“Reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are.” – Mason Cooley Especially true in April 2020! – “Stay home, stay healthy, and read.” — B. Lynn Goodwin Would you like to review books for Writer Advice? Or share your reviews with Writer Advice? Click on the contact button, tell us
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Spring 2020–Tips on Marketing from the Back of an ARC
“Book marketing is like opening doors for your readers to find you, not a stick you hit them with.” ― Heather Hart Marketing is tough. To guide you, I’ve adapted some of the Marketing Campaign and Promotion items listed on an ARCs that I just finished. The links will lead you to additional ideas.
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Spring 2020–An Interview with Susan Cushman
“The best editor I’ve had actually helped a book increase by 10,000 words by making suggestions to expand scenes and even add chapters where the plot was sagging.” ~~Susan Cushman FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY An interview with Susan Cushman by B. Lynn Goodwin ISBN # 978-1633938953 Koehler Books Informed by Issues from my
Read MoreSpring 2020 — Seeking Places That Want Your Work?
“If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it.” —Elmore Leonard Eager to find new places to put your work? Click on the links, listed in random order, to find out what is required and expected. Good luck. Please tell us where you get published. If you’d like us to list your contest we only
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Spring 2020 — Writing Advice — Journaling in the Time of a Pandemic
Sentence Starts – Journaling in the Time of a Pandemic Since our bodies are confined but our minds are not, I’d like to share these sentence starts with you in case you could use a writing nudge as we shelter in place. I’ve been creating these writing prompts since 2004, then writing about
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Winter 2020–The Winners of the Scintillating Starts Contest Are…
Winter 2020–The Winners of the Scintillating Starts Contest Are… The Winners of Writer Advice’s 2019 Scintillating Starts Contest are Sue Stewart Ade, Sarah Russell, and Michael Jack Webb. All are excellent writers and I love the voices represented here. The openings of their work are below. My compliments to everyone who entered. There are so many wonderful books
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Winter 2020–Hooked on Eclectic Books
“Reading is a discount ticket to everywhere.” – Mary Schmich, American journalist NORMAL PEOPLE Written by Sally Rooney and Reviewed by B. Lynn Goodwin ISBN-13: 978-1984822178 Hogarth The Push-Pull of Love What kinds of lovers are drawn to each other and push each other away? Perhaps they are those who are
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“ Too often writers submit to agents and editors without having any credentials, but winning a writing competition—especially a well-known one—gives you immediate credibility and something to add to your writing resume.” —Brian Klems, writer, speaker, freelance editor, husband, softball player, perennial fantasy sports underachiever, Huffington Post contributor, N64 Golden Eye Champion, Saved by the Bell
Read MoreWinter 2020– Winners of Writer Advice’s 2019 Scintillating Starts Contest are …
The Winners of Writer Advice’s 2019 Scintillating Starts Contest are Sue Stewart Ade, Sarah Russell, and Michael Jack Webb. All are excellent writers and I love the voices represented here. The openings of their work are below. My compliments to everyone who entered. There are so many wonderful books out there. In FIRST PLACE is
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Winter 2020 Intriguing Interviews with Carolyn Howard Johnson, C. Hope Clark, and Carol Smallwood
We have interviews with Carolyn Howard-Johnson, whose third edition of The Frugal Book Promoter came out recently with C. Hope Clark, whose latest book is Edisto Tidings is a tale for all seasons, and with Carol Smallwood, whose book reviews you have read in many earlier issues of Writer Advice. Enjoy these inside looks into the
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2020 — Contests & Markets Looking for Your Writing
Sites Seeking Your Work It’s a new year, and the organizations below are looking for new writing, including Writer Advice. Go to Current Contest to learn more. If you know of a contest or market you’d like me to publicize, please send the name of the contest and the URL through the Contact
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Winter 2020 — Writing Advice: Twenty-one Questions: A Non-Traditional Rubric for Judges
Twenty-one Questions: A Non-Traditional Rubric for Judges By B. Lynn Goodwin Want an inside look at what contest judges are looking for? Last spring I was putting together a rubric for a contest held by the Northern California Branch of the Women’s National Book Association. I was working with others and sent them
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