@MichelleArgyle on Becoming A Published Author & What You Need to Know #AmWriting #NALit

10 Things You Didn’t Know About Becoming a Published Author I remember back in the 90’s when I first had the dream of becoming a published author, when email didn’t really exist in publishing. You still sent in your queries to agents on printed paper with an SASE (self addressed stamped envelope),...

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10 Tips for Becoming a Better Writer by D. Aliesh #SciFi #AmWriting #AmReading

10 Tips for Becoming a Better Writer Write Daily- Even when you don’t think you have much to say, just free-style write and see what comes out. Always have something original ( whether a quote or phrase you came up with) written on your mirror for inspiration. Keep a notepad by your bed- This is...

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Pendelton Wallace Shares His Thoughts on a Good Book Cover #AmWriting #WriteTip #Thriller

Why Book Covers are So Important All my life, I have heard that you can’t judge a book by its cover. Yet, that is what we do. I’m as guilty as anyone else. I go into the bookstore, or the on-line web site, and look at the covers. If the cover grabs my attention, then I read...

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Following Rules by Sandy James @sandyjamesbooks #Contemporary #Romance

I have a couple of nicknames at school. Sometimes I’m called the Dress Code Nazi, sometimes the Hall Nazi. In truth, I tend to be both. Why? Because I think rules are important, and I tend to see each and every time a student breaks one. I hear every single f-bomb. I see every in appropriate skirt....

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10 Things You Didn’t Know About @MarcADiGiacomo #Thriller #AmReading #Authors

10 Things You Didn’t Know About Marc A. DiGiacomo 1)      I am a real New York Police Detective (retired) who worked for a small town. 2)      In A Small Town was my first published work but it isn’t my first story. 3)     ...

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#AmReading @ClarissaClemens on the Effects of Reading Her #Erotic #Poetry into Your Bedroom

5 Things that May Occur When You Bring My Erotic Poetry into Your Bedroom – (You Have Been Forewarned) Your Inhibitions Disappear along with your Clothing It has been known to happen! Probably one of the single biggest inhibitors of a satisfying love life is that one or both partners are unable...

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Erick Galindo's Thoughts on Writing as a Form of Personal Therapy @ErickGEEE #Literary #Fiction

Why Writing is a Form of Personal Therapy There are nights when I can’t sleep. Netflix is on. Netflix is off. DayQuil. Sleeping pills. Big, unhealthy meals. Light, healthy ones. Gym.  Masturbation. Nothing works. And then I find it. The thought or series of thoughts that are holding me hostage....

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10 Things You Didn't Know About Sophia: Within by @JordyLizama #BookClub #YA #Fantasy

10 Things You Didn’t Know About Sophia:Within 1 I started writing the book when I was 15 years old 2 Sophia was originally named Lauren, the actual name is inspired by my daughter who is named the same. 3 The character I most enjoyed writing about was Dennis, somewhere along the way he became all...

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@Vanna_Smythe on the 7-Point Story Structure #WriteTip #YA #Dystopian

How to Write by the Seat of Your Pants: Outline or No? I am a seat-of-the-pants writer by nature and inclination. However, after having written four books, I have found that devising a working outline of a book prior to starting writing helps me stay on track.  I do not plan out each scene or...

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James Rada Jr. on Avoiding the Rejection Blues @JimRada #Historical #Fiction #AmReading

How to Avoid the Rejection Blues When I started out as a writer, rejection letters were commonplace and usually they were simply form letters. I got a sense of dread seeing them arrive in the mail. I didn’t want to read them, but I had to see if it was a rejection or acceptance. I knew my writing...

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