu301VUQy" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/Bohu301VUQy</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">Addressing the Unanswerable Questions About Writing A Novel -
Storyfix.com </span><a href="http://ow.ly/40ok301VUZF" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/40ok301VUZF</a></span></li>
</ul>
<span style="font-size: large;">Happy writing and running, Kathy</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14368689959446235121noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8909689528097181674.post-32084005922942366872016-07-05T06:32:00.000-04:002016-07-05T06:32:38.333-04:00Tuesday's Links to Writing & Marketing Blog Posts<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.digitalpubbing.com/indie-authors-book-promotion-tools-and-tips/" target="_blank"><b>INDIE AUTHORS: BOOK PROMOTION TOOLS AND TIPS</b></a> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">Marketing is a crucial part of book publishing. If no one
knows your book is out there, how can you expect people to read it?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">With that in mind, here’s a compilation of tips and tools
that can help you with your book promotion efforts.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">Book Promotional Tools<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.bookpromotion.com/book-marketing-tips-you-need-to-know-now-part-two/" target="_blank">BookPromotion.com</a> stresses four components of a book
marketing plan: promotional tools, groups, street teams, and blog tours. Tools
include free and paid options, such as AuthorMarketingTools.com and
BookBlow.com, you can find groups on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Google, street
teams are comprised of your raving fans, and blog tours are lots of work but worth
it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://insights.bookbub.com/free-tools-that-can-help-build-buzz-for-a-book/" target="_blank">BookBub</a> also shares some helpful promotional tools,
such as <a href="https://www.canva.com/" target="_blank">Canva</a>, to
create ads and social media images, Pay with a Tweet, to encourage
word-of-mouth marketing, and HARO, for interview opportunities.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://bookmachine.org/2016/03/22/book-marketing-survey-identifies-top-5-book-promotional-services/" target="_blank">BookMachine</a> also shared insights on a survey that
found the best book promotional surveys. Best services included BookBub,
KindeBookPromotions, Ereadersnewstoday, Kindlenationdaiily.com, and
Bargainbooksy.com.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://katetilton.com/ultimate-list-sites-promote-free-ebook/" target="_blank">Kate Tilton</a> also shares a list of sites to promote
free books.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">If self-promotion sounds icky to you, then <a href="http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/columns-and-blogs/soapbox/article/70112-10-practically-cringe-less-self-promotion-ideas-for-authors.html" target="_blank">Publisher Weekly</a>‘s list of ways to promote yourself should
help. Ideas include weekly Twitter chats, meetup groups, and contacting your
alma mater.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">And if you’re feeling blocked, <a href="http://www.thebookdesigner.com/2016/03/your-biggest-book-marketing-or-platform-building-roadblocks/" target="_blank">The Book Designer</a> shares some tips for how to overcome
it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<i><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">To read the rest of the post, click <a href="http://www.digitalpubbing.com/indie-authors-book-promotion-tools-and-tips/" target="_blank">here</a>:<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">If you missed my
latest writing and marketing tweets, here they are again:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">8 steps to finding a writing routine that works for you </span><a href="http://ow.ly/PrOd301ULQV" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/PrOd301ULQV</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">Two Different Approaches to Successful Pre-Orders </span><a href="http://ow.ly/5sEX301ULSu" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/5sEX301ULSu</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">The Write Editing: Writing Cinematically </span><a href="http://ow.ly/7n4T301ULTP" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/7n4T301ULTP</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">How Writers Can Develop Emotional Connections between Reader
and Hero | Live Write Thrive </span><a href="http://ow.ly/jUCl301ULVJ" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/jUCl301ULVJ</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">Hate the Editing Stage of Writing? Check Out These Helpful
Tools | Kristen Lamb's Blog </span><a href="http://ow.ly/8Ut8301ULXN" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/8Ut8301ULXN</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">How to Finish Your Book in Three Drafts | Jane Friedman </span><a href="http://ow.ly/GHCG301ULZD" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/GHCG301ULZD</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">Writing the First Chapter of a Novel Tips and Fixes </span><a href="http://ow.ly/qrFT301UM1L" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/qrFT301UM1L</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">15 Ways To Defeat Writer's Block, As Told By Published
Authors </span><a href="http://ow.ly/mekU301UM2W" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/mekU301UM2W</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">Lone Wolves and Authors on a Budget | Writers In The Storm </span><a href="http://ow.ly/gVDF301UM50" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/gVDF301UM50</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">The Seven Stages of Love, According to French Poetry |
Literary Hub </span><a href="http://ow.ly/uaR7301UM5R" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/uaR7301UM5R</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">Mingling at the Twitter Cocktail | Writers' Rumpus </span><a href="http://ow.ly/FAYJ301UM7y" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/FAYJ301UM7y</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">Why Does Anyone Write? | Literary Hub </span><a href="http://ow.ly/QVBU301UM9e" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/QVBU301UM9e</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">Bashers & Swoopers — Inside Milanote — Medium </span><a href="http://ow.ly/ZivH301UMfM" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/ZivH301UMfM</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;"> "How the
tools we use for writing are letting us down."</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">5 Times Katniss Nailed Deep Point of View | Better Novel
Project </span><a href="http://ow.ly/HSST301UMiM" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/HSST301UMiM</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">How to Repurpose Your Facebook Live Videos: Social Media
Examiner </span><a href="http://ow.ly/iojT301UMlu" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/iojT301UMlu</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">What is the Kindle “Delivery Cost” and How Does it Affect Me?
– Indies Unlimited </span><a href="http://ow.ly/zafh301UMo5" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/zafh301UMo5</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">Book Marketing Tips from Industry Experts - Social Media Just
for Writers </span><a href="http://ow.ly/fM9X301UMqi" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/fM9X301UMqi</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">Blab for Indie Authors | Self-Publishing Author Advice from
The Alliance of Independent Authors </span><a href="http://ow.ly/Fki6301UMsN" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/Fki6301UMsN</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">What Should You Put in Your Email Newsletter? | Jane Friedman
</span><a href="http://ow.ly/tG54301UMv8" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/tG54301UMv8</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">Indie Authors: Book Promotion Tools and Tips </span><a href="http://ow.ly/ZwXo301UMxv" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/ZwXo301UMxv</a></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Happy writing and running, Kathy</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14368689959446235121noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8909689528097181674.post-10628515668341699472016-07-04T14:23:00.000-04:002016-07-04T14:23:30.111-04:00Monday's Links to Writing & Marketing Blog Posts<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="background: white;"><a href="http://writeonsisters.com/writing-craft/story-twinkies/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>STORY TWINKIES: DO YOU NEED ONE? </b></span></a></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">I’m willing to bet most of the writers reading this have no
idea what a story Twinkie is. This is a slang term used in the video game
industry. It’s named in honor of a super sweet, spongy cream-filled American
snack cake. For gamers the term stands for the unexpected surprises and treats
a good game designer will throw into the story to keep the player on the hook. They include them in places where the game
gets tough to encourage the player onwards. And they add them after a big boss
battle to make the player feel like all their hard work was worth the effort.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">Heather and I both have had jobs in the games biz; she’s
still in it working for LongStory, while I have long since moved on. However,
the wisdom of the Twinkie lingers. This is a super smart story tool and many of
the best writers of novels, movies and games use it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">The best Twinkies are almost inconsequential touches, yet
they pack an emotional jolt. A good way to visualize this device is as a split
second in time that is totally memorable. Consider the movie HARRY POTTER AND
THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN. Remember when Hermione, Ron and Harry are arguing with
Draco Malfoy over the death sentence of Buckbeak. The trio of heroes start to
walk away and yet at the last second Hermione spins back around and slugs Draco
in the face. That is a serous Twinkie moment. It’s a blow so justified that it
makes everyone shout “YES!” with enthusiasm. It will not change the outcome of
Buckbeak’s fate, but it still gives us some hope that our plucky heroine is not
giving up. It also serves as a foreshadowing that Hermione will be the one to
take drastic action and save the day.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">Twinkies often show up at a huge victory moment. You will see
it when the crowd carries the star player off the field and delivers them into
the arms of the talent scout everyone thought wasn’t there to see the big win.
