WHAT ARE BOOK TRAILERS? When I first started to considering book trailers to sell my books, I wondered what to put in them. Was I supposed to make it look like a movie? After all, book trailers got their origins from movie trailers. Movie trailers catch my attention because they spark interest. Book trailer should …
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Udemy Udemy is a great place to learn. You can buy courses for very little, and there is a 30-day money-back guarantee. It’s one of the largest online learning marketplaces in the world that boasts over the hundred thousand different courses. There are over 50,000 instructors and courses in over 60 languages. That’s amazing! I …
The answer is yes, you can write on an iPad. But do you really want to? That is the question you should be asking yourself. That’s the question I ask myself every day. My laptop died and so I got an iPad instead, thinking I would be able to write like normal. At first, I …
BEST SPEACH RECOGNITION SOFTWARE When it comes to writing fast, speech recognition software is a must. If you’ve never heard of speech recognition software, it’s an application you use on your computer to turn speech to text. There are many different types of speech recognition software that you can buy, and even some that are …
Microsoft word, by far, is the best writing software you can buy. It comes with an app that can be used on an iPad or iPhone. However, that depends on your licensing agreement. I purchased a onetime licensing agreement to put Microsoft word on my desktop. I thought I could use it for my iPad …
I don’t like the rat race! All we do is rush from one commitment to another, barely able to take a breath in between. We rush out the door to go to work in the morning, and then rush back home at the end of the day, just to do more work. Sometimes I find …
1. Do Your Own Thing When it comes to writing a novel, it’s important to do your own thing. Every writer is different and we need to appreciate that. In school, we all learn differently. It’s the same way for novel writers. It’s art. It’s your art, and nobody can tell you how to create …
1. Know the Why This is an important one. Know the why. Why do you want to write? Why do you spend every living moment at your computer for little or no return? There has to be a reason why you want to be a writer. You don’t just write for the sake of typing …
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Is Writer’s Block Real? Whether writer’s block is real or not depends on your perspective. If you find yourself staring at your computer for long periods of time without accomplishing anything, that is what most people mean when they talk about writer’s block. Nobody can tell you that writer’s block is not real. If you …
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What it’s Not Before we define what magical realism is, I first want to tell you what it is NOT. It is not fantasy. It is not science fiction. It is not about magic. Magical realism is not about fables and myths. It’s not about mythical creatures like elves and fairies. It’s not about gnomes, …