Margie Lawson Cadence counts. Truly counts. You probably know you should read your work out loud. But do you? And do you read it out loud with feeling? Most writers don’t take the time to read their WIP out loud until they’re on a final draft. Aack! By then they’ve read most scenes at least […]
This is the third installment in my series on my blogging strategy. As I relay the things that I’ve learned and that seem to work for me over the past five years that I’ve been blogging, it’s important to note that I’m not an expert and that my blogging process is a continuing series of
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By Gwen Hernandez Many Scrivener users aren’t familiar with the split screen feature, and if they are, they don’t realize its potential. Introducing Split Screen The Split Screen feature allows you to, well, split your screen. You can divide the single Editor pane into two panes, either horizontally or vertically. Here are a few ways to
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BY SANDRA BECKWITH ON MARCH 18, 2019 By Sandra Beckwith When I was in college, one of the girls in my dorm terrified us with the “true” story of “The Hook,” a killer with a hook for a hand who attacked a couple in a parked car. The storyteller insisted it was true because it happened
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by David Wogahn, @Wogahn It is simple to figure out eBook royalties because there are no “manufacturing” costs. But the formula for calculating your royalty for a paperback book printed by Amazon KDP Print is another matter. That’s because we have two mouths to feed: The printer, in this case Amazon KDP. The retailer—online and brick and
March 18, 2019 Today’s guest post is by Beth Cadman. Before taking the plunge to write full-time, I often found myself imagining how wonderful it must be. To be able to manage my own time, to work wherever and whenever I wanted. To sit in coffee shops, looking fantastically artistic and observing the world passing
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Writing a book is a remarkable achievement. Building a writing life that lasts? That’s something different entirely. Over the years, I’ve learned that success as an author isn’t about a single breakthrough moment. It’s about consistency, growth, and a willingness to keep showing up—on the page and off. Whether you’re just starting out or several
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Writers are often told to “write what you know.” But what if what you know isn’t a job, a place you’ve lived your whole life, or a familiar routine? What if what you know is a journey? My latest novel, Frank Abroad, grew out of a trip my family and I took to Italy in
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