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What’s a non-bookstore event? Well, obviously it’s anything outside of a bookstore but more than that, it’s a unique location, likely in your city or town. We’ve done events at video stores, electronics stores, grocery stores, restaurants, coffee shops, even Hallmark stores. When you start to dig into this market, the possibilities are really endless. It’s just a matter of finding a place that will make sense to host your event.
A writing tool is not a guarantee for error-free writing or good style. The spell-checker cannot help you when you have trouble distinguishing between there, they’re, and their. In the same sense, the grammar checker is only a supporting tool, a first initial step toward correct and good writing. In the end, it takes a human being to create the final result.
Many aspiring authors shy away from character development, but it is a simple fact that every good story hinges on character. Maybe you have a good feel for your characters, and it is absolutely acceptable to develop them while you write. However, you want your story to be consistent.
Copperhill Media is not a vanity publisher. We are a small print-on-demand (POD)publishing house, and we provide printing, distribution, and marketing services for our authors. Our books are listed in online stores such as Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, AbeBooks.com, and more. In addition we maintain our own online bookstore.
The simple reason that many aspiring authors never make it beyond the first few chapters lies usually in a lack of organization. Let’s face it, writing a 60,000+ words work is a major project, and it should be handled as such. A rough outlining of the story does not only help to keep organized; it also gives you an overview of the work ahead of you. For instance, writing the outlining might tell you that the structure of your novel calls for 20 chapters. In this case you know that you need an average of 3,000 words per chapter.
Mark Twain once said, Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please, and this is all what writing a novel is about. As a novelist you have the liberty of distorting facts to fit them into your story line. At the same time, though, you’d like your novel to be believable. You don’t want to lose credit by taking too much liberty.
So, you had an idea. You want to write a novel. The story line is already in your head, and you are itching to get your hands on that keyboard. In your mind you have already sold thousands of copies, and you are thinking about who will play the lead role in the movie version. Been there, done that, and still like it…
The key to a good newsletter list is simple really and the biggest piece of this is you’ve got to have something useful to say. While your friends and family might enjoy hearing about your latest book signing, people who happened onto your site and subscribed to your ezine might become bored with this information and unsubscribe. If you have a list or are considering starting one, consider these tips to get you going and help you maximize your newsletter.
The truth about a world in which you are not judged on merit. The aspiring writer industry is a cruel and heartless one and this article describes it from the point of view of an aspiring writer
Don’t underestimate the importance of your novel’s title. Designing the title is the first step toward effective marketing, and I am sure that some publishing companies employ people in their marketing department to analyze the strength of each title they publish – yet another reason why traditional publishers work so slowly.