Used this way, a Twinkie will intensify the feel good moment. The extra sweet
punch of the Twinkie moment is often the last nudge needed to make the reader
or viewer cry.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">Twinkies can foreshadow:<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="background: white;">To read the rest of the post, click </span></i><a href="http://writeonsisters.com/writing-craft/story-twinkies/" target="_blank"><i><span style="background: white;">here</span></i></a><i><span style="background: white;">:<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">If you missed my
latest writing and marketing tweets, here they are again:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background: white;">Grit:
perseverance and passion make you a better writer (& how to develop it) </span><a href="http://ow.ly/sEyx301SB1q"><span style="background: white;">http://ow.ly/sEyx301SB1q</span></a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background: white;">How to Start Your
Book In the Right Place </span><a href="http://ow.ly/wM8v301SB1P"><span style="background: white;">http://ow.ly/wM8v301SB1P</span></a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background: white;">Literary Devices:
How To Master Structure - Writer's Edit </span><a href="http://ow.ly/ps1g301SB2x"><span style="background: white;">http://ow.ly/ps1g301SB2x</span></a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background: white;">Creativity, Art
And Business With Lisa Congdon | The Creative Penn </span><a href="http://ow.ly/xlce301SB67"><span style="background: white;">http://ow.ly/xlce301SB67</span></a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background: white;">The Three Kinds
Of Isolation For Your Story | Devlin Blake </span><a href="http://ow.ly/33M5301SB7r"><span style="background: white;">http://ow.ly/33M5301SB7r</span></a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background: white;">4 Emotional
Obstacles That Trip Writers Up, Plus How to Work Through Them - Chad R. Allen </span><a href="http://ow.ly/b35J301SBcw"><span style="background: white;">http://ow.ly/b35J301SBcw</span></a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background: white;">Story Twinkies:
Do You Need One? » WriteOnSisters.com </span><a href="http://ow.ly/jVjs301SBde"><span style="background: white;">http://ow.ly/jVjs301SBde</span></a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background: white;">Self-Publishing
and the 'Curatorial Mark': Jon Fine </span><a href="http://ow.ly/wdRN301SBrB"><span style="background: white;">http://ow.ly/wdRN301SBrB</span></a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background: white;">Why You Don't
Have Enough Time for Your Blog (and What to Do About It) • Smart Blogger </span><a href="http://ow.ly/hool301SBsZ"><span style="background: white;">http://ow.ly/hool301SBsZ</span></a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background: white;">Canada's
Accession Places Marrakesh Treaty in Force </span><a href="http://ow.ly/VKZn301SBtV"><span style="background: white;">http://ow.ly/VKZn301SBtV</span></a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">Give Them Something to Hate - Almost An Author </span><a href="http://ow.ly/pVld301SByK"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Open Sans",serif;">http://ow.ly/pVld301SByK</span></a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">September C. Fawkes: Ask September: Advice for Middle-School
Writers? </span><a href="http://ow.ly/usqj301SBzD"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Open Sans",serif;">http://ow.ly/usqj301SBzD</span></a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">3 Can’t-Miss Tips For Steady Platform Growth - Almost An
Author </span><a href="http://ow.ly/BqH4301SBAu"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Open Sans",serif;">http://ow.ly/BqH4301SBAu</span></a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">What Every Writer Wants | Live to Write – Write to Live </span><a href="http://ow.ly/DjrP301SBEH"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Open Sans",serif;">http://ow.ly/DjrP301SBEH</span></a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">How To Write A Pet The Puppy Scene For Dark Characters |
Devlin Blake </span><a href="http://ow.ly/MPiY301SBFH"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Open Sans",serif;">http://ow.ly/MPiY301SBFH</span></a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">What to Do When Your Book Launch Fails | Tim Grahl </span><a href="http://ow.ly/ZgYF301SBGw"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Open Sans",serif;">http://ow.ly/ZgYF301SBGw</span></a></span></li>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: windowtext; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Happy writing and running, Kathy</span></span><br />
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14368689959446235121noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8909689528097181674.post-62234539932430959842016-07-03T09:59:00.000-04:002016-07-03T09:59:47.884-04:00Saturday's Links to Writing & Marketing Blog Posts<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.booksandsuch.com/blog/dont-overdo-examples-overwriting/" target="_blank">DON’T OVERDO IT! EXAMPLES OF OVERWRITING</a> <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">I read at least three proposals every week, sometimes more.
In many of these proposals, I notice common writing errors, and I’d like to
point these out so you can check for them before submitting your work to
editors and agents.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">One mistake is overwriting. Many authors believe their
writing style is what makes their project appeal to readers. This is the case
within certain limits. Finding your “voice” and using it effectively is a
learned skill. Below are some overwriting examples.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">1) <b>The Thesaurus</b>: It’s a really good idea to have
a thesaurus on your desk while you’re writing, but don’t overdo it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">“The why/for for a thesaurus is to ameliorate a skald’s word
stock rather than to regurgitate the same jargon.” (Or: A thesaurus is to help
you come up with new words rather than using the same words over again.)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">If your reader has to pull out a dictionary to figure out
what you’re talking about, you’re doing it wrong. Unusual or
little-known words should be relatively discernible from the context. Plus,
while readers want to understand the subject matter and to read beautiful words
and phrases, if reading the book is too difficult, they’ll quit. We all want to
be challenged, but we need to be built up at the same time. We want to know
that we’re smart enough to read the book in our hands, or we’ll find something
else that entertains and encourages us. This applies to nonfiction too. Be
careful that your writing doesn’t become too technical if you are trying to
write to readers who aren’t experts in the subject matter.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">2) <b>Dialect: </b>When you use dialect in your
fiction or your illustrations in your nonfiction, be careful not to overdo it.
People who aren’t familiar with dialect will have a hard time understanding
dialogue and the important plot elements that are revealed through the dialogue.
Common dialect is okay, like ‘y’all’, as long as the use of these common words
isn’t overdone. Many of us use dialect in one way or another. I know that I do;
I’m a California-girl all the way. But when you’re writing, be sure that the
characters are speaking clearly because there’s no way to interrupt them to ask
them to repeat what they said or to explain it to us. Here’s my Cali-girl
example, “Like, I went to the beach on, like, um, Saturday with my girlfriends.
We totally, like, swam and stuff. It was awesome.” I don’t sound like that (I
hope!), but I know I say “like” in just about every sentence. It’s a lot more
distracting when it’s written, isn’t it?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<i><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">To read the rest of the post, click <a href="http://www.booksandsuch.com/blog/dont-overdo-examples-overwriting/">here</a>:<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">If you missed my
latest writing and marketing tweets, here they are again:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">Fiction Writers: A Simple Approach to Build a Better Email
List </span><a href="http://ow.ly/sflj301PNr5" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/sflj301PNr5</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">How to cheat your creative distractions </span><a href="http://ow.ly/aaxm301PNBy" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/aaxm301PNBy</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">How Objects Tell Your Story | A Writer's Path </span><a href="http://ow.ly/YXNA301PNFl" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/YXNA301PNFl</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">7 Ways to Make Your Historical Novel Come Alive |
WritersDigest.com </span><a href="http://ow.ly/9K3S301PNNd" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/9K3S301PNNd</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">How to Start Using Hashtags Effectively Right Now! -
BadRedhead Media </span><a href="http://ow.ly/ATNq301PNY9" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/ATNq301PNY9</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">Five Unique Ways to Market Your First Book: Women Writers,
Women's Books </span><a href="http://ow.ly/vHkf301PO1s" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/vHkf301PO1s</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">Fiction University: One, Two Three, Notice Me: The Rule of
Three (And How it Helps Our Writing) </span><a href="http://ow.ly/ybnH301PO4A" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/ybnH301PO4A</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">Grit: perseverance and passion make you a better writer
(& how to develop it) </span><a href="http://ow.ly/yyxa301PO9D" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/yyxa301PO9D</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">How To Write Better Without Becoming A Better Writer | The
Passive Voice | </span><a href="http://ow.ly/CRtE301Q1Rx" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/CRtE301Q1Rx</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">The Writer’s Life According To Harry Potter | You Write
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">Fiction University: Overcoming False Starts on Your First
Chapter </span><a href="http://ow.ly/5aMK301Q2aB" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/5aMK301Q2aB</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">How to Get Your Novel Made into a Film | A Writer's Path </span><a href="http://ow.ly/KfJu301Q2mi" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/KfJu301Q2mi</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">Julie Musil, Author: What Dude Perfect Can Teach Writers </span><a href="http://ow.ly/8KGS301Q2tk" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/8KGS301Q2tk</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">Top 5 Mistakes Writers Make When Self-Publishing an eBook -
Training Authors for Success </span><a href="http://ow.ly/PyUk301Q2zQ" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/PyUk301Q2zQ</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">Don't Overdo it! Examples of Overwriting - Books & Such
Literary Management </span><a href="http://ow.ly/gezh301Q2Tc" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/gezh301Q2Tc</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">SEO Defined in 60 Seconds [Animated Video] - Copyblogger - </span><a href="http://ow.ly/I3dc301Q30W" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/I3dc301Q30W</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">How Goodreads Can Help Writers Grow Their Readership | Live
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">Fiction University: Overcoming False Starts on Your First
Chapter </span><a href="http://ow.ly/idbi301Q3gk" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/idbi301Q3gk</a></span></li>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">Happy writing and
running, Kathy</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14368689959446235121noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8909689528097181674.post-87694042431113651162016-07-01T07:30:00.000-04:002016-07-01T07:30:33.728-04:00Friday's Links to Writing & Marketing Blog Posts<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.thebookdesigner.com/2016/06/self-publishing-do-this/" target="_blank">BOOK PROMOTION: DO THIS, NOT THAT</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">By: Amy Collins <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">I see a LOT of articles that outline the biggest mistakes
that an author can make. I love these articles because they help other authors
and industry folks learn from the mistakes others have made in the past. I find
that the path I walk as an independent small press (read: self-published
author) is MUCH easier with a road map marked up by others who have walked this
path before me.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">With this in mind, I would like to offer my experience and
advice around mistakes that my clients and I have made while publishing and
promoting our own books. This week, I have asked Joan Stewart, publicity expert
and owner of <a href="http://publicityhound.com/" target="_blank">www.publicityhound.com</a> to
help me explain the first mistakes I made and how I fixed them.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">What I Did: Pitched My Book
Instead of My Expertise<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">When my book came out, I KNEW promotion was the key. I was
sure that my next step was to contact editors and bloggers, radio and TV
producers and pitch the book.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">Here is why that was a mistake: These folks are pitched books
ALL THE TIME.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">There are now thousands of books being published every day.
