Here are the materials for the presentations that I’m giving at LTUE this year. Enjoy! 2017 LTUE 3 Things You Must Learn to Write Killer Stories 2017 LTUE 3 Things You Must Learn to Write Killer Stories HANDOUT 2017 LTUE The Secret to a Story Idea that Works 2017 LTUE Banish writer’s fear doubt and
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Alan Peterson runs the Meet the Thriller Author podcast. He recently met with me to get my advice for new writers. The interview is now up on his site. After that, you’ll want to listen to some of the others. He’s talked to some great authors.
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The RWA conference was a blast. It was a wonderful time to hook up with writing friends, to make new ones, and to listen to insights and advice from folks who are selling tons of books. Brenda Novak, whose latest book hit #48 on the USA Today list, gave a great presentation on generating emotion
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“More than 50% of all traditionally-published book sales of any format in the US now happen on Amazon.com.” That’s just amazing. But I found something even more amazing this week. Author Earnings released a report this week of their analysis of a million titles on Amazon. Data Guy, the tech guy behind the software gathering the
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A typesetting mystery solved–Runts! And now for something for your typesetting hearts. You know what orphans are–A short line appearing at the bottom of a page. Sometimes the first line of paragraph appearing at the bottom of a page. You know what widows are–A short, paragraph-ending line appearing at the top of a page. But
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