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Journeys in Ink

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Journeys in Ink · 1Y ago

Anniversary Giveaway!

May 11 marks a year since I’ve been writing on that blog. I’ve done a lot more reading than the reviews reflected there, but anyway, I thought I’d do something special to mark my upcoming anniversary. I’m giving away some books I’ve read during the past year or so. I have a couple in there [...]
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Journeys in Ink · 1Y ago

Planning a Blog Tour

The last time I posted here I was talking about my virtual book release party for Secrets of Eden (Solstice Publishing Aug. 2010). When that book came out, I tried a gimmicky approach to getting sales. I offered a free book with each purchase and even a drawing for a free Kindle. Well, now that [...
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Journeys in Ink · 1Y ago

Aiming For a Knockout

If you’ve ever been bitten by a story idea, an idea that seems compelling and interesting but could never be grand enough for a novel, try condensing it into a bite-sized flash. Take that story idea, build it as you would, then burn and carve away anything unnecessary. The basic structure should rem
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Journeys in Ink · 1Y ago

Retired, Extremely Dangerous

My publisher sent out a letter not long ago. They were contacted by Hollywood a few months back asking them to provide romantic suspense novels to be used as props in their upcoming Bruce Willis movie, RED. The movie has a great cast, including Morgan Freeman, Helen Mirren, John Malkovich,  Richard
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Journeys in Ink · 1Y ago

Creating a Virtual Book Launch Party

The other day I watched a free webinar about How to Make Your Book a Bestseller. Though by the end of it they were just trying to sell me an expensive seminar, I was still able to take away some valuable information. The most important thing I learned was the need to have a book [...]
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Journeys in Ink · 1Y ago

What are some of your favorite writing resources?

Finishing a novel is a great feeling. I just finished my sixth novel. Unfortunately, only the last two or three have been any good. There’s a lot of editing to do once that first draft is out of the way, but the hardest part for most writers isn’t the writing or editing, it’s the search [...]
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Journeys in Ink · 1Y ago

Congratulations to Sybil Nelson

Congratulations to our resident blogger Sybil Nelson for winning The Strongest Start Competition at TheNextBigWriter.com with her middle grade entry, Priscilla the Great. She also has a movie deal for it. Now all she needs a publisher to realize the awesomeness of Priscilla The Great. To get a sense
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Journeys in Ink · 1Y ago

Guest Post: How My Publishing Deal Found Me

Please welcome our guest blogger, K.L. Brady, author of The Bum Magnet. I asked her to share her story, since she has such a cool one. K. L. Brady is a D.C. native but spent a number of her formative years in the Ohio Valley. She’s an alumnus of the University of the District of [...]
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Journeys in Ink · 1Y ago

Constant and Consistent

A couple of weeks ago I wrote a few short stories from the point of view of Priscilla the Great called Twin Shorts. Then, last weekend I self-published an ebook just to see what the process was like. I have to be honest with you here. Since Priscilla the Great has over 450 fans on [...]
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Journeys in Ink · 1Y ago

Layers & Colors

Have you ever read a piece of fiction that felt incomplete?  You wonder what’s lacking, but can’t pinpoint the missing pieces of the puzzle?  Chances are, the author overlooked some vital bit of craft. Fiction never comes out right the first time, unless you’re a genius.  It takes several drafts bef
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