The many online and computer tools at our fingertips can make anyone an
“author.” There are authors under every rock. Joan Stewart reminded me that
experts are more in demand than authors. What producers and editors are looking
for are experts to comment on current events.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">What I Should Have Done
Instead<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">Editors need content from experts, and well-written content
rises to the top of the pile.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">Am I an expert in book sales and marketing? Then WHY am I
pitching my book (one of many on the topic) instead of presenting the editors
with a lot of great article ideas on book marketing?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">I made the mistake of thinking that folks would care about my
book and the advice in it. They didn’t. (They REALLY didn’t.) What they needed
was great content from an expert.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">What I Then Did<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">When Joan reminded me of the fact that books are everywhere,
and authors are thick on the ground, I switched my emailed requests to
offerings. Instead of asking editors to review my book or interview me about my
book, I offered them my expertise.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">Content IS king…. My writing and advice was starting to show
up in blogs and newsletters across the US and my book sales increased. I was
able to promote my writing BY WRITING.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">What I Did: Rushed to Contact Editors and
Did Not Research Who They Were<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">. . .<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<i><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">To read the rest of the post, click <a href="http://www.thebookdesigner.com/2016/06/self-publishing-do-this/" target="_blank">here</a>:<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">~*~<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">If you missed my
latest writing and marketing tweets, here they are again:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;">What Kind of
Writer Are You: Cook or Baker? | Literary Hub </span><a href="http://www.ow.ly/DnTv301KLlU">http://www.ow.ly/DnTv301KLlU</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;">How to Become a
Novelist: 10 Top Authors' Tips | Now Novel </span><a href="http://www.ow.ly/dVvE301KLog">http://www.ow.ly/dVvE301KLog</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;">3 Examples of How
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Do This, Not That - The Book Designer <a href="http://www.ow.ly/evQF301KLy1" target="_blank">http://www.ow.ly/evQF301KLy1 </a></span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;">When You Write a
Memoir, Readers Think They Know You Better Than They Do - The New York Times <a href="http://www.ow.ly/nEhi301KLCk" target="_blank">http://www.ow.ly/nEhi301KLCk</a>
</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">In a Slump: 7
Best Writer Sources To Spark Creativity - Where Writers Win <a href="http://www.ow.ly/1saD301N7Lg" target="_blank">http://www.ow.ly/1saD301N7Lg</a></span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">When Your
Research Starts to Terrify You | Literary Hub <a href="http://www.ow.ly/Y0sw301N8ee" target="_blank">http://www.ow.ly/Y0sw301N8ee</a></span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">Emotional Wounds
Entry: Being Stalked - WRITERS HELPING WRITERS® <a href="http://www.ow.ly/b2RM301N8pG" target="_blank">http://www.ow.ly/b2RM301N8pG</a></span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">How to Customize
Your Email Newsletter Sign-Up Forms to Increase Reader Engagement | Jane
Friedman <a href="http://www.ow.ly/YC7c301N8Wf" target="_blank">http://www.ow.ly/YC7c301N8Wf</a></span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Writers
Alley: Every Day You Get Our Best: Lessons in Viral Marketing from One of the
Nation's Top Supermarkets <a href="http://www.ow.ly/5x5a301N90d" target="_blank">http://www.ow.ly/5x5a301N90d</a></span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">5 Essential
Questions for Every Writer <a href="http://www.ow.ly/sq83301N92f" target="_blank">http://www.ow.ly/sq83301N92f</a></span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">On writing: Word
count spreadsheets | J. H. Dierking <a href="http://www.ow.ly/PV7j301N97g" target="_blank">http://www.ow.ly/PV7j301N97g</a></span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">How to Write
Dialogue Without Using Adverbs <a href="http://www.ow.ly/LWp8301N99i" target="_blank">http://www.ow.ly/LWp8301N99i</a></span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">6 Ways to Make
Time to Write: A Guide for Busy Parents <a href="http://www.ow.ly/AP3X301N9sI" target="_blank">http://www.ow.ly/AP3X301N9sI</a></span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">3 Ways to Be More
Productive When You Sit Down to Write <a href="http://www.ow.ly/m2hf301N9By" target="_blank">http://www.ow.ly/m2hf301N9By</a></span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">Steven Spohn: I
Am Not Your Plot Device « terribleminds: chuck wendig <a href="http://www.ow.ly/59YV301N9IU" target="_blank">http://www.ow.ly/59YV301N9IU</a></span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">Are Your Readers
Getting Digital Fatigue … and, Are You? - The Book Designer <a href="http://www.ow.ly/PgR6301N9MT" target="_blank">http://www.ow.ly/PgR6301N9MT</a></span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">New Book Out Now.
The Successful Author Mindset: A Handbook For Surviving The Writer's Journey |
The Creative Penn <a href="http://www.ow.ly/bGot301N9PW" target="_blank">http://www.ow.ly/bGot301N9PW</a></span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">5 Ways to Make a
Blogger Want to Stab Us in the Face | Kristen Lamb's Blog <a href="http://www.ow.ly/gfPC301N9S1" target="_blank">http://www.ow.ly/gfPC301N9S1</a></span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">Anne R. Allen's
Blog... with Ruth Harris - Writing about writing. Mostly. <a href="http://www.ow.ly/30nQ301N9TW" target="_blank">http://www.ow.ly/30nQ301N9TW</a></span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">Author, Jody
Hedlund: 3 Tips to Help Increase Writing Output <a href="http://www.ow.ly/8Bzz301N9GE" target="_blank">http://www.ow.ly/8Bzz301N9GE</a></span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">Why kids may
learn more from tales of fantasy than realism | The Passive Voice | <a href="http://www.ow.ly/xDl7301Na0l" target="_blank">http://www.ow.ly/xDl7301Na0l</a></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;">Track Your Word
Count and Progress with Scrivener </span><a href="http://www.ow.ly/oslK301Na59">http://www.ow.ly/oslK301Na59</a></span></li>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">Happy writing and
running, Kathy</span></span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14368689959446235121noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8909689528097181674.post-58927205261509218332016-06-30T06:38:00.000-04:002016-06-30T06:38:57.075-04:00Thursday's Links to Writing & Marketing Blog Posts<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://writerswin.com/use-this-formula-to-create-your-author-brand-positioning-statement/">USE
THIS FORMULA TO CREATE YOUR AUTHOR BRAND POSITIONING STATEMENT</a> <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">By: Nancy Blanton
<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">Like a kid in a candy store, I used to love walking through a
large bookstore like B&N. But now, as an author, I think two things and in
this order:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<li><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">OMG, there are so many books out there. Why even bother
writing my own?</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">Of all these books, none tell the story I’m telling. I have a
purpose and must see it through.</span></span></li>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">Whatever your genre and inspiration, most of us write with
purpose to an intended audience. But how can we reach them in such a sea of
colors, titles, expensive posters, ads and gimmicks? The answer is ageless: you
must shine like an irresistible gem. <b>You need a personal brand!</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">For centuries, kings and queens have used the secrets of
personal branding, and not just to define themselves to their subjects. They
needed support for policies and taxes, to be likable enough to prevent
rebellions or assassination, and they needed to appear strong enough to
intimidate other monarchs who might contemplate invasion. What can we learn
from them? Plenty.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">Look at one of history’s most notorious kings, Henry VIII,
for example. On England’s throne from 1509 to 1547, he was the granddaddy of
personal branding, and the perfect model for generating and expressing a
memorable persona.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">Most people are familiar with the famous Holbein portrait of
him standing tall, broad-shouldered, filling up the canvas in his regal robes
and codpiece. An icon of strength and robust health, this king gave the people
what they wanted: physical power, great wealth, cultural sophistication, grand
architecture, athletic supremacy, and a direct link to God.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">What you see was not always what you got with King Henry, but
he lived in an age without mass communication or the immediacy of social media,
so he could get away with projecting an inflated persona that suited everyone’s
needs. In today’s world, authenticity rules.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">What we learn from Henry is that the strongest brands are
built in values that connect with the audience. The power of a brand persona
lies in its ability to touch people you may never get to meet.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">So, what is a
brand persona?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">. . .<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<i><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">To read the rest of the post, click <a href="https://writerswin.com/use-this-formula-to-create-your-author-brand-positioning-statement/">here</a>:<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">~*~<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">If you missed my
latest writing and marketing tweets, here they are again:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">4 Steps to Break Grammar Rules with Style — Guest: Julie
Glover | Jami Gold, Paranormal Author </span><a href="http://ow.ly/puQu301KJZ2" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/puQu301KJZ2</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">Barnes & Noble Launches Nook Press Self-Publishing
Platform | Digital Book World </span><a href="http://ow.ly/4y6O301KKfV" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/4y6O301KKfV</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">Use This Formula to Create Your Author Brand Positioning
