Writer 411

If you are a member of RWA (Romance Writers of America), check out the February 2010 RWR edition–really informative articles. This month I’m especially interested in the article “The Basics of Author Branding” by Theresa Meyers, publicist and now romance author. She gives three

NYT Bestselling author Dianna Love and author Mary Buckham are the plot doctors behind Break Into Fiction: 11 Steps to Building a Story that Sells available June 18th, and now available for pre-order. And this week, they are introducing FIVE for FIVE Writer’s Extravaganza! All week Ju

I’m going to point you to Joe Konrath’s latest blog entry, “Brain-Check”. His post couldn’t have hit more home with me as of late. There really is no sure formula for writing success. This is my second year as a published author and I’ve been faced

Yesterday, I got an email from my editor for INVISIBLE TOUCH. We are at the mark where things are starting to speed up, such as packaging and marketing. She sent me the “Front Sales” pages. Huh. What’s Front Sales? I opened the doc. and discovered it’s all the

I’ve been writing like a mad woman for the past two weeks. While finishing up INVISIBLE TOUCH, I wrote a proposal that wasn’t quite ready to go out. I also had another idea, so I wrote up a new proposal. *whew* It’s been tough switching projects like that but sometim

Wow, this is a very cool moment in my Writer’s Journey. I’ve received my very first royalty statement. Excuse me as I rub my hands together. First, I must obviously point out that it’s not a statement with big juicy numbers. I have not earned out my advance. Hah. But I’ve been wanting

I really believe an author website is one of those great tools for authors. And where I know not all sites can be stunning and unique, they can be clean, detailed, and useful. I asked my website designer if she would please alter the iframes out of my website. Essentially my pages scr

Every writer has a personal preference on writing. My preference during a suspense scene is fast tension. I’m a big believer in feeding details for backstory in a novel, but when a writer starts to weave in details or explanations during a tension-filled scene, I tend to lose interest

…is tough. Once you finish with your current contracted book you should already have a new idea percolating for the next. In some cases, before the current book is done. With an imprint such as MTV Books, slots are limited. The publisher often has an option clause in your previo

I hope those of you in the US had a great Turkey Day yesterday. Let me tell you, I am still stuffed! I wanted to direct you to the Fog City Divas blog today, where my cool CP, Dianna Love Snell, whose next project PHANTOM IN THE NIGHT is due out next year with NYTimes Best-selling Aut