Articles related to: novels
1: The People Versus
Tough as a tire iron and proud as a parson in paradise, Jeff Sanders, Private Investigator, was good at his job, always cool and always composed, never rancorous or rattled on the witness stand. Fit a..
2: Researching The Historical Novel, Part I
As I have intimated in previous offerings, the research that goes into writing a historical novel can be almost minimal, or can entail weeks and months of endeavor. If one wishes to write about someth..
3: Writing A Book Is The Easy Part
All of your life imaginary ideas have been floating around in your mind and one day you decide to unleash that creativity and write a book. What a wonderful thought. You go to the keyboard and put the..
4: Writing The Book Is The Easy Part
All of your life imaginary ideas have been floating around in your mind and one day you decide to unleash that creativity and write a book. What a wonderful thought. You go to the keyboard and put the..
5: How To Find Your Novel's Pulse
PART II of The 8-Part BRING YOUR NOVEL TO LIFE SeriesThe best novels you've ever read---the ones that stuck in your mind and kept you going back to re-read them, that made you think, that made you fee..
6: Article Writing - How You Can Master This Important Writing Skill
As writers, we are constantly being told that writing articles to sell products is the key to internet success, with affiliate riches just around the next corner. If this is indeed the case, why not s..
7: Short Story Writing - A Viable Route To Publication For Older Writers
Many people take up writing as a hobby or as a more serious undertaking later in life - maybe even after what would be considered by many retirement age. This article looks at one way the older writer..
8: The Salvation Of Sobriety
Alcoholism and its effects on one family's history are integral to the story being told in my novel, Shades of Darkness, Shades of Grace. The Pierson family portrayed in the book has suffered the blig..
9: Editorial Advice: To Listen Or Not To Listen?
Whether you're an author publishing through traditional means or delving into self-publishing, you are going to want the feedback of a good editor or perhaps more than one. The difficulty for authors,..
10: Pop Culture, Slang, And Day-Old Sushi: Things That Can Quickly Go Bad
(And How To Keep Them From Fouling Up Your YA Fiction)In 10 years, will anybody understand you if you say "fo shizzle?" Will they stare blankly if you mention Britney Spears' buzz cut or Paris Hilton'..
11: The SCEPTS Strategy for Novel Reading
A novel is a story that moves through the events of the lives of the characters. To fully appreciate the novel however you need to not only read the words, but to understand what's happening within t..
12: Writing Contests: 10 Tips for Creating a Winning Entry
There are literally hundreds of writing contests open for entry at any time of the year. There are contests for every genre and level of experience -- from amateur poetry writing contests to competit..
13: Collaborative Writing: When Two Brains Are Better Than One
I was so happy a few weeks ago when a boy in the third row of a freshman English class raised his hand and asked us, “Where do you come up with your characters? They are so…um… rando..
14: Don't Give Up On Writing That Novel
Think it's hard to get a novel published? For most writers, it is - but it's certainly not impossible. I've had two hit the shelves-in 10 countries, and with book club and movie rights picked up. Peop..
15: Three Fiction Writing Concerns for the Author
One of the challenges an editor must face is polishing the work of an author without erasing too much of that author's style. If you follow a particular novelist, you might notice over time particular..
16: Are Simultaneous Submissions a Good Idea?
With regards to the question of simultaneous submissions, I fear I may not be able to offer a set answer. As a publisher, I am not enamored by the thought of an author sending me a manuscript that is ..
17: Three Writing Concerns for the Author
Writers are creatures of habit. Unfortunately, many of these habits are not good ones. True, we would expect our friends and significant others to show some understanding when we don't come to the din..
18: How Reading Golf Books Can Drastically Improve Your Game
Every golfer who loves the game is usually a big fan of golf books. It doesn't matter what the books are about as long as it has something to do with golf or PGA players. They will read them at home, ..
19: Can Book Giveaways Hurt Sales?
As an author and publisher, I have attended a number of Internet chats in support of eBook and print book releases. Internet chats are largely informal, hosted either by the publisher or a third-party..
20: Natural Gas - Al Jazeera English's First Day
Al Jazeera English launched this month. It is a long awaited channel that many in the international broadcasting community have looked forward to as a groundbreaking initiative. Afshin Rattansi is a f..
21: Al Jazeera in The Guardian
Unsurprisingly for a broadcaster which attracted so much US opprobrium post 9/11 that George W Bush apparently wanted to bomb its headquarters, al-Jazeera is not shy of standing its ground. And its ne..
22: Short stories - Dead In The Water Or Alive And Kicking?
The short story genre is one that is thriving - but only in certain places. Where are they?A short story can be roughly defined as any work of fiction below about 12,000 words. A greater wordcount te..
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