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Starting a Writing Career - video
Jennifer Ziegler
Author Jennifer Ziegler shares her history of becoming a writer and how she got started and then leveraged early career choices as part of her writing.
over 9 years ago
Writing Jobs
Full-Time Writer
On Writing - Style & Structure - podcast
Harvey Klinger
Harvey Klinger, literary agent, provides perspective on the need for strong prologue that hooks the reader with a cliff hanger that draws them into the story. He also shares thoughts on how to effectively employ a flashback in your story. Click here...
over 9 years ago
Fiction
Plot Planning
Translating Writing Styles - video
Jeremy Wagner
Author and guitarist Jeremy Wagner shares his thoughts on the need to write every day and how writing lyrics can feel like writing flash fiction, which is a great creative exercise.
over 9 years ago
Managing Your Writing Life
Writing Exercises
On Writing - The Importance of Passion - podcast
Harvey Klinger
Agent Harvey Klinger offers thoughts on the importance of having a passion for what you are writing and how formulaic writing often doesn't work in place of passion. Click here to play this audio clip
over 9 years ago
Fiction
Finding Your Voice
Translating Writing Styles - podcast
Jeremy Wagner
Author and guitarist Jeremy Wagner shares his thoughts on the need to write every day and how writing lyrics can feel like writing flash fiction, which is a great creative exercise. Click here to play this audio clip
over 9 years ago
Managing Your Writing Life
Writing Exercises
On Writing - The Flashback - podcast
Harvey Klinger
Using flashbacks in a story can be tricky. Agent Harvey Klinger shares thoughts on whether they should be part of your story and if so, how to do it well. Click here to play this audio clip
over 9 years ago
Fiction
Plot Planning
Book in a Year: 5 Steps To Kill It With Book Marketing
A.G. Billig
What do writers like Andy Weir and E.L. James have in common? They both started their careers as self-published authors and achieved significant success with their very first books. If they did it, you can do it, too. The difference between the writers...
over 7 years ago
Marketing Plan
Finding Your Platform
Indexing: How to do it
Author Learning Center
There are a number of software programs designed to assist with the indexing process, including Cindex, Macrex, PDF Index Generator, SkyIndex and TExtract. Most word processing software, such as Microsoft Word, also includes an indexing tool. However...
over 8 years ago
Editorial Services
Indexing
How to Become an Author: Advice from Bestselling and Successful Authors
Author Learning Center
You want to be more than just a writer. You want to be an author. You want to see your ideas come to life in published books with your name on them. You want your story to be heard. However, wanting something isn’t enough to make it true, and becoming...
over 7 years ago
Managing Your Writing Life
Goal Setting and Process
Marketing for Dead-Broke Writers – Class 1: Planning Your Marketing Project (part 2) - video
Joel Scott
This class part of a ten class series designed to support your book marketing efforts. Each session is valuable on its own, but we recommend that you view all 10 sessions to get the most comprehensive experience. Note that this recorded webinar for class...
over 9 years ago
Marketing Plan
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