Add to Your Current Writing Skills – Branch Out in Different Genres
Add to your current writing skills by trying a new genre.
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Plot Formats
Do you know these 4 kinds of plot formats? Note: This post may contain some affiliate links for your convenience (which means if you make a purchase after clicking a link I will earn a small commission but it won’t cost you a penny more)! Read my full disclosure and privacy policies… Plot. As writers…
Using Descriptions in Your Writing – 4 Tips
A guest post from Karen Cioffi A description can be a powerful writing tool. The most important thing to keep in mind when using descriptions is to use your imagination. Close your eyes and picture what your character is doing. Picture what the scene looks like then paint it with words. Below are four tips…
3 Steps to Querying Agents and Publishers
a guest post from Karen Cioffi You’ve been slaving for months, maybe years, on your manuscript. You’ve read about belonging to a critique group to help you hone your work and took the advice to heart. You have also listened to the advice about submitting your manuscript to an editor after your critique group is…
Storytelling – Keeping Your Reader Engaged
a guest post from children’s author and ghostwriter Karen Cioffi As an author it’s your job to create an engaging, compelling, suspenseful, intriguing, romantic, or other type of story content that will lure readers in and keep them turning the pages. But the key word for a successful story is ‘engaging.’ Engagement, according to Merriman-Webster.com,…
How to Jazz Up Book Sales with Seasonal Promotions
a guest post from Carolyn-Howard Johnson Have you heard of The Christmas Box by Richard Paul Evans? This bestselling book was originally self-published. Evans believed in himself (and his book) when big publishers didn’t. When it did well, “lo and behold,” as they say in the Christmas stories, someone saw the light. The motto here,…
Be Specific and Professional When Submitting Queries
(How to Write a Query) A guest post from Karen Cioffi All writers face the dreaded query. Did I put enough information? Did I put too much? Did I have a great hook? Am I submitting to the right publisher? These are just a few questions that run through a writer’s mind when mailing, or…
How to Get a Children’s Story Published
A guest post from children’s author and ghostwriter Karen Cioffi All writers, including the children’s writer, have one primary focus—to get published. What makes each of us different is our slant or perspective on the story we’re telling, and how we tell it. It’s true that anyone can write, but writing to get published is…
Story Elements – Is There a Right Balance?
Do you know the Elements of a Story? A guest post from children’s author and ghostwriter Karen Cioffi Writing can be thought of as a recipe, a handful of plot, a quarter cup of setting, a half cup of dialogue, and a half cup of action and forward movement. Then you also need to add…
Mistakes to Avoid in Children’s Fiction
As a writer, there are common mistakes to avoid in children’s fiction… Children’s fiction writers who are good at what they do, enjoy what they do. They like creating something from nothing . . . well from an idea. They enjoy the craft and the process – heck, they love it! But, with that said,…
Writing Success – Do You Really Have the Power?
Writing Success The question in the title has been asked for hundreds, probably thousands of years. The simple truth of the matter is you have the power. You are in control of whether you become successful or not. Most of it has to do with your thought process. Zig Ziglar said, “Your attitude, not your…
Children’s Ghostwriting Services
Do you want your name as author on a children’s picture book (PB), chapter book, or middle grade (MG) book — without having to write it yourself? Maybe, you started a children’s fiction book, but found it’s just too difficult to finish, or realize that it needs major tweaking and editing. Maybe you have an…
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