Seventeen Authors Share Advice for Crafting, Publishing and Promoting Your WritingAsk the Authors is the ultimate writer's reference, with tips and advice on craft, publishing and marketing. Seventeen authors share what works for them and offer their keys to success in traditional publishing, hybrid, and indie. You'll learn industry wisdom from Lilly Rayman, Mark & Kym Todd, RA Winter, Tim Baker, Margareth Stewart, Tom Johnson, Janet Garber, Arthur Rosch, ...

Passion treasures within.Open the coverand you will discoverthe Poetry Treasuresof guests onRobbie Cheadle's2022 "Treasuring Poetry" blog serieson Writing to be Read.Included are treasures from:Patty Fletcher, D. Wallace Peach, Yvette Prior,Penny Wilson, Colleen M. Chesebro, Abbie Taylor,Yvette Calliero, , Smitha Vishwanath,Chris Hall, Willow Willers, Rosemerry...

Imagine, Design and Draw Your Own Characters!Draw With Jazza YouTube star Josiah Brooks breaks down an easy-to-follow method that will help you to invent and draw original characters time and time again. Whether sci-fi or steampunk, comic book heroines or tattooed action heroes, animal familiars or alien races, you will discover the limitless possibilities of creating your very own characters for comic books, cartoons, video games and more!No matter what yo...

A finalist in the 2014 Indie Excellence Awards, this is a collection of prose poems on love, loss, longing and yearning, and on dealing with the vagaries of life. It is a small journey from the deepest emotions of love and loss to the sometimes overwhelming realisation of the beauty of life.

Your hands-on, friendly guide to writing young adult fictionWith young adult book sales rising, and bestselling authors like J.K. Rowling and Stephenie Meyer exploding onto the scene, aspiring YA writers are more numerous than ever. Are you interested in writing a young adult novel, but aren't sure how to fit the style that appeals to young readers?Writing Young Adult Fiction For Dummies gives you tricks of the trade and proven tips on all the step...

Book of My Nights is the first poetry collection in ten years by one of the world's most acclaimed young poets. In Book of My Nights, Li-Young Lee once again gives us lyrical poetry that fuses memory, family, culture and history. In language as simple and powerful as the human muscle, these poems work individually and as a full-sequence meditation on the vulnerability of humanity.Marketing Plans:o National advertisingo National media...

Voice. That IT Factor. The Holy Grail. Every writer has one.Every writer knows what it is, but not everyone can put their finger on how to develop it.Join Jeannie Lin and Bria Quinlan, two award-winning, bestselling authors, as they chase down this elusive element.This book discusses the hierarchy of developing a professional voice as well as concrete tips and techniques for discovering and enhancing your writing voice so that it emerges as a unique and compelling f...

"Forever Love, Eternally Yours", is a collection of romantic poems written from the heart to inspire and encourage everyone who has ever fallen in or out of love. Each page touches on feelings from the innocent crush to intense adoration and the pain of heartbreak. The poems included in this beautiful book detail the emotion that we sometimes become too involved to speak, but the words have been allowed to pour onto the pages sweetly!

For an aspiring novelist, nothing is more intimidating than a blank page or computer screen. This step-by-step guide helps you get past that hurdle, start writing, and cross the finish line to first draft in only twenty-six weeks! This guide covers the entire novel-writing process--from polishing an idea to finding an agent and submitting to publishers.This practical guide takes you through the ins and outs of writing and publishing your first book, including how t...

The light breaks down what we see into colour harmony and swept with joy and movement rhyme, the abstract becomes a matter of fact - a joy that we can see in colour memory that beckons us be wise to how our time in seasons flies.

"I trust Tiffany Yates Martin with the editing process even more than I trust myself. Read this book and steal her secrets!"—Kelly Harms, Washington Post–bestselling author of The Overdue Life of Amy Byler“Tiffany Yates Martin is an exceptional editor, so of course her advice and counsel in Intuitive Editing is exceptional as well. Whether you’re a seasoned author looking to fine-tune your craft, pacing, or tension or just starting out an...

Dedication to a friend whose generosity could never end except to cast out to sea Serendipity's harmony.