Writing and Creating Books

Stephen King on Writing

Stephen King: 22 Tips for Writers on Writing

Here are just a few bits of advice on writing from Stephen King. Most of these 22 tips for writers are excerpted from Stephen’s book On Writing. If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot. The scariest moment is always just before you start. […]

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Book Marketing Q&A: Marketing Without an Author Platform

Author Marketing Tip: Find someone who loves you (a teenager, a neighbor, a friend, an acquaintance) and hire them to help you book some interviews if you cannot book those interviews yourself. Then have fun doing those interviews or those speaking engagements. Book Marketing Question I know 80% of books are sold by word of […]

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Stephen King on Writing

Stephen King: On Writing

Here are a few wonderful quotations from master storyteller Stephen King on writing and horror presented as a tip-o-graphic. Enjoy these writing quotes. If the stuff that you’re writing is not for yourself, it won’t work. — Stephen King Alone. Yes, that’s the key word, the most awful word in the English tongue. Murder doesn’t […]

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13 Ways to Improve Your Love Life: The Leira Chronicles

These 13 Ways to Improve Your Love Life are excerpted from an email I received from Martha Carr, co-author of The Leira Chronicles magical realism series. If you love magical realism, check out The Leira Chronicles. 13 Ways to Improve Your Love Life Read the Leira Chronicles together. Bond for life like a troll. Learn to compromise […]

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