I abduct the aliens.
I've launched into the revision of my novel, so it's time I showed you my weapons and merciless strategy. Over the coming few weeks, I'll post on Mondays about manuscript analysis and revision tactics as I apply them to my own draft. I'll try to keep them as factual and general as possible, but it's …
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We writers work in the emotion delivery business. We're dealers in the most valuable human possession. This is our game, we lure you in and make you an offer you can't refuse: "Psst, over here. Want some emotion? I got a real good package here, man, guaranteed high, make you feel stronger and deeper than …
Last week, Amazon introduced a new author ranking system based on the sales of an author's entire portfolio, not just on the sales of individual novels. It's supposedly intended to empower authors, and Mark Coker, founder of Smashwords.com says "It’s a smart feature. It recognizes that the author — not the publisher — is the brand …
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Last week, literary agent and blogger Rachelle Gardner put up a post on the need for a platform for each writer, and a heated discussion ensued, more or less centered on blogging being a time suck for writers, and of "platform" being more than just an online presence. This week, author Jody Hedlund reopened the …
The other half---the darker half, mwahaha!---of my genre of heart is psychological thriller. I'd love to talk about that one just as much as about science-fiction, though I'm not quite sure where to start. So I'll go ahead and describe it the way I see it, and see from there. According to common definition, a "psychological …
