Hopefully, by now, you’ve written the first three chapters of your book. Congratulations because lots of people don’t even make it this far. After this challenge ends, it’s my hope that you would have gotten into a writing habit, and feel comfortable writing each and every day. I also hope that these first three chapters…
Tag: writing a synopsis
Friday Ramblings From An Author-Happy Halloween
Almost the end of October. Classes end today and two boot camps kick off on Monday. My first time teaching two boot camps in one month. It will also be the last time I’ll be teaching classes in their current format. So, if you want to learn how to plot a novel or write a…
Upcoming Writing Classes and A New Format for 2021
No, Tuesday guest blogger this week. The last session of the summer writing retreat is over half way done and after a week break, I’ll then be back to focusing on teaching the last classes for 2020, two of them will be regular workshops, while the other four are boot camps. I usually tell…
Three Tips for Writing a Synopsis
Are you a writer who hates the idea of writing a synopsis for your story? You’re not alone, most of my students tell me it’s their least favorite thing. You might love your story, have a potential bestseller on your hands, but unless you can make the synopsis shine as much as the…
Friday Ramblings From An Author-Be A Successful Freelancer
We’ve had the Polar Vortex and now this weekend is supposed to feel like spring. If only the spring part would stay around that would be great. I’m sure lots of you were also in the path of that nasty cold weather earlier this week. People always debate whether it’s better to be in a heatwave…
Five Tips for Improving Your Synopsis
One thing lots of writers struggle with is writing a synopsis. It’s a necessary evil because most of the time it’s all publishers will let you submit. They base their first decision on how well you’ve done conveying your sometimes 70,000 plus word story into two or three pages. I’ve been teaching a class…
Friday Ramblings From An Author-This Writer’s Life Gets a Makeover
I seem have gotten a lot done this week and I’m guessing it’s due to the energy of the New Year. One thing I’d been meaning to do in what seems like forever was give this site a makeover. I even managed to get that done too. Let me know what you think of…
Friday Ramblings From An Author-First Ramblings of 2018
I’m slowly getting back into the swing of things after the holiday break. I’ve not been as productive as I’d hoped but it’s an okay start to the new year. One thing I did manage to get done was the revamp of my Web site. My intent was to get a professional to overhaul…
Writing the Winning Tagline, Blurb and Synopsis
I didn’t plan to publish the second book in my Writing Genre Fiction until next month, but I got ahead of schedule and published it through Amazon KDP Direct yesterday. Once again it’s just 99 cents and here’s the link if you want to pick up a copy-