by Cyndi | Mar 6, 2015 | advice on selling a book, advice on writing a book, bird calls, bird identification, bird photos, satisfying readers
Bland descriptions often suffice in real life. When the “nice house” or “good meal” or “pretty woman” is there, no specifics are required. The senses of the observer can take it all in. But storytellers can’t rely on general words and generic phrases. “She wore a...
by Cyndi | Feb 4, 2015 | advice on selling a book, advice on writing a book, authors, books, editors, ficiton, novel research, novel writing advice, novels, readers, reading, writers, writing, writing advice
Some of the most amazing connections happen on Twitter, like the conversation I’m having with a new author. My answer to @pasquale0022 took more than 140 characters. And I hope this info is encouraging to all aspiring authors: Dear John, Everything you need to...
by Cyndi | Dec 20, 2014 | advice on selling a book, advice on writing a book, editing, reading, writing
My debut novel “More Than You Think You Know” is in the publishing pipeline, coming to readers in 2015. I signed with Beating Windward Press, a small, active, emerging house that shares my sensibilities, including a lust for quality, weirdness and All...
by Cyndi | Oct 30, 2014 | advice on selling a book, advice on writing a book, authors, book review, writing
“It is as beautiful as I hoped it would be,” says the e-mail from my friend and mentor, author Deborah K. Frontiera, of her latest publication, “The Nature of Life.” The hardbound, full-color, hand-numbered and signed limited edition pairs photos and poems accumulated...
by Cyndi | Oct 25, 2014 | advice on selling a book, advice on writing a book, authors
Vesna Damljanovic last winter raised $4,585 out of the requested $7,700 in her Indiegogo campaign to make “Gone North,” a proposed documentary film involving the middle-aged New England climber’s solo exploration of some of Arctic Norway’s most...
by Cyndi | Oct 14, 2014 | advice on writing a book, fortune telling, novel research, tarot, tarot cards
There are those who fear tarot cards as harbingers of dark energy. Others write them off as nonsense. I’m having fun with my daily draw, using the legitimate excuse that it’s part of the research for my next novel. I think tarot reader-psychic Jewel Edwards of...
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