Posts Tagged ‘editor’

Posted on September 1st, 2011 by by Beth Barany

Metaphors and How to Develop Your Characters Part 4

If we readers love your characters, then we’ll go with them just about anywhere.
Last week I talked about sharing the telling detail about a character through nouns and verbs.
As writers, it’s our job to use language to have readers fall in love with our characters. One of the most powerful tools we have are metaphors [...]

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Posted on April 15th, 2011 by by Beth Barany

Author Entrepreneur: The #1 Tool You Need to Succeed

Talent? Mojo? The secret awesome kick ass plot? Money? Connections? Okay. All those things help.
But what we really need to succeed in this business of being an author and making money at it, somehow, some way, is persistence.

Tenacity
Stick-to-it-tive-ness
Gumption
Stubbornness
Pigheadedness
[consulting thesaurus now...] and…
constant
game to the last
indefatigable
indomitable
industrious
persisting
pertinacious
plodding
sedulous
solid
staunch
Yes, there’s more… There’s always more.

When I was little I scribbled on [...]

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Posted on April 4th, 2011 by by Beth Barany

Indie Authors: We Are Stronger Together

Just a quick shout out to all the cool online communities I’m part of that support my life as an indie author:

Shewrites.com: If you do join — yes, it’s free — connect with me! I just attended a cool live chat with other YA authors.
“Hosted by Ning, She Writes nurtures a growing community of women [...]

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Posted on April 1st, 2011 by by Beth Barany

Author-Entrepreneur: Focus on What Matters

I don’t know about you guys, but I have been so distracted by all the conversations I’ve been having: on Facebook, on Twitter, on my online community for writers, We Write Books, through email, blogging. I love these things, but I have to consciously turn them off — turn off all the external conversations — [...]

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Posted on March 21st, 2011 by by Beth Barany

INDIE AUTHORS: What Are the Top 10 Tips to Successful Self-Publishing?

Welcome to our weekly installment on how to create your indie author success! This week I have a guest post from an award-winning author, Suzanne Tyrpak. Her latest book, Vestal Virgin, a historical thriller set in Ancient Rome is available on Amazon and other online retailers.
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I’ve had two agents, won writing awards, had short stories [...]

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Posted on February 24th, 2011 by by Beth Barany

CRAFT: Do You Get the Message?

Welcome to the another article in the Craft series, this one by Bobbye Terry, a frequent guest columnist at the Writer’s Fun Zone.
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Do You Get the Message?
Theme is one of the main components of fiction. Think of it as the spoke of a wheel around which your main characters revolve. Without it, there is nothing [...]

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Posted on February 18th, 2011 by by Beth Barany

Author-Entrepreneurs: Have You Had A Break Lately?

This post is #4 in a series on Artist Entrepreneur Success on what it takes to succeed in business as an author-entrepreneur. Rest to fill the well. Yes, my dears — step away from the computer and get away from the desk.

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Posted on February 5th, 2011 by by Beth Barany

Spark Your Creativity with the 5 Senses: Listen!

This is #2 in a series of articles on Creativity and Inspiration for Writers. Tips shared here are inspired by my ebook, Overcome Writer’s Block, and will soon also be part of a course at We Write Books community. How can we be a better writers? We can step away from the words and dive into our primal sense of listening!

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Posted on February 4th, 2011 by by Beth Barany

CRAFT: A Good Book is in the Details

As I stated in yesterday’s post, many of us read to escape. As authors it’s our job to provide that escape to our readers. Many authors get caught up in telling the reader about an experience. But actually what creates the experience of escape is allowing us to feel the story.

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Posted on March 16th, 2009 by by Beth Barany

5 Ways to Master Your Inner Critic

Do you ever wonder if your inner critic will leave you alone? You know the voice I mean. The one who always tells you that what you write is shlock and sounds like your 9th grade writing teacher. (Okay, that’s what my inner critic often sounds like.) She or he tells you that your grammar is all wrong, that you’ve made a poor word choice, or that you topic is just so unoriginal and uninspiring.

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