Are You Appositive about This?
Appositives are grammatical elements that may be restrictive or nonrestrictive in a sentence. Not positive you know what an appositive…
Dialog Writing 101: Conversational Mechanics
This month our editors are taking a hard and tough look at Fatal Flaw # 8: Flawed Dialog Construction. Dialog…
5 Tips for Making Writing a Daily Habit
Today’s guest post is by blogger Julie Ellis. What does it take to become a writer? Do you earn the…
Learn When to Be Restrictive
Do you find the rules regarding comma usage restrictive? Or just confusing? Some comma confusion comes from understanding restrictive and…
4 Key Ways to Ramp Up Tension and Pacing in Your Fiction
This month we’ve been looking at pacing and tension, the fiction writer’s Fatal Flaw #7. This isn’t always easy for…
Hacking Your Reader’s Brain
Today’s guest post is by Jeff Gerke, award-winning author, former book publisher, and writing instructor. I heard Jeff give a…
Understanding the Subsequent Consequences
Actions have consequences. How often have you heard that? But is it of any consequence if you use consequently and…
Layering Tension in Happyland
This month we’ve been attacking Fatal Flaw #7—Lack of Pacing and Tension. Tension is crucial in a story. Without it, readers…
Targeting Genre with the KDSPY Kindle App
Recently I wrote some posts on targeting genre for big sales, as this is a topic that I’ve been very…