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Jun 1, 2011

Essential Books for Writers

Here are three books that I consider indispensable in the writer's toolkit. These books make a list of publishers, agents and other publications that accept articles or stories from new or seasoned writers. The lists are very extensive, and quite helpful. The 2011 Writer's Market helps writers know where to publish and how much to charge for each activity. The 2011 Novel And Short Story Writer's Market is necessary for writers who have written adult stories of any length. This identifies … [Read more...]

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Dec 8, 2010

Writing Tip: Publishing Books

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One of the best books I have ever used for publishing or discovering where to submit stories is the Novel and Short Stories Writer's Market books. These books list current information every year about what magazines accept submissions, what they pay, what publishing houses accept new writers and available agents for different story genres. This book is very helpful to a new writer. … [Read more...]

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Writing Motivation: 4 Places to Find External Motivation

You know how when you exercise with a buddy you are more likely to actually do it? The same is true for writing. If you are serious about writing, you must come up with an external motivating factor to kick start your career. There isn’t any more to it than that. Accountability shames us into working [...]

Book vs Movie: The Twilight Series

When Twilight was extremely popular (around 2009, maybe?), I read the complete series. I have also watched the movies as they came out. I am not a Twilight fan, but it isn’t because of the typical reason (that she is a bad writer). I think her writing is just as good as most YA books [...]