Bored to … Cheers! Your Gateway to Creativity
Why boredom is essential to boosting your creativity and how to tap into it when you need it most.
Your Book Design is CRAP? That’s Great!
What does CRAP have to do with book design? Find out here.
Can AI Create Your Book Trailer?
Find out what I learned in a course on creating book trailers with AI and my own experiment
Author Collaboration for Book Events and Promotions: The Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How
Collaborating with fellow authors has proven to be a powerful way to boost your visibility, expand your audience, and create memorable experiences for readers. This […]
[TfTi] No Thesaurus? NO WAY, Stephen King!
Stephen King claims, “Any word you have to hunt for in a thesaurus is the wrong word.” Nonsense, I say. What do you think?
It’s All About Thinking Outside the Box – Or Is It?
Who’s tired of hearing, “Think Outside the Box?” I am. It’s become rather a cliché and has little meaning today. Whenever I see it or […]
Reading Will Improve Your Writing, But How to Fit It In?
Advice from famous authors, backed up by recent science, tells us that to write well, we must be readers. Reading tips for busy authors.
Why is Show Don’t Tell So Damn Hard!?!
Show, Don’t Tell is often the monkey on our back as writers. When we receive a note from an editor on a story we’ve sent […]
Happy New Year & My Birthday Gifts to You
Today is my birthday. And now I’m seventy-four. Does reading those words make lines from a couple of Beatles songs, When I’m Sixty-four and Birthday, […]
[Marginalia] Imperfection as the Strength of a Work
In this re-thinking of an item I wrote several years ago, we’ll examine some reasons you should embrace imperfection in your work.