5 Things I Learned Self-Publishing
By Russ Linton Last June I published my first book, Crimson Son. I’ve been living the...
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4 Writing Tips to Boost Your NaNoWriMo and Other Writing Projects
Congratulations, NaNoWriMo participants! You’re halfway to your deadline! But what if...
Read MoreNaNoWriMo: Theme, Character and Plot Development Preparation
I’m about to confess to a horrible crime (at least in some people’s minds), but first let me say...
Read MoreNaNoWriMo Prep: Plot Development and Profile Worksheets, Visualizing Collage, and More
While everyone else is carving pumpkins and hunting for a black turtle neck and New Balance...
Read MoreType, Text, Fonts, iPhones, Irony and RIP Steve Jobs
As a writer I consider words and reading important. But I was also trained in the visual and...
Read MoreR.I.P. Mass-Market Fiction Paperback
The New York Times has an interesting article on the decline in sales and marketing of the...
Read More50 Great Websites for Writers – Both Fiction and Non-Fiction
Strangely enough I was first introduced to this site from an internet marketing blog. I’m not certain why I haven’t found it before from either a fiction, nonfiction or fan writing website or one of the education and...
Read MoreMarketing for Writers is really phishing for suckers
While I’ve learned to recognize the come-ons by snake oil sales people on the Internet, I sometimes give one a chance to prove me wrong. (I’m actually planning a post on how to recognize at a class an obvious...
Read MoreBeware Freelance Home Writers Scam
You! Yes, YOU! Can make thousands of dollars a week writing articles, blog posts and the occasional short story from the comfort of your home! Thousands of smart people like you are doing it! And if you believe that I’ve...
Read MoreNature Writing: the value of journaling for writers
Now this is irony (unlike the song “Ironic” by Morissette)! My first post-lunch (a vast hoard of potluck foods and beverages from the Richard Hugo House volunteers and Costco) workshop was canceled, however, the...
Read MoreOrdinary People: a writing exercise to capture characterization
Writer and teach Margot Case offered a brilliant workshop at he Richard Hugo House Write-O-Rama workshop entitled Ordinary People. We read excerpts from “Robert Kennedy Saved from Drowning” by Donald Bartheleme, Sixty Stories....
Read MoreMemory Babe: a writing exercise inspired by Jack Kerouac
Wow! The beat goes on! Molten meltdown of mental memes send me searching shelves for slender volumes. I’ve tried reading On the Road by Jack Kerouac three times in my life. I forced myself to finish it last time. But...
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