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LibreDigital reports that readers are more likely to buy a book after reading a sample chapter. Other highlights of the online book browsing trends are reported, too. Who spends more time browsing for books on line: men or women? Most popular genre browsed? Average time spent browsing? Where do younger readers browse?
Have you seen the Spoof on a Marketing Plan by Ellis Weiner in the October 19, 2009 issue of New Yorker? Among other tidbits: “If you already have a blog, make sure you spray-feed your URL in niblets open-face to the skein. We like Reddit bites (they’re better than Delicious), because they max out the [...]
Making Time to Write There is a classic pamphlet in Christian literature called, “The Tyranny of the Urgent.” It discusses how urgent, deadline-driven tasks divert Christians from their devotion to God. On a smaller scale, I see the same thing happening in my writing. Deadlines rob me of my writing time.
While we were traveling last week, I didn’t get any new scenes revised, but I did do some line editing. 3 Line Editing Strategies When I line edit, I’m trying to balance three things: Smooth, easy to read. First, I want the text to be smooth and easy to read. I try to read aloud [...]
Oliver News and Let Me Solve Your Writing Problems Oliver News. Since The Journey of Oliver K. Woodman has come out in paperback this year, it has been featured in many recommended book lists. For example,
I’ll be speaking twice at the Arkansas Library Association Conference today in Hot Springs. If you’re around, stop by and talk to me!
NaNoWriMo and the Evolution of a Writer Guest post by Beth Cato. Follow her NaNoWriMo progress at her blog, Catch a Star if It Falls. For years I dreamed of being a published writer, but I didn’t actually write anything. I had plenty of excuses – college, a full-time job, marriage – but I couldn’t [...]
How to be positive about rejection By Roz Morris Author of NAIL YOUR NOVEL Blogging at Dirty White Candy. NaNoWriMo Special! For three weeks, until 21 October, you can download the e-book of Nail Your Novel for 99p! That’s a whopping £2 off the usual price of £2.99. So if you’re preparing a book for [...]
Review of Nail Your Novel by Roz Morris British author and writing teacher Roz Morris has a new book out just in time to help you with that first draft of your new novel. You know, the one you’re going to write in November for National Novel Writing Month, better known as NaNoWriMo. Hiccups in [...]
Sometimes scenes should be deleted, instead of revised. Dirty White Candy talks about Deleted Scenes: Stoned, darlings in deep disguise.
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