From author Janice Hardy comes this lengthy and detail article on nine things to look at if you think your novel is too short. This is a worthwhile read even if you don’t have this problem—a lot of good concepts are discussed. Check it out! Although most word count problems are too many words, the…
Not only is Grammarly a great site for improving the technicalities of your writing, but the blog is full of good advice and techniques. Here is a recent post describing three things you can do to improve your writing: Games and Apps! National Novel Writing Month! Getting Our Creative Juices Flowing! Click here to view…
This is a from a guest post from Mallory Soto from BookRiot. Mallory is a short story writer, literary fiction enthusiast, and an Editorial Assistant and Social Media Strategist in New York. Congratulations, you wrote something! Maybe it’s the first draft of a short story or a polished manuscript to a novel. Either way, it…
Brent Jones, former freelance social media manager and author of The Fifteenth of June, shares 5 simple marketing strategies that all first-time authors can (and should!) try, and how his efforts have already started to pay off. 1. Run a free Kindle promotion 2. Donate print copies to libraries and bookstores 3. Contact local media…
There is an adage that “everyone has a book in them.” While there are millions of businesspeople, each one has done something different, taken a different path, or found something that worked for them. Your experience and knowledge could benefit other entrepreneurs. Perhaps you have suffered through some health or emotional trauma—what you experienced and…
Mention improv to a writer and chances are he’ll turn whiter than a whipped cream hat on a snowman. Most people who put pen to paper think of improv as something that can be carried off only by fearlessly funny comedians. Yet the definition of improvise is to “invent, compose or perform something extemporaneously.” What’s…
From NaNoWriMo: You wrote a novel! Now what? NaNoWriMo’s “Now What?” Months are here—this January and February, we’ll be helping you guide your novel through the revision and publishing process. Today, literary agent and editor Elizabeth Kracht shares her wisdom about tackling the edits on your novel: Objectivity is one of the most difficult…
Here at Sulis, we believe everyone has a book to write. That is, you have something to share with the world that could help some other people, entertain them, or teach them something new. But if you aren’t a writer, the task can seem daunting. It’s one of the reasons we started Sulis—to help those…
I’ve been reading a lot about “freewriting” lately. I must admit, at first it seemed a bit too touchy-feely. But as I read more about how to do it, and the purpose, I came intrigued. Soon, I was finding myself practicing it. It is easy, freeing, and makes me a better writer. Here’s an article from…
At age 78 and as the oldest prosecutor in California, Timothy Oliver Stoen decided it was time to write his memoir to “give hope to people who have made huge mistakes in their lives—to give them hope that their lives are not over.” In 1970, Stoen, who graduated from Stanford Law School and worked as…