Writing and Creating Books

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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Walt Disney on Making Your Dream a Reality

Here is some great advice from mega-creator Walt Disney . . . You can dream, create, design and build the most wonderful place in the world, but it requires people to make the dream a reality. You can build the most wonderful place, but it requires people to make the dream a reality. Click To […]

Book Marketing Tip of the Week: 10 January 2013

John Kremer’s Book Marketing Tip of the Week January 10, 2013 In this issue . . . – Book Promotion and Book Publicity Blog Posts – John Kremer Audio Program: Q&A about Book Marketing – Bookographics for Books and Authors Book Promotion and Book Publicity Blog Posts Here are 8 blog posts that should help […]

Nick Tosches on Reading Books

In an interview in the January issue of Esquire magazine, novelist and biographer Nick Tosches was asked about reading great books. Here is his answer: They say nobody has the attention span. If I start to read something good, I’ll look and it’s 86 pages already. Attention span. What are they talking about? If it’s […]