Many of us have some bad habit in our writing that we need to fix. It may be that we do too much telling of the story or too much dialogue. My personal bad habit is skimping on the descriptive elements in the story. I think it has something to do with being in too big a hurry to tell the story. So what do I do? Well, for starters, I start adding more description. There’s the no-brainer. But how? I’ve never been a fan of description for descriptions sake. It has always felt like padding the story. No, I’ve got to spend more time using the character’s various senses for one thing: sight, smell, taste, touch and sound. Now […]
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Preparing for Departure
For anyone who has read these posts, you know I am a big proponent of networking. Whether the networking is done in person at a meeting or convention or via social media you can never know too many people. I’ve been doing a LOT of networking via Facebook and Twitter for the past couple years. That activity increased even more when I started podcasting myself. Over this time I have made several friends in the social media. The one downside to interacting with people via Twitter and Facebook is, unless they live nearby, you are unlikely to ever meet them. That is what has me so excited. Next week on May 27th I will be attending Balticon. Balticon is a […]
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Before you ask, I’m not talking about me. 🙂 PG Holyfield, who wrote and podcast ‘Murder at Avedon Hill’ is releasing the print version of the story at 10:00 AM Eastern Time today in an Amazon rush. The story is a combination of Fantasy and Murder Mystery and is chock full of interesting characters, rich setting and enough twists and turns to keep you reading to the end. I’ve listened to it and enjoyed it a great deal and I think you might too. Give PG (and your friendly neighborhood Dragon Moon Press) some support by going to Amazon.com today at 10:00 AM (EST) and order your copy today. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1897492103?ie=UTF8&tag=wwwdragonmo0e-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1897492103 Your support will show the publishing community that there is […]
Read moreThe Quest for Publishing Credits
I have heard (and read) for as long as I’ve been paying attention that publishing credits are important, especially for the fledgling writer. Now this might sound like a catch-22. You know the one: we can’t hire you for the job because you don’t have enough experience, but you can’t get experience without the job? Yes, it most certainly feels like that to me too. But why do editors and publishers and agents care if you have any publishing credits? Essentially (and this is based on what I have been told by editors, and publishers) publishing credits mean that someone has read your stuff and has considered it to be of a high enough quality to print. Before you say, […]
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