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The Weird Side of Famous Writers Our friend Jack at Custom Writing has another gem for us, 20 quirks and strange habits of famous writers! Enjoy 🙂

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A Q&A with Steven Carr

A Q&A with prolific author and short story writer Steven Carr

A Q&A with Steven Carr A Tuesday Topics Guest Post Steven Carr is the most prolific short story master I’ve ever heard of. He has a couple new shorts published every week, on average. Since short stories aren’t my focus, I thought it would be interesting to ask him some questions about the (in)famous Carr Method, and he was kind enough to share with us. What is your writing background? I had an…

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Prof. Ghostwriter's Handbook Reader Message

Congratulations to a reader for my ghostwriter's handbook, landed a multi-book contract for her first ghostwriting gig!

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Spring Festivals for Authors

Authors: Using local events to build a local audience

Today’s TuesdayTopics is a guest post by Kari Holloway, author of the amazingly good contemporary cowboy romance, the Laughing P series, as well as an urban fantasy series I’m really digging, The Devil’s Playground. Kari is highly creative and organized, when it comes to marketing herself and her books, and today, she’s sharing her tips for success attending events. Enjoy!

Using local events to…

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Scrivener Series Project III

Scrivener Series Project pt3 - setting up the meta-data

How to set up Scrivener for a series rather than one novel

In part 1 of this short series, I talked about putting all your series’ novels and your series bible into one scrivener project. In part 2, I talked about the basics of setting up Acts, Chapters, and Scenes within a new top-level folder for one novel, and then setting that up as a template for future novels in the series.

Today, we’ll be…

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I'm in a massive book giveaway!

My book is in a huge high-value giveaway, and I'm terribly excited.

I’m lucky to have been chosen as part of a huge, $350-value book giveaway. Exciting stuff. Enter the contest “for a chance to win The Dresden Files paperback 3-book boxed set, Night Huntress paperback 3-book boxed set, A Harry Dresden 8×12 wall art + 42 Indie Author Ebooks. That’s 48 books total.“

I’d love for you to enter to win! Below are some of the many Indie Author titles in the giveaway.

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Scrivener Series Project II

Scrivener Series Project II

  How to set up Scrivener for a series rather than one novel

In part 1 of this short series, I talked about the idea of putting all your series’ novels and your series bible into one scrivener project, rather than each book separately as I usually see suggested, and a few of the reasons you might want to try it. Today, we’ll begin setting our Scrivener project up for a new series, hopefully…

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Scrivener Series Project

How to set up Scrivener for a series rather than one novel @WriterJeremy #amwriting #writingtips #scrivener #seriesbible

  How to set up Scrivener for a series rather than one novel

If you use Scrivener and write a series, you may have wondered what is the best way to organize your novels. It’s also important to consider what you’ll do with your series bible, the document that contains every character, location, and McGuffin; maps; pictures used as inspiration for those things; and even details on the various…

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Cheating Death

Cheating Death, the fifth Rephaim: Bloodlines short story, is out on Amazon and KU!

A Rephaim: Bloodlines Paranormal Short Story

Cheating Death is a paranormal short story in the Rephaim: Bloodlines universe, from the viewpoint of Tony “The Jester,” leader of a local biker club.

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What do you do when a deal is too good to be true, but too good to say no?

That’s the question facing Tony, leader of the Death Heads MC in Philidelphia, when a stranger with an even stranger…

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Interviewed by Kari Holloway

I was interviewed by author Kari Holloway! Check it out. #amwriting #authorinterview https://www.kariholloway.com/single-post/2017/10/06/JS-Menefee

Kari Holloway interviewed me for her site’s Q&A segment. My interview posted yesterday! and I’m grateful for the chance to talk about my work and what’s coming up.

Odd Behaviors

Kari is the talented, prolific author perhaps best known for her contemporary romance series, the Laughing P (beginning with Cracked but Never Broken). She also writes an Urban Fantasy series, The Devil’s Playground,…

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Why You Should Go Wide With Your Books

Amazon doing its best to mess with authors again. #amazon #kobo #KDP #theyhateyou #authortips

It may be wise not to rely exclusively on Amazon… As you know, Amazon negligently allowed click-farmers to dominate their lists, screwing KU authors out of money they earned and screwing all authors out of Top 20/Top 100 slots they *earned*.   They knew of it, were told of it, ignored complaints, until the news began to hammer them (and mid and top-level authors began going elsewhere) for the…

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Black Magic

Black Magic is the fourth Urban Fantasy short story set in the Rephaim: Bloodlines universe!

A Rephaim: Bloodlines Paranormal Short Story

New witch. Age-old problem. And an innocent man who could be either a tragic victim or a powerful ally.

Black Magic is a paranormal short story in the Rephaim: Bloodlines universe, from the viewpoint of a witch with a coven–but can she trust her Sisters?

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When you control Magic itself, when do the ends stop justifying the means?.

That’s the…

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Inspiration, say whaa?

The Myth of Inspiration (or writing only when you're "feeling it") #writingtips #authortips

The Myth of Inspiration

Or, writing only when you’re “feeling it”

“I only write when I am inspired. Fortunately I am inspired at 9 o’clock every morning.” ― William Faulkner

I hear this myth all the time: “Write when you’re inspired. Your best writing comes when you get smacked upside the head with Ms. Muse’s Hammer of Ubercool Writing Skills. Your writing will be garbage if you try to finish…

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Top 5 Blog Posts

My top 5 "champion" blog posts! The ones you've liked the most since I began posting.

Check these out! My top 5 “champion” blog posts — the ones you’ve liked the most since I began posting these tips and tricks.

#1 – Bad Press Release 101: How to Kill Your News

A 3-part series on mistakes people make in writing press releases, this is my all-time most read series, and also has my most-read single post! Pt 1 | Pt 2 | Pt 3

#2 – From Unpaid Venue to Novel Offer, How?

One techniqueth…

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Great tips from The Creative Penn, based on a fantastic book, Instagram Marketing that Sells by José G. López. With almost no effort, I've gone from no account to almost 500 followers, and I'm pretty sure almost all of them are real people. I've also found a ton of very cool posters to follow  :)

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I'm featured in a newsletter!

Get my book free in GR Jordan's newsletter! Also, news from him.

I’d like to thank author G.R. Jordan, who is releasing Crescendo!, his latest novel. He included me in his newsletter!

https://goo.gl/yQfy3j

I agreed to let him give his subscribers a copy of Odd Behaviors — A Rephaim: Bloodlines paranormal Urban Fantasy short story. (The first one, actually.) Check out his newsletter, sign up, and enjoy his books!

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28 Boring Words Alternatives

28 Boring Words Alternatives - Improve Your Writing - Guest TuesdayTopics

Tuesday Topics

Jack Milgram, Writer & Blogger

28 Boring Words Alternatives – Improve Your Writing

Today’s #TuesdayTopics is a fantastic infographic from Jack, a fellow writer at Custom Writing.org, listing 28 boring words, and what to use instead!

I encourage you to read his entire article and see the infographic.