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Neil Gaiman: 8 Rules of Writing

Neil Gaiman’s eight rules of writing are right on target. There might be other rules such as, Let your writing bleed on the page, but these 8 rules of writing are worth reading more than once — true for writing books, true for writing blogs, true for writing social media posts. 1. Write. 2. […]

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Writing Advice from The Wheel of Time Series

Here is some writing advice from Thom Merrilin, a storytelling character from A Memory of Light, book 14 of The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson. If you use the words people expect, they grow bored. A great ballad needs to be unexpected. Never be expected. When people start to expect […]

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Neil Ostroff: What Real Writers Hope to Achieve

Neil Ostroff, author of Imagination and other novels, writes about his on-going novel promotion efforts. In his recent post, he wrote about what real writers hope to achieve. Here is his take on what real writing is . . . As I get older and more experienced in my writing, I’ve come to realize that […]

Book Marketing Is Ultimately One Thing: Sharing Love

Making friends is always right. Building relationships is always right. Love is always right. Marketing is ultimately just that: Sharing love. Love is always right. Marketing is ultimately just that: Sharing love. — John Kremer #love Click To Tweet