Raise your hand if you’ve heard this before: start your book in the middle of the action?
I see a whole bunch of hands. Mine’s raised too.
One of the blogs I read (sorry, can’t remember which one) pointed me to this blog post about bad writing advice and how you shouldn’t start your story in the [...]

That sounds like a movie title doesn’t it?
I have some linky goodness for the writers in the audience. A friend sent me this first one:
Adding Power with Rhetorical Devices By Margie Lawson – this one is loooong, but good! seekerville.blogspot.com/2009/10/margie-lawson-welcome-to-seekerville.html
I found this article on scenes when I was contemplating a particularly “blah” scene in chapter [...]

Having trouble with a scene in your latest WIP? Give this worksheet a try: ywp.scriptfrenzy.org/files/scriptfrenzy-ywp/sf_ywp_08_scene_ws_hs.pdf
I found writing out what the scene was all about, who was in it, and even drawing it in the space provided really helped me visualize what was supposed to happen and why. Now I’m ready to write!

Some good advice from Rocky Cole:
You want tension in every scene in your story, whether that tension is overt and visible or subtle and hidden. Tension is achieved by characters wanting different things, having different goals, coming into conflict or having conflict within themselves.
Need more help with your scene? Check out the worksheet I link [...]

Something to think about… I came across this passage while looking something up on google.
Publisher’s Lunch quoted a large New York publisher as saying it cost them an average of $75,000 to produce one print run. Would you pay $75,000 for your book? Why or why not? Source: www.drakevalleypress.com/workshops/rewriting.htm
It got me wondering, would [...]

If you’re a writer chances are that at one point or another you’ve struggled to meet your wordcount (or pagecount) goal. And while there are several different methods available to help you track your wordcount, one that I’ve come across several times is Kresley Cole’s Word/Page Count Tracker. Visit her message board, sign up, and [...]

In How to Write a Damn Good Novel, James N Frey says “if you’re an aficionado of one type, that’s what you should be writing. Write the kind of book you like to read.”
Sounds like common sense, but it’s good advice. Advice that many writers forget as they jump from one hot trend to another [...]

Sometimes I forget why we writers call our current manuscript a WIP. For those who don’t know, WIP stands for Work In Progress.
How is that forgettable? Some days writing doesn’t seem like work at all. Those are great days.
But other days, like today, I fight for each word.
It’s easy to be hard on yourself [...]

You’ve finally got a Kindle…now you need to protect it! How about this adorable handmade Kindle Cover from EliteElishi at Etsy.com?

How cute is that? Seriously!

The description says it’ll also fit the Nook. And if you’re not a black and white person, there are many other colors and patterns to choose from.

I came across an article on Yahoo recently about the army and how they’re changing basic training. Instead of running five miles a day, they’re working on strengthing the core.
This is the first change in routine from the army in 30 years. And when you read the article and why they’re making the changes, it [...]