Memoirs usually aren’t the easiest to write. Let’s face it. Most people don’t decide to write a memoir based on happy, serene experiences. The personal memories that move people to dive into this kind of nonfiction narrative writing are usually difficult ones based on situations they’ve had to overcome. But writing a tough memoir means… Continue Reading
If your narrative has started to feel like a dead fish, you clearly need to employ life-saving measures. Showing readers what happens to the people in your story can help turn around even the most critically-ill piece of writing. So can letting them hear it through solid dialogue. Continue Reading
I love Donald Westlake’s 5C approach to writing a novel, which I wrote about in last week’s blog. This week, I share an article by James Scott Bell in the Writer’s Digest about the 5Cs of writing a thriller. The secret lies not in chase or shoot-’em-up scenes, but rather in writing a thriller that… Continue Reading
Want to try your hand at fiction but not sure where to start? I love this simple approach to creating a plot, which was originally featured in a 1959 Writer’s Digest article by Donald Westlake, an award-winning American writer who penned more than a hundred novels and non-fiction books. Although he specialized in crime writing,… Continue Reading
It’s always a great day when a client’s book that you had a hand in shaping and editing gets a positive review. The fact that my client, Morri Stewart, is also a friend, and that her young adults’ fantasy novel Faltofar got a fantastic review, makes this all the sweeter. Continue Reading
After just one boosted Facebook post, Busting the Brass Ceiling, the book I co-authored that launches this fall, has already been busting records on the response front. So I figured it was time to unveil the cover, created by Incubation Press book designer Lieve Maas. Included among the newly-minted female police officers marching in this… Continue Reading
We all have our talents, and there’s nothing more gratifying than using them to help others. So I was thrilled when my friend Rodney Cook, CFP asked me to polish a piece he had written in response to the events that kicked off the Black Lives Matter movement. The article titled “Let’s Celebrate Our Differences”… Continue Reading
If you’re writing your very first book, congratulations. I’m proud of you. Now let’s be sure you don’t make the top ten rookie writer mistakes that can undermine all that effort: Thinking that your rough or first draft is your final draft. I love and actively promote the idea of sloppy copy when it comes… Continue Reading
If there is any chance at all that your book will get reviewed or covered by the press, you’ll want to invest the time and money into creating a professional media kit. That’s what I did just as soon as I had completed my piece of the editing process for Busting the Brass Ceiling, the… Continue Reading
What a couple of months! There’s nothing that quite compares with having to rewrite a 10-year-old manuscript, update it with new research and then line edit it (twice) in just four weeks. A brief respite, defined by playing catch-up on all the other aspects of my life that didn’t make the 12-hour-a-day cut, didn’t quite… Continue Reading
Literary Agent:
Ted Weinstein
Ted Weinstein Literary Management
Mechanics’ Library Building
57 Post Street, Suite 512
San Francisco, CA 94104
tw@twliterary.com
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