Looking for Endorsements for Your Book?

If you’re struggling to find someone with the right credentials to provide a blurb for your back cover, or you’d like a well-known author to give your novel an endorsement

Who Do You Write Like?

This is fun! I Write Like checks which writer you write like by analyzing your word choice and writing style and comparing them with those of the famous writers.

The Art of Writing Description

When I read, I find myself skimming over lengthy description. That’s why I never liked reading Michener. Description is usually boring.

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly About Writing Fiction

So your Grade 4 teacher told you that you were really good at writing stories, and now twenty years later you’ve decided to become a writer.

Guest Post on Editing Fiction

Check out my quick tips on editing fiction on L.M. Preston’s blog.  If you have a minute, add your tips there or here.  We writers all need to help each other!

“What’s Stopping You?” a Guest Post by author Tim Baker

So you want to write a novel. What’s stopping you?

What Writers Conferences Are Best?

The San Francisco Writers Conference is this weekend. I went last year and was disappointed, so I didn’t attend this year.

Test Your Proposed Book Title

I had the title for my novel long before I’d written a word.

Mt. Diablo CWC November Workshop

More than 60 people attended the workshop last Saturday on “How to Improve Your Storytelling Skills,” presented by Janis Cooke Newman

Sharpen Your Pencils! Ready, Set, Go!

National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo, is a fast-paced writing sprint where contestants go all-out to complete a 50,000 word novel during the month of November.

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