Statement - Where Writers Win </span><a href="http://ow.ly/16fq301KKnt" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/16fq301KKnt</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">Everything She Wants is Everything She Sees* | Confessions of
a Mystery Novelist... </span><a href="http://ow.ly/9TWM301KKQB" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/9TWM301KKQB</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">How to Create a Successful Protagonist | WritersDigest.com </span><a href="http://ow.ly/1oir301KKVM" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/1oir301KKVM</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">Are You Letting Hedging Sabotage Your Writing? | Live Write
Thrive </span><a href="http://ow.ly/Zs7q301KKYV" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/Zs7q301KKYV</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">How to Overcome Imposter Syndrome as a Writer </span><a href="http://ow.ly/TLvm301KL1g" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/TLvm301KL1g</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">How to Write Through Distractions | Smart EDits™ </span><a href="http://ow.ly/xYYe301KL43" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/xYYe301KL43</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">How To Find “The End” : Women Writers, Women's Books </span><a href="http://ow.ly/ou8a301KL7c" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/ou8a301KL7c</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">The Editing Agenda: Adding Layers — Rachelle M. N. Shaw </span><a href="http://ow.ly/GT31301KLca" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/GT31301KLca</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">How to Choose a Domain Name for Your Author Website - The
Book Designer </span><a href="http://ow.ly/Gz6D301KLgW" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/Gz6D301KLgW</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">What Kind of Writer Are You: Cook or Baker? | Literary Hub </span><a href="http://ow.ly/DnTv301KLlU" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/DnTv301KLlU</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">How to Become a Novelist: 10 Top Authors' Tips | Now Novel </span><a href="http://ow.ly/dVvE301KLog" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/dVvE301KLog</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">3 Examples of How Semicolons Strengthen a Sentence </span><a href="http://ow.ly/73aj301KLtq" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/73aj301KLtq</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">Book Promotion: Do This, Not That - The Book Designer </span><a href="http://ow.ly/evQF301KLy1" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/evQF301KLy1</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">When You Write a Memoir, Readers Think They Know You Better
Than They Do - The New York Times </span><a href="http://ow.ly/nEhi301KLCk" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/nEhi301KLCk</a></span></li>
</ul>
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">Happy writing and
running, Kathy</span></span><br />
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14368689959446235121noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8909689528097181674.post-33689459849449463052016-06-29T06:52:00.000-04:002016-06-29T06:52:12.750-04:00Wednesday's Links to Writing & Marketing Blog Posts<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://wordstrumpet.com/2016/05/corralling-your-writing-ideas.html" target="_blank"><b>CORRALLING YOUR WRITING</b></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">By: Charlotte
Rains Dixon<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">If you’re
anything like me, the beginning of writing a book is a messy affair. You’ve taken notes like crazy, and they might be anywhere and everywhere.
You’ve got nuggets about character buried deep inside a Moleskine, and the best
ideas ever for a plot–if only you could find them. I’m all for this chaos at
the start, but there comes a time when one must get organized or risk not going
any farther. You need a way to corral all your supporting information.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">So how do you
corral your notes into a usable outline, or list, or something you can follow
while writing a book? Amazingly enough, I have ideas for you. But first,
let me be clear here, I am not a paragon of organization, far from it.
I’ve just learned the hard way I need to get my notes together one way or
another, or I’ll never write the novel. (Also, there’s that <a href="http://wordstrumpet.com/2016/04/writing-motivation-comes-from-a-sense-of-control.html" target="_blank">productivity thing I wrote about</a> a couple posts back–a
person who feels in control is much more motivated to accomplish things.)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">Before I share
some of the methods for organizing I’ve discovered, first, a note–it does help
if you take all your notes in one place. (No, duh.) I’ve got a giant
legal pad I’ve been scribbling ideas in and I number the pages and often
remember to annotate on the margins to make it easier to go back and find
things. You might choose a Moleskine, or a humble spiral. I’ve used them
all, depending on my mood. Okay, ways to organize thyself:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="background: white;"><a href="http://www.avery.com/avery/en_us/Products/Avery-Mini-Organization-Landing-Page.htm">Mini
binders</a>.</span></b><span style="background: white;"> I love
these little guys. Okay, I’ve gone off the deep end for them. I use them for
corralling everything from novel notes to ideas for workshops to my day to day
life. Often an index card seems too small, or a regular binder, too
big–too much information on one page, ack! But as Goldilocks said, the mini
binder size is just right. Also, I can make sections–sections, people!–for
plot, setting, character, brilliant ideas, etc.</span></span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="background: white;">Index cards.</span></b><span style="background: white;"> You, however, might like something
smaller, and in that case you might want to try index cards, which do come in
two sizes. Beloved of screenwriters, these babies make it easy to put one scene
per cards, or one character trait per card, or whatever you would like. There
are tons of nifty little containers to put them in, and you can take them out
and play with them. You can move scenes around, pin them up in different
configurations, whatever your little heart desires.</span></span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="background: white;"><a href="http://www.literarylatte.com/">Scrivener</a>.</span></b><span style="background: white;"> I am not a Scrivener devotee,
though I respect those of you who are. I do, however, love the idea that you
can use index cards on the computer through this program. And there’s lots of
other cool stuff as well. I just don’t have the patience to learn it.</span></span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">Powerpoint.</span></span></b></li>
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<i><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">To read the rest of the post, click <a href="http://wordstrumpet.com/2016/05/corralling-your-writing-ideas.html" target="_blank">here</a>:<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">~*~<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">If you missed my
latest writing and marketing tweets, here they are again:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<ul>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">Corralling Your Writing Ideas | Charlotte Rains Dixon </span><a href="http://ow.ly/y46E301I79i" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/y46E301I79i</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">Tending Garden: Writing and Editing Advice for Debut
Novelists </span><a href="http://ow.ly/PM7T301I7ml" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/PM7T301I7ml</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">How to Develop Your Best Novel Writing Ideas | Writing
Forward </span><a href="http://ow.ly/1hun301I80h" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/1hun301I80h</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">Why Superheroes Are Bigger Than Their Stories | Literary Hub </span><a href="http://ow.ly/wmzD301I865" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/wmzD301I865</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">Great Dialogue Makes the Best Stories | Writers In The Storm </span><a href="http://ow.ly/MVcA301I8eW" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/MVcA301I8eW</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">I got rhythm: how to write foot-tapping copy • Articulate </span><a href="http://ow.ly/k7Il301I8oQ" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/k7Il301I8oQ</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">Make People Care: How To Write About Your Life Without Boring
Your Readers | Life Done Write </span><a href="http://ow.ly/6ZMH301I8D3" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/6ZMH301I8D3</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">Defeating the Contrivance Bogeyman – Mythcreants </span><a href="http://ow.ly/eGeU301I8Zf" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/eGeU301I8Zf</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">How to Create a Successful Protagonist | WritersDigest.com </span><a href="http://ow.ly/vWjQ301I93g" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/vWjQ301I93g</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">Are You Letting Hedging Sabotage Your Writing? | Live Write
Thrive </span><a href="http://ow.ly/PR10301I977" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/PR10301I977</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">How to Use Possessives to Show Ownership </span><a href="http://ow.ly/jh4z301I9wO" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/jh4z301I9wO</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">Brexit: Twilight of the Experts? - The Book Designer </span><a href="http://ow.ly/2QKs301I9EX" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/2QKs301I9EX</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">How to Blog for Authors and Writers: Questions and Answers </span><a href="http://ow.ly/cW3E301I9PL" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/cW3E301I9PL</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">Book Marketing Tips from Industry Experts - Social Media Just
for Writers </span><a href="http://ow.ly/DNvc301Ia0P" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/DNvc301Ia0P</a> </span></li>
</ul>
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Happy writing and running,
Kathy</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14368689959446235121noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8909689528097181674.post-50195132495595076482016-06-28T06:42:00.000-04:002016-06-28T06:42:33.872-04:00Tuesday's Links to Writing & Marketing Blog Posts <div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://litreactor.com/columns/5-dirty-little-truths-about-proofreading" target="_blank">FIVE (DIRTY LITTLE) TRUTHS ABOUT PROOFREADING</a> <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">By: Susan
Defreitas<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">By the time your book reaches the final stage of editing,
you've read each sentence what feels like a million times. And yet, insidious
