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Magical Words
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Four published fantasy authors offer advice and writing tips to help you get a fiction novel published.
- Added on: Jul 6th, 2008
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: Todd
- Listed in: Fiction Books
- Tags: writing tips getting published misty massey david b coe faith hunter c e murphy
Recent Posts
“Always”
Here at MW, we often write (whine? gripe?) about the questions people ask us upon learning that we’re authors. The questions range from the pragmatic — “Really? Ever been published?” — to the crass — “I...
“High Concept” Stories
In my last post I used the phrase “high concept” and David floated a similar idea in a recent comment too, so I thought it might be worth unpacking that term, because while it’s mainly used for movies, it can be useful in conceptualizing novels...
Peat and Repeat
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Every book needs a good editor. And writing a book can be compared to building a house. I’ve posted on this before, but it bears repeating, maybe in a new way with a new emphasis. Note: For those o...
I’m a Tortoise.
“All the labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.” – Martin Luther King Yesterday was November 30, the last day of the month and deadline of the Eleventeenth Annual National Nov...
Special Guest: Jody Lynn Nye!
This weekend, we welcome a very special guest…Jody Lynn Nye! Jody is the author of An Unexpected Apprentice, and the Myth Adventures series with Robert Asprin (most recently Myth-Fortunes). Her latest book, A Forthcoming Wizard hit store shel...
Series Vs. Stand-Alones
I may have touched on this before, but I got an email a couple of days ago from one of my regular blog readers, and thought the answer would work well as a MW posting. So, from reader Nicki B, the following: I’ve recently finished a novel and ...
