Writer thoughts, updates on the novel, general posts about being an author
~ Everyone’s a Critic: How to be the one Everyone Wants ~ by Tam Francis As writers, it’s in our best interest to have our works critiqued, and we need to learn to take it on the chin, and how to improve our writing with the criticisms we receive. If you want to be treated like […more…]
~ Don’t be a Fool: Query, Rewrite and Ninja Edit ~ The Torture of Querying It struck me that most of the blogs out there for writers are pushing self-publishing. Heck, I’m going to jump in with a short story collection, but am still on the fence about self-publishing the novel. Especially when gurus like […more…]
~ What you Need to Know to Write an Author Introduction ~ by Tam Francis Set Yourself Apart with an Author Introduction With the proliferation of self-publishing, indie and hybrid publishing, it’s become increasingly difficult to stand out or set yourself apart. Why not consider asking an fellow author or a more established author to […more…]
~ Working at the Calendar Kiosk at Christmas Time in Rhyme ~ Christmas seems to be the time to rhyme and I am not immune to its charm. I offer up a light fare of poems written in Haiku when I worked one Christmas for Borders Books and Music and was stationed in the Calendar […more…]
~ I Won NaNoWriMo and Revolutionized my Writing ~ This year a gal in my writer’s group convinced me to sign up for the NaNoWriMo ( National Novel Writing Month). I had originally said NO, with good reason. I was working on a compilation of ghost stories, still querying my novel and thinking of a “tense” rewrite, […more…]
~ Why are you Hating on Present Tense? ~ I’ve been having an ongoing discussion with some of my writer friends about tense. Most the writers in my critique group vehemently do not like reading/writing present tense. “It’s trendy. “Obviously no one (sane) goes around announcing to some invisible audience everything that they’re doing as they […more…]
~ Are You a Social Media Addict? ~ When Candace Johnson invited me to guest blog, I was grateful and thrilled. In keeping with the themes of Candace’s blog, I wanted to share my writerly (really love this new-for-me word) experience. Lately, I’ve been on a crash course to catch up to the social media standard for writers. […more…]
WHO ARE YOUR READERS? by Tam Francis I was talking to a fellow writer and blogger, he wanted me to read his novel and write a review on Good Reads. It got me thinking about who my readers are and who your readers are. As writers we might assume that just because we have completed a well-written […more…]
