Whether you are planning to write your personal story as a memoir, or to write a commercial novel based upon your life’s experience, you must find ways to connect with the emotions of your reader if you want your story to be remembered. New writers are often transported by the glamorous dream of seeing their […]
Please welcome Young Adult Fantasy Fiction author, Lizzy Ford, who has graciously written this guest post for WritingNovelsThatSell.com. In this column, Lizzy is sharing her Top 10 Tips for Writing What's Hot in Young Adult Fantasy Fiction. Lizzy released 20 books in two years. Whew! Let's learn what this Writing Whirlwind has to say about […]
When fiction writers are starting their careers, they need training. They don’t know how to discern between writing advice that advances their publication goals, and writing advice that is useless – or even detrimental. In their eagerness for story feedback, aspiring authors often surrender sections of their book to any self-proclaimed professional, thinking that a […]
Writing heroes (or protagonists) is one of the first challenges that writers have to tackle when developing genre fiction novels. Since I’m re-inventing several of my protagonists for my YA Fantasy series, Guardians of Aeld, I thought you might want to peek inside my process and learn how to name a character. Please recognize that […]
(Part 3 in the 3-part series, Crime Fiction: How Mystery Writers Pen a Chilling Read) While Mystery writers are the undisputed masters of the literary device known as suspense, writers of other popular fiction genres (Romance, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Thrillers, Westerns and Horror) can benefit by incorporating suspense into their "writers toolbox." In Part I and Part […]
(Part 2 in the 3-part series, Crime Fiction: How Mystery Writers Pen a Chilling Read) Even if you aren’t writing Crime Fiction, you can learn how to write an edge-of-your-seat read by studying how Mystery writers incorporate suspense into their scenes. In Part 1 of this series, we discussed 3 best practices used in Mystery novels […]
Book Promotion Strategy for Indie and Midlist Authors (Part 4 in the 4-part Series, Book Marketing Strategy) Although book promotion may be an expensive proposition, a well-planned book marketing strategy can benefit fiction writers who are on a shoe-string budget. This article, Book Promotion Strategy for Indie and Midlist Authors, offers suggestions for focusing your campaign […]
Book promotion can be expensive for fiction writers. You're a one-man / one-woman company, chasing after national -- even international -- sales. Yet how many Indie Fiction Authors and Midlist Authors of genre fiction have $290,000 to invest in one, full-page advertisement in People Magazine? (And you thought television advertising was expensive!) When determining how to […]
Crime fiction is wildly popular. Writing novels with spine-tingling action requires Mystery writers to study the literary device known as suspense. Even if you aren't writing novels for the Crime Fiction market, your Romance, Fantasy, Thriller, Western, Horror and Science Fiction novels can benefit from tips on how to write suspense. So in Part I of this 3-Part Series, […]
Before planning your book marketing strategy, you must first determine if the time and cost of book promotion will benefit your sales and career goals. In Part I of this 4-part series on Book Marketing Strategy, I discussed, in detail, the importance of determining your goals, knowing your print run, and setting your budget. In today's post, Part 2, I shall […]