errors lurk within the pages of this perfect manuscript that you, the author,
simply cannot see.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">That's where proofreaders (also known as copyeditors) come
in. A good copyeditor is not just someone who has mastered every comma rule in
the English language (no small feat); a good copyeditor is someone who will
find errors that twenty beta readers manage to miss but anyone who paid actual
money for your book, somehow, will not.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">I'm a freelance editor, and my debut novel, <i>Hot
Season</i>, comes out later this year from Harvard Square Editions, so I've
experienced this process, as Joni Mitchell might say, from both sides now. Here
are a few things that few authors realize (and few copyeditors are willing to
admit).<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">You'd think that because a manuscript has already gone
through a line edit, one round of proofreading would be enough to catch any
lingering errors. But this is seldom the case...<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">1. Every Book Goes to Print
with Errors<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">Don't think this is true? Check out those old periodicals
dedicated to book collectors; they always listed the typos in each first
edition. These errors, once they were pointed out by readers, were eradicated
by the next edition.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">Those typos were, in fact, used by collectors as a way to
authenticate first editions: e.g., if someone claimed this book was a
first-edition Phillip Roth, but it lacked a typo on a certain page, that person
was lying to you. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">Finding errors in your first print run isn't the end of the
world. In fact, it's par for the course, even if your book has benefited from
many rounds of editing.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">2. One Round Is Never Enough<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">You'd think that because a manuscript has already gone
through a line edit, one round of proofreading would be enough to catch any
lingering errors. But this is seldom the case, because proofreading requires
such a different focus—sometimes, you have to completely tune out the content
of a sentence to see the grammatical structure beneath it. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">That kind of close focus can be difficult to maintain, which
is why proofreaders often only work on the same project for a few hours at a
time; it's a lot easier to miss two <i>the</i>s in a row when you're
caught up in the story. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">Of course, two
rounds of proofreading is better than one, but few can afford such luxuries
these days (even the big publishing houses).<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">3. You Are Your Book's Last Line of
Defense<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<i><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">To read the rest of the post, click <a href="https://litreactor.com/columns/5-dirty-little-truths-about-proofreading" target="_blank">here</a>:<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">If you missed my
latest writing and marketing tweets, here they are again:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<ul>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">How to Start Your Book or Movie with a Bang | Pat Verducci </span><a href="http://ow.ly/DH50301FnyN" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/DH50301FnyN</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">Five (Dirty Little) Truths about Proofreading | LitReactor </span><a href="http://ow.ly/SVLW301FnC6" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/SVLW301FnC6</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">4 Tips for Avoiding Sentence-Level Clichés – Lewis Editorial </span><a href="http://ow.ly/WQSA301FoGJ" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/WQSA301FoGJ</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">Keeping Your Story Real…Even When You Are Lying | </span><a href="http://ow.ly/8aJB301FoOR" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/8aJB301FoOR</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">Publishing ... and Other Forms of Insanity: 8 Ways to Use
Goodreads to Promote Your Book </span><a href="http://ow.ly/OKPH301FoS2" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/OKPH301FoS2</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">Descriptions: Every story exists somewhere between the
writer's imagination and the reader's imagination... </span><a href="http://ow.ly/J2sq301Fp1j" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/J2sq301Fp1j</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">8 Keys to Constructing a Great Plot for Your Novel </span><a href="http://ow.ly/f9NG301Fpq8" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/f9NG301Fpq8</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">Janet Reid, Literary Agent: So, how do you know if you're a
good writer? </span><a href="http://ow.ly/gZlQ301Fpu1" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/gZlQ301Fpu1</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">10 Tips For Creating Fantastic Book Cover Designs – Joshua
Jadon | Guest Post | The Independent Publishing Magazine
http://ow.ly/E3IX301FpyP</span> Fiction University: It's Not Just About the
Numbers: How Many Books Can You Write in a Year? <a href="http://ow.ly/o8kO301FpGz">http://ow.ly/o8kO301FpGz</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">How to Prepare for Self-Publishing: Formatting for Hard Copy
| Digital Book World </span><a href="http://ow.ly/oomw301FpMV" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/oomw301FpMV</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">Should you – could you – crowdfund your next book? Unbound
uncovered | Nail Your Novel </span><a href="http://ow.ly/AgZ6301FpQl" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/AgZ6301FpQl</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">The Unsinkable Molly Greene With 8 Tips You Need! </span><a href="http://ow.ly/1kwO301Fq5J" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/1kwO301Fq5J</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">How to Refine Your Novel: Plot at the Word Level </span><a href="http://ow.ly/maXZ301FqaT" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/maXZ301FqaT</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">7 Tips on How to Create Content for the Social Web </span><a href="http://ow.ly/LzY7301FqmJ" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/LzY7301FqmJ</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">Five Steps to Service Recovery and Complaint-Handling Success
[Infographic]: MarketingProfs Article </span><a href="http://ow.ly/FFzx301Fqs5" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/FFzx301Fqs5</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">How to Create an Internal Mindset Conducive to Writing | Jane
Friedman </span><a href="http://ow.ly/DLxC301FqGd" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/DLxC301FqGd</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">#115: Affiliate Marketing Done Right with Rachel Luna - Amy
Porterfield </span><a href="http://ow.ly/ykOG301FqPF" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/ykOG301FqPF</a></span></li>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Happy writing and running, Kathy</span></span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14368689959446235121noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8909689528097181674.post-28165707777173984712016-06-27T06:32:00.000-04:002016-06-27T06:32:33.161-04:00Monday's Links to Writing & Marketing Blog Posts <div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="background: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://writerswin.com/author-marketing-mastery-26-ten-twitter-tips-authors-must-know/" target="_blank">AUTHOR MARKETING MASTERY #26: TEN TWITTER TIPS AUTHORS MUST KNOW</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<i><span style="background: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Authors are often reluctant to give Twitter a
try. After all, for those who write entire books, it might seem improbable that
we can connect to our audience in 140 characters or less. But Twitter is easy,
and a fantastic way to quickly branch out to find new readers!<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Getting involved and being active on social media
is a must-do when building your author platform! And, sure, it’s easy to put
off signing up for Facebook, Twitter, or Pinterest until tomorrow … or next
week … or next month… but getting started doesn’t have to be scary!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="background: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">Twitter</span></b><span style="background: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;"> is a favorite of mine, and I’ve loved the
ability to connect with so many other authors and readers. <b>An important
note:</b> Though the perception is that authors “sell” books through
social media, I believe that smart authors use social media to connect with
readers, bloggers, reviewers, and book lovers, and form relationships.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i><span style="background: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">Ready to get started? Here’s a simple
10-step guide to using Twitter.</span></i></b><span style="background: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">1.
Choose Your Username<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Choose your username (or “handle”) wisely. It’s
what your readers, bloggers, and reviewers will see every time you Tweet. For
that reason, it may be best to stay away from usernames like @fritolover,
@luv2getfreebooks, and @crazyaboutguyz.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">As an author, you need to keep it short, simple,
and professional. Choose a handle that identifies you easily. Mine is
@lauramcneillbks.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">2.
Create a Snappy Bio<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Take some time to create a witty and concise bio.
Remember that quite a few people on Twitter may have previous knowledge of who
you are or what you do!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">So, using 160 characters, create something
memorable, quirky, and jam-packed with important information.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Here’s mine:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="background: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">HarperCollins Author. Mom. Tide & Buckeye
Fan. Lover of books & all things pink. Represented by McIntosh & Otis.
Center of Gravity (7/15) & Sister Dear (4/16)!</span></b><span style="background: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Choose a Great Photo<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Just as important as a great bio is choosing the
best photo for your profile. Authors should use a close-up, clear,
professional, and well-lit picture. Are you smiling? Do you look approachable?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Scroll through other authors’ profile pictures.
