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This Week in the Blogs, February 25 – March 3, 2017

by Shelley Sturgeon on March 5, 2017 Leave a Comment

Blogs for Self-Publishers, February 25 – March 3, 2017 including Jennie Nash, Michael Jason Brandt, Frances Caballo, Lisa Tener, Natalia Sylvester, Karen Myers and Amy Collins

Filed Under: Social Media, Self-Publishing Tagged With: Amy Collins, blogging, Frances Caballo, Jennie Nash, Karen Myers, Lisa Tener, Michael Jason Brandt, Natalia Sylvester, Self-Publishing

Rhythm and Pacing of Writing; The Final Flourish

by Jennie Nash on November 30, 2016 6 Comments

Make your writing pleasing, memorable, unique and rhythmic so that the reader really feels the impact of the journey they have been through.

Filed Under: Contributing Writers, Writing Tagged With: Jennie Nash, Writing

Back to Basics on Backstory

by Jennie Nash on October 26, 2016 6 Comments

Backstory works in order to write a seamless story that captures a readers’ attention. What happened before colors everything that happens now.

Filed Under: Writing, Contributing Writers Tagged With: Jennie Nash, Writing

Mastering the Art of the Scene

by Jennie Nash on September 21, 2016 13 Comments

How you move through scenes and chapters is part of the art of writing. It dictates the flow, or pace, of your work. Have you mastered the art of the scene?

Filed Under: Writing, Contributing Writers Tagged With: Jennie Nash, Writing

A Little Lesson in Dialogue

by Jennie Nash on August 17, 2016 11 Comments

Every writer needs to master the art of dialogue. If a writer gets it wrong, they risk losing their reader right from the start.

Filed Under: Contributing Writers, Writing Tagged With: dialogue, Jennie Nash, Writing

How to Get the Story Out of Your Head and Onto the Page – a Lesson on Shaking Off the Burden of Knowledge

by Jennie Nash on July 13, 2016 19 Comments

Are you getting the story out of your head and onto the page in your opening chapter? Here’s how to recognize and shake off the burden of knowledge.

Filed Under: Writing, Contributing Writers Tagged With: Jennie Nash, Writing

How to Start Your Book in the Right Place (and Save Your Reader from Boredom, Frustration and Despair)

by Jennie Nash on June 8, 2016 10 Comments

In order to write a great first chapter for a book, you have to start in the right place. There are two main ways writers tend to get this wrong.

Filed Under: Writing, Contributing Writers Tagged With: Jennie Nash, Writing

Yank Your Reader Into Your Story With a Great Opening Line

by Jennie Nash on May 4, 2016 25 Comments

It pays to write a great opening line that hooks your reader and yanks them into your story. A great first line serves as a promise and an invitation we can’t refuse.

Filed Under: Writing, Contributing Writers Tagged With: Jennie Nash, Writing

Jennie Nash Joins The Book Designer as a Contributing Writer

by Joel Friedlander on May 3, 2016 4 Comments

Our Contributing Writers continue to provide outstanding content, help, instruction, and inspiration to readers throughout the year. It’s obvious readers appreciate this content because of the amazing level of engagement these posts receive. Now I’ve got another treat—and a bit of a surprise—for you. Although the blog has concentrated for over 5 years on the […]

Filed Under: Contributing Writers, Writing Tagged With: Contributing Writers, Jennie Nash

3 Mistakes You Made Writing Your First Book (and How Not to Make Them Again)

by Joel Friedlander on February 15, 2016 15 Comments

By Jennie Nash In publishing, everything starts with the quality of the book. Today you’ll hear from editor and book coach Jennie Nash. In the course of her work, Jennie sees firsthand what authors tend to get wrong as they write their books–the rookie mistakes, the glaring errors, the fatal flaws. Her post today digs […]

Filed Under: Guest Posts, Marketing, Self-Publishing, Writing Tagged With: book marketing, Jennie Nash, self publishing, Writing

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