by Cyndi | Apr 25, 2016 | novel writing advice, wordplay, writers, writing style guides, Writing, editing, reading
You may not immediately notice it as a reader. But there’s a reason a writer doesn’t put a T-shirt on the heroine in the first chapter, then have the boyfriend show his love by giving her his tee shirt a couple of chapters later only to have them go...
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 | Jul 21, 2014 | beta readers, books, editing, editors, readers, reading, social media, writers, writing, writing advice
by Cyndi | Jun 3, 2014 | advice on writing a book, authors, books, libraries, novel writing advice, novels, writers, writing, writing advice
The Upper Peninsula Publishers & Authors Association (http://uppaa.org/) spring meeting at Marquette’s Peter White Library on May 17, 2014 offered multiple learning opportunities for current and aspiring authors. The session “Public Speaking 101” featured Frida...
by Cyndi | May 20, 2014 | photography, selfies, social media, writers, writing
The “cheese!” really does stand alone when it comes to the ubiquitous selfie which after being named the top-trending word of 2013 officially enters the dictionary in 2014. Although in my opinion way too many selfies are still taken in bathrooms, the days of having to...
by Cyndi | May 7, 2014 | books, libraries, writers
I was working on an editing project this week that involves replacing expired or unacceptable references with credible source links. One of the replacement references I thought might work well was an entry from Harvard University. How can you go wrong with an Ivy...
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