A guest post by Sandra Orchard Do you scratch your head when someone tells you that you need to “show, not tell”? It’s the key to writing compelling commercial fiction, but an often difficult concept to grasp in all its nuances. Today I’m going to share with you some simple ways to… “Show” emotion without […]
Writing Lesson 3.4-Empower Your Writing with these Simple Techniques
September 16, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Writing Lesson 3.2-Story Engineering
September 2, 2011 By Leave a Comment
I’ve referred in past posts to Larry Brooks’ excellent book, Story Engineering. As I read this book the principles of plotting finally clicked–probably because Larry explains them in architectural terms, and I am a building designer by trade. Suddenly both the rules and the reasons for them became clear, and I’ve been a fan ever […]
Writing Lesson 3.1-“It Isn’t Personal”
August 19, 2011 By Leave a Comment
That’s what my professor said as he ripped miniature trees from my architectural model–the one I’d been up all night completing. I dreaded project juries. We hapless wannabes, sagging with exhaustion, would attempt to communicate our grand vision, knowing in our heart of hearts that the finished product failed to live up to those concepts […]
Self-Publishing on Amazon Kindle
August 5, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Self-publishing an ebook for Amazon Kindle couldn’t be easier! Start by going to the Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) page and opening an account. From that point, publishing your story is as simple as following the instructions, but I also downloaded AmazonKindle’s free ebook, Publish on Amazon Kindle with Kindle Direct Publishing. Of course, it helps […]
Celebrating a New Arrival!
July 29, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Since we’ve been discussing means of publishing this summer, it’s fitting that you should be among the first to meet my new “baby”! I published my first novel, More Precious Than Gold, on Amazon this week. It is currently available as an ebook for Kindle e-readers. Why did I decide to self-publish? More Precious Than […]