Category: writing
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NaNoWriMo Progress Sheet
NaNoWriMo begins the day after tomorrow. To control my progress, I’ve created a spreadsheet that dynamically recomputes, each day, how many words I need to […]
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Dear New Indie Author…
This is a real note I just sent to a new author of a software-development book: I’m an independent author and software developer. I saw […]
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#CharacterStory Writing Prompts 2012/05/14
Use one or more of the prompts below to inspire one or more character stories: Write a story with the scene depicted by the photo […]
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Writing Character Flaws
Inspired by the Pendragon Variety Podcast relaunch episode—in which the Pendragon ladies vamp on the topic: “Character Flaws – Balancing Your Character’s Awesome”—I decided to […]
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Self-Publishing for Fun and Profit
In yesterday’s post, I distinguished between the “indie author” and the “self-published author.” A reader named Wendy commented, with a question. This is a distinction […]
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What the End of Borders Means for Authors
First of all, a clarification: when right-wingers talk about “closing the borders,” this isn’t what they mean. The big news over the past week is […]
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A Sneak Peek at the Ardor Point #2 Outline
I’ve been working on-and-off on this outline for over a year and a half now. I could go down the list of excuses and reasons […]
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More about Book Covers
Related to last week’s extensive post on book-cover design for indie authors and publishers, Roger C. Parker posted over the weekend a few more tips […]
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How to Design Your Book Cover
As an indie author, you probably need to understand book-cover design. Traditionally published authors have their publishers’ experts to design their covers (whether or not […]
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What Does Seduction Look Like?
Max, a young writer, asks: I am writing a story and need a visual description for a female “seductive” (if you know what I mean) […]
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