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How to create a bidding war for your book proposal

Linda Sivertsen is an award-winning author and ghostwriter, whose 6- 7-figure book deals have been covered in the national media and hit th…

Started by scribbler

1 Jun 25, 2010
Reply by Kay Elizabeth

Planning stories: is it encouraging or blocking?

Does it help you finish your story or does it just stump you? Personally it stumps me, I like just to write what comes to mind on a story.…

Started by Viviana Arteaga

18 Jun 20, 2010
Reply by Sean Noonan

Vote on opening lines of novels - read on or put back on the shelf?

There's much discussion on the importance of that first line. Does your favorite novel(s) opening lines live up to the premise that it must…

Started by scribbler

15 Jun 14, 2010
Reply by Cricket

Read The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner online free

Stephenie Meyer's making this Eclipse novella available to Twilight fans online as a gift. She's went up in my estimation! The icons under…

Started by scribbler

0 Jun 11, 2010

Does being a celebrity already help or hinder your book?

Newest celebrity to announce a children’s book is Tori Spelling.Simon & Schuster said its Aladdin imprint is to publish Spelling’s firs…

Started by Kay Elizabeth

15 Jun 8, 2010
Reply by Kay Elizabeth

Can you revise too much?

Do you think that if you keep on revising and revising, you take the heart and soul out of what you were writing? I was thinking about this…

Started by scribbler

4 Jun 8, 2010
Reply by Kay Elizabeth

What book makes you laugh out loud?

I think it's time I read a lighthearted book and would like to hear some suggestions. So tell me what book makes you laugh out loud, old or…

Started by scribbler

6 Jun 7, 2010
Reply by Kay Elizabeth

Fiction writers, did you see this?

I posted a free course offered by MIT on writing about dysfunctional families in the Writing Resources and should have probably added it he…

Started by scribbler

1 Jun 7, 2010
Reply by Kay Elizabeth

"Show, Don't Tell" - explained.

It's never really explained properly, is it? I like Laura's article that demonstrates well what's meant by that. Quote: If there’s one piec…

Started by Kay Elizabeth

2 Jun 3, 2010
Reply by Kay Elizabeth

Some Inspiration?

I'm going to start writing a 150,000 word novel about a plague that comes through the world and has startling side effects. I know there'll…

Started by Richard Leto

4 May 27, 2010
Reply by Kay Elizabeth

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