Today I’m participating in a new venture: the first Author Toolbox Blog Hop. You can find more post by clicking the link, or find us on Twitter at #AuthorToolBoxBlogHop Author Toolbox: Shaping the Diamond Using Show, Don’t Tell to Engage Readers Last week, we talked about interior monologue—a technique some writers overuse. This affects the …
Best of the Blogs: 15 April 2017
Best of the blogs: the best posts I’ve read this week on writing, editing, publishing, and marketing your novel. Well, mostly writing and marketing, including a useful posts about Elegant Authors from Elegant Themes. Writing On Christian Fiction … TJ Mackay of InD’Tale Magazine visits Seekerville to share her views of the role of …
Shaping the Diamond Part One (Using Point of View to Engage Readers)
Last week I looked at the types of point of view we use in fiction. This week I’m looking at point of view from another perspective—why it’s important. The main reason we need to use deep perspective point of view is because it’s a great way to engage readers by making them feel part of …
Best of the Blogs: 8 April 2017
Best of the blogs: the best posts I’ve found this week on writing, editing, and marketing your books. Plus two I wrote. In case you missed them. Writing Mike Duran has a new project in the works: a companion to his non-fiction book Christian Horror, this one examining Christian Science Fiction. I love shows like …
Understanding Point of View
Point of view is one of the most important aspects of writing craft for fiction, yet it one of the major issues new writers struggle to understand. This post will: Describe the basic approaches to point of view. Discuss how to choose the right point of view for your novel. Approaches to Point of View …
Best of the Blogs: 1 April 2017
No, not an April Fool (although you might wonder if you watch the YouTube videos on Change Blindness below). Writing Narelle Atkins visits Australasian Christian Writers to challenge us to make writing a Lifelong Learning Process … and shares the news that Margie Lawson will be speaking at the 2017 Omega Writer’s Conference in Sydney, …
Reader Question: How do I Find a Christian Literary Agent?
How do I find a Christian literary agent? And what does an agent do? Many of the big name Christian publishers state that they only accept manuscripts submitted from recognized literary agents. Unsolicited paper submissions are likely to be returned unread (or, worse, trashed unacknowledged and unread). Electronic submissions go to the virtual trash can. …
Best of the Blogs: 25 March 2107
Best of the blogs: the best posts I’ve read this week on writing, editing, publishing, and marketing. Writing Kristen Lamb is back again this week, asking: Do Some People Lack the Talent to be Authors? Does writing take talent … or just a whole lot of practice and a willingness to learn? What do you …
Best of the Blogs: 18 March 2017
Best of the blogs: the best posts I’ve read this week on writing, editing, publishing, and marketing. Writing Plot vs. Character (the Rematch) Last week I shared a blog post from James Scott Bell on why plot is more important than character. This week, Kristen Lamb takes the opposing view: that Character Determines Plot. Discover …
Websites for Writers: Which Platform is Best?
Why have a website? It’s your “space” on the internet. It needs to be a space you control, because otherwise you’re at the mercy of ever-changing algorithms and terms of service. (This is also why marketing experts recommend developing an email list. Because you own it.) I recommend having a self-hosted WordPress.org site rather than …