America as Paradise? Part of Making A Bestselling Novel?
carriejonesbooks We’ve started a series of paid and free posts about writing bestsellers. Our first post about this is here. In James Hall’s book, HIT LIT, he looks at twelve top-selling…
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Tick…Tick…Tick…Using Time to Make a Hit Novel
So, last week was Shaun’s birthday. Yay, Shaun! We’ve started a series of paid and free posts about writing bestsellers. Our first post about this is here. And today, we’re…
The Absolutely Simplest Plot Structure Ever
A lot of the writers I teach get really freaked out about structure. They go on multiple craft book journeys trying to find the structure that resonates with them, the…
How To Write a Book Description That Gets Readers Tingling All Over
Our podcast title is “How To Write a Book Description That Gets Readers Tingling All Over” and that just sounds naughty, doesn’t it? And it is a little naughty because…
Pinch, there it is; googly eyes on the train, and yes, we are on our 37th career this year
Dogs are Smarter Than People/Write Better Now Last week, we talked about pinch points both on the podcast and on the blog, and honestly? Nobody seemed super into it, but…