Our thanks to author Steve Piacente for this guest post and photo, taken of a pitch slam at the recent Writer’s Digest conference in NY, moments before the doors opened for authors to meet with agents! Imagine the bullpen overflowing
No One Ever Just “Says” Something: 50 Ways Not to Say “Says”
Our thanks to media relations expert and award-winning author Christina Hamlett for this guest post. Graphic provided by freedigitalphotos.net When I was a teen, I had an aversion to using “said” in a story. It was blah. It was ordinary.
What’s Your Writing Routine?
Our thanks to editor and Pressque founder Ellie Maas Davis for this guest post! “To be a writer is to sit down at one’s desk in the chill portion of every day, and to write; not waiting for the little
Dry Spell In Your Writing? The Swing from Desert to Oasis
Our thanks to author, coach and speaker Kayce Stevens Hughlett for this inspiring guest post, and to freedigitalphotos.net for the wish-we-were-here photo! What does it feel like when you hit a dry spell in your writing or creativity? Does your process
Four Reasons You Must Have Book Cover Blurbs!
Our thanks to Sandra Beckwith of Build Book Buzz for this guest post! And our additional thanks to Sandra for offering our tribe a $10 discount on “Blurbs, Endorsements, and Testimonials: How to Get Experts, Celebrities, and Others to Endorse Your
Writer Platform: What About Wattpad?
We first wrote about Wattpad in March, 2013, back when they had “only” 13 million readers. We’re happy to report this is one writer platform that’s seriously on the rise. Now with 25 million users and growing, and 40 million
Author Co-Ops: What Are Your Options?
One movement in the indie publishing world these days is the author co-op. Yes, indie authors are banding together to publish each other. Author co-ops are groups of authors that volunteer their time and expertise to help other members publish