Today’s guest post is from the lovely Nore Hoogstad, who discusses overcoming writing fear. Enjoy!
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Traditionally publishing? Yes, you still need to do marketing
This post has been churning in my head for a while. I’ve had a number of writers tell me openly that they want to go traditionally published so they “don’t have to do marketing”.
There are many good reasons to go the traditionally published route, unfortunately, this is not one of them. Gone are the days when a traditionally published author would get to sit back and let the publishing house sort all the marketing.
GP: On being yourself as a writer by Andrew Kopecky
This week’s guest poster is my friend and author Andrew Kopecky, who discusses the topic of being yourself as a writer. Enjoy!
GP: Editing: The Horrors and Spectacular Successes by K E Domeny
This week’s guest post is the lovely K E Domeny, who discusses the horrors and successes of being a writer. Enjoy!
Why You Need To Know Your Audience
If I asked you who your book was aimed at, could you tell me?
These may not seem important to some writers, but I can tell you that knowing your audience is extremely important. Knowing who is your audience is needed for things like choosing a Beta Reader or asking for ARC (Advance Reader Copy) reviews.
Why you should embrace your mistakes
No matter how old we get, there are still times we make mistakes and often punish ourselves for making them.
However, if we really want to be better, we need to start embracing those mistakes rather than seeing them as a type of failure.
Guest Post: To Speak with Temperance
This week’s guest poster is the awesome author Icky who, with his lovely muse Miss Persephone Plumtartt, discuss some writing wisdom! I hope you all enjoy this post as much as I did 🙂
Icky and Kitka (the cat)
To Speak with Temperance
by Icky
“Eek! Dig it, Miss Plumtartt! We are guest hosts on Ari Meghlen’s highly touted writing blog, ‘Eternal Scribbler’!
“Quite so, Mr. Temperance. Miss Meghlen is very kind. Is there a purpose for our being here?”
“Oh, yes Ma’am! Miss Ari wants me to share some writing advice!”
“ . . .
I beg your pardon, sir, but did you say that you were consulted for writing wisdom? Tell me, why did you not explain your lack of understanding on the subject and make your apologies, eh hem?”
How to fine-tune your writing with detail
I thought I would do a quick article about ‘detail’ in writing as I think it can be one of those things that gets overlooked.
Do you know who your Narrator is?
Recently, while driving, I got to thinking about perspectives within stories.
Now by ‘perspective’, I mean in reference to the narrator’s voice. As in the perspective of the narrator. If you are writing a book in 3rd person your narrator will probably change (unless you’re writing 3rd person limited).
How to stay focused when story ideas invade
I’ve talked about ideas before – you may remember my post How to grow great ideas from the Muses. However, I want to discuss the invasion of story ideas.
I don’t know about you, but my Muse doesn’t wait until I’ve finished a novel before she bashes me over the head with another idea…or five
