For anyone looking to self-publish your poetry (or any other writing for that matter), you may want to read the following post by Jules Jacob: Reality Check?
Ms. Jacob’s essay is a response to an article posted in the January/February issue of Poets & Writers magazine by poet and critic Reagan Upshaw. She contends that the “advice” offered by Upshaw is more like “put-downs” and then offers her own suggestions for publishing one’s poetry. It’s an interesting read.
Great post on whether writers do (and should) know the ending of their stories ahead of time.
Everyone, please welcome guest blogger and fellow author Katie Cross to crimsonleague.com today, to talk about her experiences with creative writing, characters, and novels.
A bit of background for this post: as you know, my writer’s handbook, “Writing for You: A Novelist’s Guide to the Craft of Fiction” releases July 31.
Part of the first chapter involves a description of what I consider the most common and most counterproductive misconceptions about writing a novel.
To help pump people up for the release, I asked Katie to write about what she considers one of the major misconceptions non-writers and beginning-writers have.
How much does an author REALLY know what’s going to happen to her characters???
I’ll let Katie take it from here:
When I was a little girl, I would have given up my softball mitt to know who my future husband would be.
I was convinced it was Devin, the…
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Help spread the word about Destiny Allison’s new book Pipe Dreams! Visit her blog for suggested tweets and blurbs.
Yes, I’m dancing on my toes ( alternately literally and metaphorically) because the day has finally arrived. There were some glitches — the paperback won’t be available on Amazon for a few more days — and some scary moments, but it’s done.
I’m free to read other people’s books and I don’t have to revise it again!!!
As most of you know, 25% of the sales of this book will go toward helping another author or artist achieve his or her dreams. All you have to do to be entered to win is help promote this book.
For those of you who have already said you want to help, it’s time to rock and roll.
Here are some talking points:
If you like Margaret Atwood, you will love Pipe Dreams.
Support other authors and artists. Buy this book. #pipedreams
What the world might look like next year. #pipedreams
Pay…
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Would you like to see your art, writing or photography on my blog? Send it to Julie Green and she’ll feature it on her blog! Go to her blog for more details.
Would you like to see your art, writing or photography on my blog? Send it to me and I’ll feature it! Are you an author, musician, environmentalist, creative, or just damn inspiring? I’d love to interview you! If your work/life fit with the general scope of my blog, please send your request to juliegreenart [at] gmail [dot] com or leave a comment below. I can’t wait to hear from you.
Part 2 of my two-part short story Together Forever is now up at The Community Storyboard. Please read to learn about the fate of Ms. (Irene) Brooks.
There are great perks to be had if you choose to help fund this writer’s project!
Hello my darlings,
So in the span of a few hours, I decided not to go with a Kickstarter campaign. For several reasons I began an Indie Gogo campaign instead (which is the hipster version of Kickstarter). It works the same way, and I switched my goal from $1,000 to $2,000 (because after they and Paypal take their cut I will have just the amount I need).
But here is a link to the campaign: http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-age-of-waking-death-an-epic-fantasy-gothic-horror-book-series/x/3512153?c=home Even if you cannot donate, please spread the word! I am ready to make this series happen in a big way!
Perks for donating:
$20 – a poster of “The Dragon’s Disciples” signed by the author!
$35 – the poster, plus an eBook copy of “The Dragon’s Disciples”!
$50 – the poster, plus a signed paperback copy of “The Dragon’s Disciples”!
$100 – the poster, plus signed paperback copies of “The Dragon’s Disciples” AND…
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Writing for You: The Writer’s Handbook. Exciting news from The Crimson League (aka Victoria Grefer)!
Are you writing a fictional series? Are you lost in a sea of characters and events that are increasingly difficult to manage? Then read Sarah Cradit’s post on how to get your series in order.
Writing a series is not as simple as just writing several books in a row. Nor is it as easy as taking one long story and breaking it into several parts. There are a lot of nuances to writing a series that many writers just do not think about until they’re smack in the middle of it, and by that time its either too late OR you’ve just created a mountain of work for yourself that you might have avoided.
Maybe, just maybe, I can help you avoid some of that work.
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This post by Victoria is from earlier this month, but do read and also read the comments. There’s a good discussion on how often bloggers should/should not post and why.
I love this blog. I love blogging. And I make a point–or at least, I have since late July 2012–of putting up a new post daily, one related to creative writing and marketing creative writing through social media / the blogosphere.
As an author, I know any amount of practice connecting words into sentences, and sentences into paragraphs, is worthwhile practice. It’s training and maintenance work, so it’s never a waste of time. Blogging has the benefit of giving me that practice while also connecting me with other people and drawing attention to my work.
I’ve written a post about everything this blog and its followers have given me, so I won’t go into that again. But I have been considering of late why I chose to blog daily, and why I continue to do so.
Having a new post every day can be difficult and time-consuming, not to…
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Great (and funny) list of do’s and dont’s by Ionia Martin!
This week’s guest blog is brought to us by the delightful, funny, and hard-working Ionia Martin of Readful Things. She also is the mastermind behind The Community Storyboard where writers and readers from all walks of life can gather for some fun. Did I mention she’s hard-working? If you haven’t had the joy of checking out both of Ionia’s blogs then I suggest you take the time to do so.
Now, I asked Ionia to make a list of Do’s and Donts’ for the Indie Authors. I thank her for taking up the challenge and having fun with it. Enjoy.
So you have decided to be an indie author, huh?
I can always count on Charles Yallowitz, the owner of this here excellent blog for two things. Number 1: He writes great books.
Number 2: He is always entertaining and ensures that his posts far outweigh any other responsibilities…
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Marie at 1 Write Way 