Writing tips Revision Is Not Editing Not to blame our English teachers—I was one—but most of our rotten assumptions about revision originated early, with a teacher’s red pen. Remember your first ventures onto the page? Chances…
Uncategorized 5 Reasons why a writer of color should certainly attend the Publishing in Color conference by Natarsha Sanders I had the opportunity to attend the Publishing in Color conference sponsored by Writing for Your Life. I chose to attend this conference because I am a…
Marketing tips, Publishing tips Planning a Launch The first thing anyone planning a launch has to do is sit down and take inventory of everything they have at their disposal that might be used to get this…
Writing tips Seek First God’s Kingdom from “Adorning the Dark” by Andrew Peterson I recently had a good, long phone conversation with a singer-songwriter about that grand old subject, Getting Started in the Music…
Writing tips Written in Blood The following meditation is from a talk on the occasion of the presentation of the Whiting Writers' awards: I WISH THAT I had told my writing students to give…
Writing tips To make the most of our time on earth If, as people commonly say today, our brief lives are simply “the dash between the two dates on our gravestones,” what hope is there of investing that brief dash with…
Writing tips The Jury of Twelve While I wandered my way through my favorite sections of my favorite bookstore one evening, a voice over the public-address…
Publishing tips How Important Are My Title and Subtitle On My Book Proposal? - by Christopher Ferebee You know the old adage, "Never judge a book by its cover." But all surveys…
Writing tips When the Muse Shows Up I have noticed over the years that when the Muse finally shows up, I am usually wandering around. Wandering…
Marketing tips What’s a Platform? In my definition, a platform is the combination of the tools, relationships, access, and audience that you have to bear on spreading your creative work – not just once, but…
Writing tips All Writers Are Accountable To Three Things If I had to point to one piece of advice upon which my writing philosophy is built, it would be the fervent words children’s author Jane Yolen uttered at Calvin…
Writing tips The Gift of Great Literature – by Sarah Arthur Many of us, when charting the timeline of our lives, can point to a moment when a story or poem happened. It happened the way an accident or a record-breaking…
Marketing tips, Publishing tips, Writing tips The Sharing of the Crowd Harnessing the sharing of the crowd will often take you further than you think, and it is almost always the best place to start. We have barely begun to explore…
Writing tips Taking One’s Time One of my writing heroes is James Taylor, though our arts are different. He can carry a tune, for one thing. “Sometimes a song will be finished for a deadline…
Writing tips When we are angry When we are angry about the things that make God angry, that is a righteous, not a self-centered, anger. Moses was angry about all of the right things: slavery, injustice,…
Writing tips Our Love of Writing Readerless writing changes us. When writers—and I refer to everyone who writes as a writer, regardless of whether they publish their work—describe writing as therapeutic or spiritual, usually they’ve experienced…
Uncategorized Collaborative Marketing – The Future for Authors by JP Robinson https://www.almostanauthor.com/collaborative-marketing-the-future-for-authors/
