Category: Writing

Writing Advice From The Experts One must be drenched in words, literally soaked in them, to have the right ones form themselves into the proper pattern at the right moment. – Hart Crane Some of the best advice for writers in the 21st century comes from those who have seen their successes and offer advice…

How To Get Noticed By Editors And Publishers: Make Your Strengths Shine To be a successful writer and get noticed, being good often isn’t good enough. You have to shine. You have to have something that puts you above all others. Of course though, nobody is perfect. Everyone has faults and flaws. But everyone has…

How To Get Noticed By Editors And Publishers To be a successful writer and get noticed, being good often isn’t good enough. You have to shine. You have to have something that puts you above all others. Of course though, nobody is perfect. Everyone has faults and flaws. But everyone has talents and abilities too.…

Book Review Of Stuart Nachbar’s Book About Education And Politics Stuart Nachbar has created a curious novel in The Sex Ed Chronicles. Using a backdrop of 1980 New Jersey, we are introduced to the murky world of school politics. He has selected the contentious subject of compulsory Sex Education, however the subject could equally have…

When Failure is a Gift I wanted, for many many years, to be a mystery writer. Finally I wrote a mystery novel. I got a best-selling novelist to be my mentor and help me with the rewrite. I got an agent. They sent the book out. And sent it out. And sent it out. And…

Important Resources For Writers Many believe that they can become a writer if they were given the chance. However, it is not as easy as some people would like to believe to be a writer. For the most part the life of a writer is difficult and stressful. Getting noticed by the publishing community is…

Kindle Publishing – Start Making Money from Kindle Publishing The successes of authors like JK Rowling and John Grisham have driven other authors to start from scratch, create a powerful story, and make the big bucks. While it’s not entirely impossible to replicate their success, it does pose certain challenges for upcoming authors looking to…

Will Your Book Get Published? Are you an author who just finished writing a book? If you are, you may want to see your book published. But, do you have a book that will get published? When it comes to determining if your book will get published, it will be hard to tell, but there…

What Gets A Book To The Top Of The Bestseller List? The business of books is big business with 172,000 new titles released in 2005 and sales in the United States of about $40 billion. But what makes a book successful? Are there any common characteristics that can spur on sales? As part of the…

Coping With Hearing Loss Oddly enough, I’ve come to think that losing my hearing was one of the best things that ever happened to me, as it led to the publication of my first novel. But it took a while for me to accept that I was losing my hearing and needed help. I believe…