Which ones stand out? Which ones are fuzzy?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Don’t hesitate to ask a friend to snap a dozen
photos – and chose the best one. Remember, a picture is worth a thousand words.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>4. Go Ahead and Tweet!</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<i><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">To read the rest of the post, click <a href="https://writerswin.com/author-marketing-mastery-26-ten-twitter-tips-authors-must-know/" target="_blank">here</a>:<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">~*~<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">If you missed my
latest writing and marketing tweets, here they are again:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">What's Wrong With a First-person Narrator | The Editor's Blog
http://ow.ly/am1h301EduY</span>What Are The Rules On Mixing Viewpoints When
Writing Fiction? <a href="http://ow.ly/bocI301Edxb">http://ow.ly/bocI301Edxb</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">How To Express Your Characters’ Thoughts - With Exercises </span><a href="http://ow.ly/XZHL301EdEt" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/XZHL301EdEt</a></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">Penney’s Guide to Characterization </span><a href="http://ow.ly/V3Cp301EdKb" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/V3Cp301EdKb</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">The Secret to Winning a Writing Contest </span><a href="http://ow.ly/XSnL301EdNv" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/XSnL301EdNv</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">70 Idioms with Heart </span><a href="http://ow.ly/UT5O301EdOA" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/UT5O301EdOA</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">5 Tips to Keep You from Being Overwhelmed | Live Write Thrive
</span><a href="http://ow.ly/cQAk301EdVw" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/cQAk301EdVw</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">Pronoun & Macmillan: a Shift to More Author-Friendly
Publishing? - BookWorks </span><a href="http://ow.ly/zuh0301Ee1K" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/zuh0301Ee1K</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">Turn your Book into an Audiobook in Six Easy Steps! – Claire
Luana </span><a href="http://ow.ly/OgAA301Ee5G" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/OgAA301Ee5G</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">Young Protagonists Do Not Mean Young Adult Book | Dora
Furlong </span><a href="http://ow.ly/xVPm301Ee9d" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/xVPm301Ee9d</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">A World Of Writers And Readers: Understanding Modern
Publishing ~ Karl Drinkwater </span><a href="http://ow.ly/fgpF301EeaM" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/fgpF301EeaM</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">Publishing ... and Other Forms of Insanity: Top 10 Sites for
Indie Authors </span><a href="http://ow.ly/GIPr301EecQ" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/GIPr301EecQ</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">6 Reasons to Power Up Your Productivity as a Writer </span><a href="http://ow.ly/zJgy301Eefa" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/zJgy301Eefa</a></span></li>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Happy writing and running,
Kathy</span></span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14368689959446235121noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8909689528097181674.post-42177727438409087312016-06-26T07:46:00.001-04:002016-06-26T07:46:57.506-04:00Sunday's Links to Writing & Marketing Blog Posts<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="background: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://thewritepractice.com/characterization-secret/" target="_blank">THE SECRET TO BRINGING YOUR CHARACTERS TO LIFE</a> <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">It’s Atticus Finch giving advice to Scout that
shows us he is a man of empathy and compassion. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">It’s Frank Underwood banging his class ring on
the table that reminds us he is in command. It’s Holden Caulfield using phrases
like “vomity” and “grow up” that helps us remember that he is an adolescent.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Using indirect characterization can make our
heroes and villains leap from the page and come to life in our readers’ minds.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><u><span style="background: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">What Is Indirect Characterization?<o:p></o:p></span></span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i><span style="background: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">Direct characterization</span></i></b><span style="background: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;"> is
when the author tells the reader about a character.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">Jack was a rambunctious boy.</span></span></i> </blockquote>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;"></span><span style="background: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">Jill was a clumsy girl.</span></span></i></blockquote>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">While it is something we have to do on occasion,
when done too often, it can make a story flat and dull.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i><span style="background: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">Indirect characterization</span></i></b><span style="background: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;"> is far
more fun. This is when the author tells a reader about a character through the
character’s repeated words, reoccurring actions, or physical descriptions.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">As he did every day, Jack ran wildly down the
hill with reckless abandon.</span></span></i> </blockquote>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;"></span><span style="background: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">Jill stumbled on her untied shoelaces for the
fourth time that day.</span></span></i></blockquote>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Showing our readers who our characters are
through indirect characterization allows our readers to draw their own
conclusions about our characters, intensifying our readers’ engagement with our
stories.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><u><span style="background: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">A Wonderful Example: Harry Potter’s Scar<o:p></o:p></span></span></u></b></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Few indirect characterizations are more effective
than Harry Potter’s scar. J.K. Rowling accomplished an incredible amount with
this small mark on her main character’s forehead.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Here are three noteworthy things Harry’s scar
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<i><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">To read the rest of the post, click <a href="http://thewritepractice.com/characterization-secret/" target="_blank">here</a>:<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">~*~<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">If you missed my
latest writing and marketing tweets, here they are again:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">Why Indie Presses Are Opening Bookstores | Literary Hub </span><a href="http://ow.ly/4lON301Badi" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/4lON301Badi</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">3 Tips To Writing A Great Acknowledgements Page | </span><a href="http://ow.ly/9NB9301BatW" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/9NB9301BatW</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">5 Reasons Why Moby-Dick Just Won’t Die | Literary Hub </span><a href="http://ow.ly/fTQ4301Bayn" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/fTQ4301Bayn</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">Give it All You Got by Giving it Away: How the Gift Economy
is a Great Model for Professional Writers </span><a href="http://ow.ly/gUZs301BaBR" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/gUZs301BaBR</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">The Inciting Event </span><a href="http://ow.ly/WDl0301BaGn" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/WDl0301BaGn</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">Writability: How to Survive the Edit Letter </span><a href="http://ow.ly/h5mU301BaLP" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/h5mU301BaLP</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">Four Ways to Spark Your Writing Ambition If You've Been
Feeling a Bit Meh — Lucy Flint </span><a href="http://ow.ly/BbkS301BaQ2" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/BbkS301BaQ2</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">How to Start a Story in First Person: 8 Pointers | Now Novel </span><a href="http://ow.ly/4kiB301BaTt" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/4kiB301BaTt</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">The Building Blocks of Great YA Fiction </span><a href="http://ow.ly/u396301BaYB" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/u396301BaYB</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">How to Get Reviews – Without Cheating | FundsforWriters </span><a href="http://ow.ly/BbJE301Bb5S" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/BbJE301Bb5S</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">Secret Messages* | Confessions of a Mystery Novelist... </span><a href="http://ow.ly/ZJrl301Bban" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/ZJrl301Bban</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">The Secret to Bringing Your Characters to Life </span><a href="http://ow.ly/KRLD301BbgL" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/KRLD301BbgL</a></span></li>
</ul>
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">Happy writing and
running, Kathy</span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14368689959446235121noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8909689528097181674.post-65052447151600310282016-06-24T08:52:00.000-04:002016-06-24T08:52:08.252-04:00Friday's Links to Writing & Marketing Blog Posts<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="background: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://ruthannereid.com/lose-the-guilt/" target="_blank">LOSE THE GUILT: YOU DON’T HAVE TO WRITE EVERY DAY</a> <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">By: Ruthanne Reid <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">I know, I know: this goes against everything you’ve read
online.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">If there’s one thing we writers are good at, it’s beating
ourselves up. Here are some of the clubs we use on ourselves (and each other):<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<ul>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">Don’t edit until the first draft is done (but we all do it
anyway).</span></span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">Don’t use clichés (even though effective clichés exist for a
good reason).</span></span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">Don’t use adverbs (even though our favorite writers all do).</span></span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">Don’t use anything other than “said,” or your writing will be
distracting (they said).</span></span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">Don’t use “said,” or your writing will be boring (they
warned).</span></span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">Write every day (or you’ll never be serious enough about
this). </span></span></b></li>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">There are plenty more, but these are a few of the biggies. I
confess I’ve wielded these like <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">Aragorn whaling on orcs: desperately and without
discrimination.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">This year, however, has taught me an important fact: you do
NOT have to write every day to be a writer.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">REALITY CHECK<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">The ideal reality <i>would</i> be writing every
day.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">It would involve the delicious beverage of your choice, a
quiet morning with sunshine and birdsong (or rain, if that’s your thing), and a
thousand words or so before the toast is even warm.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">Reality tends to be sloppier. We’re rushed, and our
jobs/families/health brook no time for playing. When we do sit down to write,
we have nothing left; the day has sapped our strength.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">And there are interruptions (how do <i>they</i> always
know to when to call, just as the words start flowing?), <a href="http://ruthannereid.com/name-your-fear/">fears</a> rising from the
swamp like zombies, weird computers crashes and other technical issues, and the
inconvenience/gigantic terrifying mountain of learning to write well in the
first place.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">Writing ain’t easy, folks. It’s a true statement (which I
heard most recently from Victoria Schwab) that if you can do anything other
than writing and find your joy, do that instead.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">Or, as Thomas Mann put it, “A writer is someone for whom
writing is more difficult than it is for other people.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">THE GOOD NEWS<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">. . .<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<i><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">To read the rest of the post, click <a href="http://ruthannereid.com/lose-the-guilt/" target="_blank">here</a>:<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">~*~<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">If you missed my
latest writing and marketing tweets, here they are again:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</div>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">Four Tips for Depicting Characters With Disabilities –
Mythcreants </span><a href="http://ow.ly/HyOc301ylCD" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/HyOc301ylCD</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">Market to Your Preferred Readership | FundsforWriters </span><a href="http://ow.ly/AYWC301ylVM" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/AYWC301ylVM</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">Publishing & Politics: 'Toxic Negotiations,' 'Trumpian
Dystopia' </span><a href="http://ow.ly/NiuU301ymcx" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/NiuU301ymcx</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">Beats, Revisited: The Shifting Legacy of a Literary
Generation </span><a href="http://ow.ly/oBbu301ymuu" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/oBbu301ymuu</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">Writing on the Wall: Show, Don't Tell: Micro vs Macro </span><a href="http://ow.ly/2s9b301ymC4" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/2s9b301ymC4</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">Lose the Guilt: You Don’t Have to Write Every Day </span><a href="http://ow.ly/P1LL301ymFm" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/P1LL301ymFm</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">How to Become a Ghostwriter | Jane Friedman </span><a href="http://ow.ly/v72j301ymIe" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/v72j301ymIe</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">Fiction University: Writing Prompt: The Skill Builder: Make
and Meet a Character </span><a href="http://ow.ly/2F7y301ymUK" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/2F7y301ymUK</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">Checklist for redesigning your book cover – and maximising
the marketing opportunities | Nail Your Novel </span><a href="http://ow.ly/1CcG301yn2a" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/1CcG301yn2a</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">Create A Simple Single-Author Boxed Set | Molly Greene:
Writer </span><a href="http://ow.ly/nZAo301yn8f" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/nZAo301yn8f</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">10 Types of Visual Social Media Posts That Get Shared Like
Crazy </span><a href="http://ow.ly/d7nw301ynlG" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/d7nw301ynlG</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">12 Most Creative Strategies to Craft an Effective Blog Post -
Peg Fitzpatrick </span><a href="http://ow.ly/VuTI301ynte" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/VuTI301ynte</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;">The Top 10
Resources for Self-Publishing Authors | Mark my Words </span><a href="http://ow.ly/MJNs301ynzj">http://ow.ly/MJNs301ynzj</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;">How to Figure Out
Who Raised Your Hero (and Why You Need to Know) </span><a href="http://ow.ly/MxMp301ympa">http://ow.ly/MxMp301ympa</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">An Awfully Big Blog Adventure: Oh no! Exclamation
marks! Call the grammar-police! </span><a href="http://ow.ly/SMq1301ymn9" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/SMq1301ymn9</a></span></li>
</ul>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background: white;">Happy writing and
running, Kathy</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14368689959446235121noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8909689528097181674.post-91699947764719012902016-06-23T06:39:00.002-04:002016-06-23T06:39:33.428-04:00Thursday Links to Writing & Marketing Blog Posts<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="background: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://jamigold.com/2016/05/character-development-is-a-two-sided-sword/" target="_blank">CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT IS A TWO-EDGE SWORD</a> <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">By: Jami Gold <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Within the writing community, there are just as
many articles (if not more) about developing great characters as there are
about creating interesting plots. We see blog posts debating how likable a character
needs to be to interest a reader, other posts sharing techniques for evoking
reader empathy, and still other posts instructing us on methods for showing a
character’s emotional arc, etc., etc.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">We know as readers that even the best-plotted
book will suffer <a href="http://jamigold.com/2015/01/how-to-create-characters-worth-reading/" target="_blank" title="How to Create Characters Worth Reading">if the
protagonist isn’t at least</a><i><a href="http://jamigold.com/2015/01/how-to-create-characters-worth-reading/" target="_blank" title="How to Create Characters Worth Reading"> compelling</a></i>.
