You want to know about creating interesting character interactions for your novel? Look no further than my dogs. The week Moke, my new puppy, met the rest of my fur family members, he must have felt like a superhero. Every time the tiny eight-week-old English Cocker...
Three words best describe the importance of Amazon reader reviews. You need them. Actually, make that seven words: You need them--more than you know. For starters, people who are thinking of buying your book, possibly because of the ads you're running, will check the...
If you're like me, the last thing you want to think about is a book launch. Once you've finished writing, rewriting, editing, polishing, and publishing your book, you'd love to wash your hands of the whole thing and move on to the next project. That's fine if you...
I write a lot about sloppy copy. It's my solution to silencing that internal voice that finds fault with anything you write and prevents you from starting--let alone completing--your book. Bashing out material that doesn't even count as a rough draft effectively...
Google outline novel, or novel outline for that matter, and you'll find everything from templates to worksheets to examples. But not everyone is convinced that writing a novel outline is a good idea. The pansters -- those authors who prefer to develop their plot by...
"I am forever indebted to you for insisting that I have that attorney conversation," my writing coach client's email read. He hadn't wanted to consult a literary attorney regarding the online writing and video project he had embarked on, mostly because he didn't...
It's hard to keep up with my writing coach client and serial novelist, Barbara Hinske. Although she never intended for Coming to Rosemont to be a series, it now boasts eight novels and counting, since Barb is planning to write another one later this year. For those of...
If you're writing a nonfiction book, you're likely hoping either to impact others by making a strong point or to establish yourself as an authority and boost your business. Either way, you're using your book as a tool to disseminate your ideas or expertise in a way...
Some people love marketing their books. I've had to remind a few of my writing coach clients that if they don't quit thinking about book promotion and focus on finishing their books, they will have nothing to publicize. I wish I fell into the above category, but I...
"So what took so long to write your first book?" Authors Over 50 podcast host Julia Brewer asked my writing coach client Jeff Hutcheson, author of Going Barefoot: A Lost Key Mystery. That's how she starts every interview she does with the authors over 50 she features....
