You’re not finding time to write? I’m not surprised. Most of us never find time to write. We make the time to write. And we because we know that time suckers can dominate our days, we schedule blocks of writing time and hold those inviolate. Continue Reading
Do you have trouble writing descriptions and detail? “Just remember to write as if you were a movie,” I routinely tell my writing coach clients. “Beat by beat, sound by sound (including dialogue and internal thought), image by image. If you can include smell, taste and touch, so much the better.” Continue Reading
Almost 14 years ago, my then partner and I decided to get a puppy. Eric wanted a Lab. I wanted an English Cocker. After a trip to a regional dog show, I convinced Eric that we should get a large Cocker. “That would be your idea of a compromise,” my friend Pam said with a laugh. Continue Reading
The last thing you want when you self-publish is for your book to look like you self-published it. Here are some do-and-don’t (make that do-or-die) self-publishing tips to make your book look and sound as professional as possible: Continue Reading
Book designer Jennifer Omner of ALL Publications wrote about ISBNs—unique numerical book identifiers that are assigned to each edition and variation (hard cover, soft cover, ebook, audio) of a book—in a recent newsletter. The information is so important and so on target that I asked her if I could run it. Her ISBN Warning: Continue Reading
Every summer, I watch clients take a break from their writing, lose momentum and then struggle to get back to where they were on both the creative and time commitment fronts. Continue Reading
Even a writing coach / blog coach needs break from blogging every now and then. Right now I have three priorities: finishing the book proposal I’m working on, helping my clients make progress with their writing, and being there for my pup whose life will probably wind down in the next few days (or weeks with the incentive… Continue Reading
If you’re a writer, it sure helps to be a people watcher. And New Orleans just may provide some of the best people watching around. Take the shot below of the group of residents on Frenchmen’s Street. You just know they sit out like this every clear day. Contrast that with the dancing shots from The… Continue Reading
I realized during my trip to Denver last year how telling signs could be when getting a sense of an area. But that’s something I rarely see writers incorporate into books when they’re describing a setting. Hopefully these photos from my recent New Orleans trip, the second batch in my series about using photographs to… Continue Reading
As I wrote in “Lessons from my Dogs: Writing Detail“, incorporating detail into your writing will bring your book and/or story to life, enabling readers to vicariously experience what you’re writing about. Unfortunately, most of us chase through our days, causing the few details we do notice to blur into an abstract collage. But as… 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
www.twliterary.com