So as writers, we do everything we can to make readers <i>invested</i> in
our characters in some way.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">An invested reader is a happy reader, right?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Well, maybe not. Let’s take a look at the other
side of character development.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Danger of Out-of-Character Behavior<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">A couple of months ago, I wrote about how <a href="http://jamigold.com/2016/03/what-does-your-genres-theme-promise-to-readers/" target="_blank" title="What Does Your Genre’s Theme Promise to Readers?">our
genre promises certain elements to readers</a>. And if our genre alone creates
expectations in readers, it’s a safe bet that our characters do as well.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">As we develop our characters, we establish
expectations in the minds of our readers for how that character will act and
react in the future. Readers sense their intelligence, what they value or fear,
their moral code, etc.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Those expectations are important to understand
because insults like “Too Stupid To Live” are more likely when our
characterization is broken. We don’t usually see that insult flung at
characters who do stupid things <i>in character</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Instead, protests are more likely when a
character acts in a stupid way that’s <i>out of character</i>. Readers
know they’re acting that way simply because the author needed them to, and a
puppet isn’t a full-fledged character worthy of respect.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">As readers, we hate to be disappointed by
characters, to have our faith in them destroyed. When we think they can and
should do better, we can feel betrayed.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">That’s not to say characters can’t act in ways
that might seem out of character. However, just as in real life, we’re
more likely to understand—and maybe even forgive—if we know the <i>reasons</i> for
the out-of-character behavior.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Even if we disagree with a character’s choices,
we can accept their decisions if we understand their motivations. But if
motivation is lacking, the entire plot point feels forced, and readers will
rightly blame the writer.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Example: The Comic Version of Captain America<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">…<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<i><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">To read the rest of the post, click <a href="http://jamigold.com/2016/05/character-development-is-a-two-sided-sword/" target="_blank">here</a>:<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">~*~<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">If you missed my
latest writing and marketing tweets, here they are again:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</div>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">Character Development Is a Two-Edged Sword | Jami Gold,
Paranormal Author </span><a href="http://ow.ly/iAnH301vZON" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/iAnH301vZON</a></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Horror Hiding In Other Genres; Why You Shouldn’t Write
‘Horror’ – Devlin Blake http://ow.ly/5LGr301vZSs</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">How to Break Up Your Novel into Definable Sections | Live
Write Thrive </span><a href="http://ow.ly/2zbm301vZUQ" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/2zbm301vZUQ</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">‘Gone Girl’ and the Rise of Crime Novels by Women - The
Atlantic </span><a href="http://ow.ly/Vkca301vZZi" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/Vkca301vZZi</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">Masterplots Theater: P is for Pursuit » WriteOnSisters.com </span><a href="http://ow.ly/4C6m301w022" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/4C6m301w022</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">7 Tips for Paranormal Writers | WordDreams... </span><a href="http://ow.ly/X5i6301w04M" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/X5i6301w04M</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">Plumb the EmotionaHl Depth of Your Setting </span><a href="http://ow.ly/2g9z301w07R" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/2g9z301w07R</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">Go Teen Writers: Your Characters Should Be Afraid, Very
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">Go Teen Writers: #WeWriteBooks, Post 14: Where To Start </span><a href="http://ow.ly/hSAR301w0rq" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/hSAR301w0rq</a></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">37 Questions to Ask Your Character </span><a href="http://ow.ly/44ko301w0zI" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/44ko301w0zI</a></span></li>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">Happy writing and
running, Kathy</span></span><br />
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://lindasclare.com/2016/05/write-to-satisfy-the-readers-ear/" target="_blank"><b>HOW CAN YOUR WRITING SATISFY THE READER’S EAR?</b></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The conversation you, the writer, have with the
reader is one of promises and explanations. While good writing feels like a
natural, unforced conversation, it should not try to recreate real speech—we’re
all over the place when we chat in real life. By contrast, every word of a
story must point readers forward to its climax and resolution. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Take a look at your work in progress. Are there
places where you’ve waxed poetic about the weather? Unless your story is about
someone who lives through a bad storm, most of these “descriptive details” just
slow the pace and bore readers. I’m not saying to delete every descriptive
phrase, but most of the time good writers either use it to further develop the
character/story or keep these descriptions minimal. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">A good way to judge your own work is to record
the actual events/actions of a scene and the descriptions or “other info” the
scene provides. Aim for as few
non-action sentences as you can. What’s the ratio? The answer will probably
tell you if your pace is too fast or slow. Many writers err on the side of
slowness—either to show the reader how beautiful the writing is or because they
haven’t yet learned the art of conversing with the reader.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">VARY
SENTENCE RHYTHM<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Take a look at that same scene. Do the sentences
vary in length or are they all about the same?
A steady beat tends to put readers to sleep. If they are generally all
the same length, consider changing some to be shorter or longer. And how about
your sentences’ construction? Do they all begin the same way, with subject,
verb, direct object? Again, a steady rhythm tends to become a predictable drone
and that’s the danger. You want your reader’s ear to be surprised and
intrigued, not lulled to sleep. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Experiment with different sentence constructions.
Warning: Yoda-speak (Try you must.) hardly ever works. And while we’re on the
subject, be careful about using seldom-used or technical words too often in
your work. Words such as and, so, said, and even house tend to slip the
reader’s notice. But by repeating a word which sticks out to readers (Smith
made several inflammatory remarks during the debate. The final resolution had
an inflammatory effect on the nation.), you imply that there’s a reason for it.
