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Determination
by Charlotte Carter Recently I was musing about my writing career. I’ve been fortunate to have published almost 60 books. While I’m not likely to make the New York Time Best Seller List with my Love Inspired romances, I’m pleased … Continue reading
Dialogue is King
By Tiffany Lawson Inman In theatre, dialogue is king. It is the lifeline of the story. Character’s lines bouncing back and forth between each other. Confiding, conspiring, commiserating, coercing, or caring. Dialogue works to create emotion, conflict, show character, and … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging Guests, Craft, Miscellaneous
Tagged 77 Secrets to writing YA Fiction that sells, action, backstory, Characters, conflict, Darkness My Old Friend, dialogue, Directing Diolgue, Fighting in Fiction, From Madness to Method, Lawson Writer's Academy, Lisa Unger, Naked Editor, scenes, subtext, theatre techniques, Tiffany Lawson Inman, voice, Writers in the Storm
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What Makes a Good Book Cover?
We’re so excited here at WITS. The amazing teacher and writer, Shannon Donnelly, has agreed to be a monthly contributor! Read on – you’re going to be excited too! Here’s Shannon: The great thing about ebooks is you can keep … Continue reading
Posted in Craft, Miscellaneous, Publishing With Amazon, Technology Fun
Tagged belle epoch, book cover, cats cradle, cover art, Della Jacobs, designing covers, ebook, epublishing, fonts, georgian era, Historical fiction, hot damn designs, paths of desire, Regency romance, romance, romantic times, Shannon Donnelly
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Too Many Choices – A NYT Author Decides
By Susan Squires What a crazy, confusing and possibly wonderful world publishing is today. The traditional publishing world is under duress and their business model depends more and more on writers who are already selling a zillion books. While they … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging Guests, Bumps & Bruises on the Road to Publication, Miscellaneous
Tagged angela james, carina press, Charlaine Harris, children of Merlin, Do you Believe in Magic, e-Publishing, Indie publishing, Marliss melton, melanie jackson, miss henry mysteries, ney yeork publishing ebooks, Nora Roberts, OCCRWA, Orange County RWA, publishing royalties, RITA, rita award, St. Martins press, susan squires. writers in the storm
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Writers, Act Now!
Welcome to Last Fridays with Naked Editor Tiffany Lawson Inman on Writers In The Storm! Right now my physical self is driving up a Colorado mountain to Margie Lawson’s 5-day Immersion Master Class to be her co-instructor doing some … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging Guests, Craft, Miscellaneous
Tagged acting, acting class, Character development, characterization, choreography, editing, Emotion, Golden Heart, Margie Lawson, Margie Lawson's Writer's Academy, Medthod Acting, Method acting, Method Blocks, Naked Editor, novel writing, Oscar, RITA, writing
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April Fools!
Our in own in-house comedian, Charlotte Carter, is here today preparing for the arrival of that one day of every year when “everyone” is a comedian. April Fools Day. Yes, she’s early with this but having a jolly good time takes careful and gleeful planning. Smiles are required … Continue reading
Attack Of The Blog
Writers In The Storm welcomes Tara Lain, a public relations and advertising executive who makes use of her promo savvy to promote her second career, writing erotic romance. A lifelong writer of serious non-fiction, Tara didn’t fall in love with … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging Guests, Bumps & Bruises on the Road to Publication, Miscellaneous
Tagged author blogs, author homebase, Author media, author promotion, author public relations, author websites, authors talking to readers, book promotion, Facebook, how to blog, importance of author media, importance of author promotion, Tara Lain, to blog or not to blog, Triberr, writing time and media
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Hitting The New York Times Bestselling List
Writers In The Storm is very excited to welcome New York Times bestselling author Kat Martin. Since 1985, she has published over fifty Historical, Contemporary Romance and Suspense novels. She resides in Missoula, Montana with her husband, Larry Jay Martin … Continue reading
Happy St. Patty’s Day
By Lyn Horner St. Patrick’s Day is observed on March 17, the date of the saint’s death. In Ireland, it is a day of obligation for Catholics as well as a secular holiday. In other countries, it’s a day to … Continue reading
