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Book Review: The Art of War for Writers by James Scott Bell

March 11, 2011 by Kathy Steffen 1 Comment
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James Scott Bell’s Art of War for Fiction Writers gets a 5 star rating for not only a great book on writing, but for a manual you’ll pick up repeatedly and learn something new every time.

Posted in: Book Reviews Tagged: creative writing, James Scott Bell, novel writing, write a book, write a novel, writing, writing tools

Cover Design: Dress your Book for Success by Author Julie Ortolon

February 14, 2011 by Guest Post 6 Comments

I can’t stress enough the importance of a professional looking book cover. It’s like a restaurant. You go for the meal, and ultimately judge the restaurant on the quality of the cooking, but you make your decision on whether or not to try that restaurant long before you taste the food. That’s what your cover … [Read more…]

Posted in: Indie Publishing, Marketing Tagged: book cover, book cover design, book publishing, designing a book cover, effective book cover, fiction writing, novel writing, write a book, write a novel, writing reference, writing strategies, writing tactics

Looking for Writing Motivation? Celebrate Success!

December 24, 2010 by Kathy Steffen 2 Comments
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Sometimes writing motivation can be hard to come by. No matter what you write, committing to live the writer’s life is a life-changing journey, inside and out. Writing is an enormous amount of work and at times feels as if there is no reward. The writing life is full of rejection and pitfalls. But then … [Read more…]

Posted in: Inspiration, Writing Life Tagged: fiction, inspiration, novel writing, writing motivation
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Techniques of the Selling Writer by Dwight Swain

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