The reason had better be more than you liked the sound of the word or you
couldn’t think up a different one. If you don’t intend to communicate that
pattern, the result is less than satisfying, and may even annoy readers.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">MANAGE YOUR
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<i><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">To read the rest of the post, click <a href="http://lindasclare.com/2016/05/write-to-satisfy-the-readers-ear/">here</a>:<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">If you missed my
latest writing and marketing tweets, here they are again:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">Five Ways to Use Dialogue to Spice Up The Middle of Your
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">Reuters' International Survey: Don't Bet the Farm on News
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">Writing Wednesdays: The Hero Embodies the Theme </span><a href="http://ow.ly/97z0301tuni" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/97z0301tuni</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">Write to Satisfy the Reader’s Ear | Linda S. Clare </span><a href="http://ow.ly/fhTp301tusv" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/fhTp301tusv</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">Do Not Give Up On Your Publication Dreams by Catherine Ryan
Howard | Writing.ie </span><a href="http://ow.ly/bzRM301tvdB" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/bzRM301tvdB</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">Botched Beginnings—Common First-Page Killers | Kristen Lamb's
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">Public Speaking or Root Canal? | Pub(lishing) Crawl </span><a href="http://ow.ly/dHx5301tviN" style="font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">http://ow.ly/dHx5301tviN</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">Spunk On A Stick's Tips: Book Formatting Tips - Cleaning up
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">7 Quick Journaling Exercises That Will Improve Your Fiction
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;">Insecure Writer's Support Group: World-Building Tips and
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Happy writing and running, Kathy</span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14368689959446235121noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8909689528097181674.post-86561111518252250682016-06-21T06:24:00.000-04:002016-06-21T06:24:04.187-04:00Tuesday's Links to Writing & Marketing Blog Posts<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="background: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;"><a href="http://muffin.wow-womenonwriting.com/2016/05/how-to-hook-your-reader-3-tips-for.html"><o:p></o:p></a></span></b></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Recall the last time you were perusing your local
bookstore, or looking at books online. If a new book intrigued you, you’d be
compelled to flip it over, or click to read the novel’s “flap copy”—the short
description that tells you what the book is about.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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This copy is, essentially, an author’s sales pitch to readers. When written
well and conveying a strong and unique story idea, flap copy can be an author’s
key to grabbing readers. When a story’s vision has big weaknesses, on the other
hand, a potential buyer will lose interest and go off in search of another
book.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Honing in on what really piques a reader’s interest lies in maximizing your
novel’s potential for dramatic change, and creating something readers haven’t
seen before.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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The following 3 tips will help you in both crafting a compelling story and a
solid pitch for a completed novel. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b>What makes a novel sell:<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div>
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<b>1. An original <u>Concept<o:p></o:p></u></b></span></span></div>
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I often describe the vision for your novel as the spark that ignites the story
idea, inspiring a full-fledged novel. Think of this as an author asking, “What
if?” and the novel exploring the question in depth. For example, Suzanne
Collins, author of <i>The Hunger Games</i> series, was channel
surfing one night and caught glimpses of a reality TV competition and then war
footage on the news. The compelling contrast sat with her, and in answering the
big “What if?” in detail, she developed the dystopian—and fresh and
original—vision for her novel. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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To maximize your novel’s chances of standing out in the market, make sure the
big idea for your novel is solid and completely original, not hitched to an
already popular bandwagon, like vampire romance novels. For tips, read 6 Ways
to Generate Ideas For Your Story.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b>Ask yourself:</b> What about your vision makes your story truly
different from other novels out there?<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="background: white;">To read the rest of the
post, click </span></i><a href="http://muffin.wow-womenonwriting.com/2016/05/how-to-hook-your-reader-3-tips-for.html"><i><span style="background: white;">here</span></i></a><i><span style="background: white;">:<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">~*~<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">If you missed my
latest writing and marketing tweets, here they are again:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;"><a href="http://www.molly-greene.com/ten-hot-e-newsletter-tips-for-authors-bloggers/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=evergreen_post_tweeter&utm_campaign=website" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size: large;">TEN HOT E-NEWSLETTER TIPS FOR AUTHORS & BLOGGERS </span></b></a></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">1. <b>Establish
a long-term game plan</b>. Smart advance planning will help you tie your
e-newsletter campaigns in with your blog and all your other strategic marketing
efforts. You can’t just pull the trigger on a single e-newsletter and expect
good results. This type of marketing is a commitment that will pay off over
time, and it works best when you create a long-term strategy before you send
the first issue.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">2<b>.
Options: Mailchimp, iContact, Constant Contact, Aweber, Feedblitz</b>. All
these e-newsletter systems are reasonably priced or free and offer some degree
of analytics so you can track statistics such as which sends are opened most.
Choose one and go for it. Aweber and Mailchimp seem to be the most popular, and
author Toby Neal shared a great guest post with my readers about Mailchimp’s
benefits. I’ve used iContact and I think it’s a little clunky, but what do I
know? iContact does have an autoresponder function that allows you to program
sends, like an automatic email to “greet” new subscribers as they sign up.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">3. <b>Test
different messages, content and formats</b>. Although it’s best to have a
professional create a beautiful branded banner for your e-newletter, you can
try different ideas in overall layout, content, packaging, and offers. Research
what has (and has not) worked for others, then experiment with various
approaches until you hit the mark and get the desired response.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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one call to action</b>. . .<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="background: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">Conflict</span></i><span style="background: white; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;">. Can never get too little of it in real life.
Can never get enough of it in a novel. Perhaps that is why it is so difficult
for some of us to write strong conflict into our stories. Fortunately,
multi-published Eileen Cook joins us today to share some insight on how to
intensify the conflict for our poor characters. She is also celebrating the
upcoming release of her newest book, <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Malice-Eileen-Cook/dp/0544805097" target="_blank">WITH MALICE</a>. </i>Check
it out at the end of the post!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Post by Eileen Cook<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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In real life we might avoid conflict, but as readers we seek it out. We want to
see characters in difficult situations, because trying to figure out how they
will get themselves out is what keeps us turning pages. Common feedback we get
as writers from editors and agents is that a story is missing enough conflict.
No conflict = no story. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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At the most basic level conflict is what gets in the way of your characters
getting what they want. They may want love, to find a magical ring, to beat the
vampire king, to solve a murder, or climb a mountain. If they can obtain that
goal with no challenges then you have a very short story. A boring one. There
are two types of conflict: Internal and External. Let’s explore how to increase
both of these.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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External Conflict is what is in the way of your character in the outside world.
This may be a villain, a monster, or even a close friend who also happens to
want the same goal. Here are some prompts to help you look for places in your
manuscript to make the conflict even higher.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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• <b>Conflict Location/Time</b>: Try and have the conflict happen in the
most uncomfortable place and time possible for your characters: in the middle
of a school hallway, at work, or in the middle of their solo at the band
concert. If your character is about to discover that their boyfriend is
cheating on them, when is the worst time for them to get that news? Where is
the worst place? Who is the worst person to tell them?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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• <b>Let the conflict build</b>:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Happy writing and running,
Kathy</span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14368689959446235121noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8909689528097181674.post-30162412384401972342016-06-14T06:03:00.000-04:002016-06-14T06:05:55.125-04:00Writers, Have You Rocked The Vault? <a href="http://writershelpingwriters.net/bookstore/" rel="attachment wp-att-20596" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></a><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="color: blue; text-align: justify;">THE SETTING THESAURUS BOOKS ARE HERE: HELP BECCA AND ANGELA CELEBRATE! </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It is a writer's job to draw readers into the fictional story so completely that they forget the real world. Our goal is to render them powerless, so despite the late hour, mountain of laundry, or workday ahead, they cannot give up the journey unfolding within the paper-crisp pages before them. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Strong, compelling writing comes down to the right words, in the right order. Sounds easy, but as all writers know, it is anything BUT. So how do we create this storytelling magic? <b>How can we weave description in such a way that the fictional landscape becomes authentic and real—a mirror of the reader's world in all the ways that count most?</b></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEhpUyZsaZ8UcXNvXtTv4Xt0NOHVsyhZ9ZfyaSBYQMJHL3xqcATdr68aqvjURTiepjc0JqD-6tF5nNbyPWMGaG6cBhQ31nQA6SbpteOIR1y6jkOOMwr_Nkin3i70wDRsq4fh38YeF1IiRkKRE1Ykh9xbtGvomVjIxEn-EmNY6uqbLKspCnMtEV_FwvwsKrbe9DdTeBgUV8IryNRQiKBngn_dmg=" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="The Setting Thesaurus Duo" border="0" class="alignright wp-image-20596 size-medium" src="http://writershelpingwriters.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/The-Setting-Thesaurus-Duo-300x218.jpg" height="232" width="320" /></a><span style="font-size: large;">Well, there's some good news on that front. Two new books have released this week that may change the description game for writers. <i><a href="http://writershelpingwriters.net/bookstore/" target="_blank">The Urban Setting Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to City Spaces</a></i> and <i><a href="http://writershelpingwriters.net/bookstore/">The Rural Setting Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Personal and Natural Spaces</a></i> look at the sights, smells, tastes, textures, and sounds a character might experience within 225 different contemporary settings. And this is only the start of what these books offer writers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In fact, swing by and <b>check out this <span style="color: #333333;">hidden entry</span></b><span style="color: blue;"> <span style="color: #333333;">from the Urban Setting Thesaurus: <a href="http://writershelpingwriters.net/secret-setting-thesaurus-entry-police-car/" target="_blank">Police Car.</a></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: navy; font-size: large;">And there's one more thing you might want to know more about....</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Becca and Angela, authors of <i>The Emotion Thesaurus</i>, are celebrating their double release with a fun event going on from June 13-20th called<a href="http://writershelpingwriters.net/2016/06/resource-unlike-setting-thesaurus-love-share-win/" target="_blank"> ROCK THE VAULT.</a> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">At the heart of Writers Helping Writers is a tremendous vault, and these two ladies have been hoarding prizes of epic writerly proportions.</span></div>
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<span style="color: navy; font-size: large;">A safe full of prizes, ripe for the taking...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Ready to do your part?</b> Stop by <span style="color: #333333;"><a href="http://writershelpingwriters.net/" target="_blank">Writers Helping Writers</a> </span>to find out more!
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