Today I'd like to introduce you to Sylvie Grayson. Sylvie was born in British Columbia, Canada and has lived most of her life in that province. She spent a one year sojourn in Tokyo, Japan. She has been an English language instructor, a nightclub manager, an auto shop bookkeeper and many other professions. She found her …
CONTEST WINNERS!!
Today's the big day!! Congratulations to the following winners who followed and commented from my August 2014 blog, AMAZON DOES IT AGAIN: 3rd Prize: a gift certificate of ten dollars from Amazon, and a free e-copy of my book, Tidal Falls - Dani 2nd prize- a gift certificate of twenty-five dollars from your choice of Starbucks, or Tim …
RELEASE DAY NEWS
It's here! Release Day for my first book, Tidal Falls. It seemed as if the day would never come, and then it came too fast, 🙂 Some tips I've learned along the way: Listen to advice, but in the end trust your instincts. In my opinion it's crucial to spend the money on a professionally done …
MEET THE AUTHOR
Today I'd like to introduce you to a friend of mine, Jacqui Nelson. Jacqui shares her passion of the old west and Victorian London through her wonderful stories. She writes beautiful descriptive passages that guides the reader deep into the heart of her books. Her new release, Between Heaven and Hell, is set on the Oregon trail. …
MEET THE AUTHOR
Today on Meet the Author I'd like to introduce you to Christina Ricci. Christina's new book, Redeeming the Billionaire, releases today and she was gracious enough to stop by and share a little about the story with us. First let's learn about the writer: What do you write? At the present time I write …
WHAT TO DO WHEN THE BOOK IS WRITTEN
So now you've written, rewritten, revised, edited, critiqued, and hopefully had beta readers look at your baby and tell you how great it is, right? RIGHT? What's next? We're lucky enough to be publishing now when there are so many options available. E-book publishers- Lyrical Press, Montlake, Ellora's Cave, Samhain, & many more. Traditional …
GOODREADS GIVEAWAY
GOODREADS Book GiveawayTidal Fallsby Jacquie BiggarBeing released September 15 2014Giveaway ends in 28 days (September 22, 2014)10 copies available, 18 people requesting Enter to win My first ever giveaway! Drop in and try your luck, 🙂
INDIE ADVERTISING
http://eepurl.com/1yaFz My new book, Tidal Falls, is now available for pre-ordering on Amazon, how cool is that, 🙂 Now comes the promotional learning curve, found on someecards.comI've sent an e-mail to the newspaper of my hometown, and scored an interview.I've joined a few blogs leading up to the big day, the first on Sept 9/14 with …
AMAZON DOES IT AGAIN
Tidal Falls, releasing fall 2014 Marine Sgt. Nick Kelley lives life one day at a time. Returning to a hero’s welcome after he and his service dog, Jake, get too close to a suicide bomber in Afghanistan, all he craves is space from all the hoopla. Using the excuse of therapy, they escape to Tidal Falls, a small mountain town on the northwest coast. Sara Sheridan is on the run from an abusive marriage, and dreams of a safe sanctuary for her and her six year old daughter, Jessica. Crossing the country in search of the perfect place to disappear, they stop in Tidal Falls, Washington. The town welcomes them, and they settle down to a new life. Sara’s landlady, an inveterate matchmaker, hires one of her new tenants, Nick, to do repairs on Sara’s house and the sparks fly. Can these two work through their emotional issues and find a life together? Or will Sara’s ex-husband catch up to her and destroy everything they’ve built?
THE ART OF DEEP POINT OF VIEW
found on etsy.com Through my critique group I've been learning the art of deep point of view. For those that don't know, this is when you remove the words that distance the reader from the scene. Deep point of view lets the reader view everything around them through the eyes and thoughts of one character. …
Grilled Citrus-Marinated Chicken Breast Recipe at Cooking.com
Grilled Citrus-Marinated Chicken Breast Recipe at Cooking.com.
Authors: What to do if Your Book gets Pirated
Building a Killer Email List
BENEFITS OF EMPLOYEE EVALUATIONS
Today I have a special guest on my blog, my daughter, Brandy Biggar. She is a third year student majoring in Ocean Sciences, and Biology. Today students have more on their plates than ever before. It's becoming increasingly important to have a strong background in volunteer work, Co-Operative positions in which the student is paid …
COVER REVEAL
It's here, the cover of my new book, Tidal Falls, releasing this fall, 2014. Sara Reed is on the run from an abusive ex who happens to have ties to a Mexican cartel. Mistakenly thinking her and her daughter would be safer if she had some kind of leverage, she takes a copy of some …
RESEARCH IS THE BACKBONE TO A GOOD STORYLINE
In order to maintain believability in your storyline, whether it be a romance or a science fiction novel, you need to do your research. This is where the fun begins. Digging through dusty tomes at the local library, or surfing the net, research can lead you on a merry dance. From locations all over the …
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Gatecrashing the Cosy Consensus on Amazon
How do you feel about this on-going dispute? For myself it sounds a lot like bullies on the playground trying to have everything their way, but that is just my opinion.
WRITING TIPS AND TRICKS-Dialogue Etiquette
While working on my revisions this week it came to my attention dialogue which runs several paragraphs long have a set of rules to follow.This came as a surprise to me. I'd always thought, mistakenly it seems, that as long as it was one person doing the talking, quotations occur at the start, and at …
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Description—How to Make Readers Fall In & Never Escape
Sidewalk chalk art near Regent’s Canal in London.
Today we’re going to address a topic that—GASP—I don’t believe we’ve ever covered in almost 800 blogs. Namely because it is a tricky one to address. We’re going to talk about description. For those who never use description or very sparse description? Don’t fret. That’s just your voice. Readers like me who looooove description will probably gravitate to other books and that is OKAY.
Personally, I’m not a fan of austere modern houses with stainless steel everything and weird chairs no human could sit in and most cats would avoid, but? There are plenty of people who dig it. I also don’t like a lot of knick-knacks and clutter. Makes me want to start cleaning.
Same with books. Not too little or too much. Yeah, I’m Literary Goldilocks.
Plain fact? We can’t please everyone. Description (or lack thereof) is a component of…
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Indie Writers: Make MS Word Work for You Instead of Against You
A Quick Primer for Fiction Writers in using Microsoft Word in the Digital Age
It always saddens me a little when a writer sends me an overly formatted Word doc to turn into an ebook or print-on-demand. It’s not that I have to clean it up–I can strip and flip the messiest files in less than an hour. What bugs me is how much thought and effort the writer wasted on utterly useless manuscript styling.
Example of a Word doc that has been overstyled.
The majority of writers I work with use Word. The vast majority have no idea how to use Word for their own benefit. I understand. I was a fiction writer for over two decades and even though I have been using computers and a variety of word processing programs since the late ’80s, it wasn’t until I started learning book production that I figured out how…
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