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The Art of Literary Critique

According to the dictionary, to critique something is to give your opinion and observations. If you are a member of a writing group that offers critiques, you can expect to hear a variety of opinions about your work. This is a good thing, as you want to know how readers are reacting to your writing. What you should not expect, however, is an edit of your writing. I have heard writers complain about critique groups because the members of the group did not understand what critique meant. Sometimes [...]

Radu Balas2017-03-07T09:24:09+00:00Book Publishing, My Blog|1 Comment

How to Finally Admit that You are a Writer

If you’re reading this you’re probably an author, or at least you want to be. I bet you have wondered how you get there. How do you go from wanting to be a writer to being an author with your name on the cover of a book? How do you get to wear one of those t-shirts that says “Ask Me About My Book – Published Author.” Don’t you need to know what you’re doing? Don’t you need a college education? Don’t you need a history of writing [...]

Radu Balas2017-03-07T09:24:11+00:00Book Editing, Book Publishing, My Blog|1 Comment

Why write?

I think this question has been asked to every author at every book signing, literary event and convention since time immemorial. But it is an honest inquiry. Why do authors choose to do this? What was the first spark? Personally, I started writing when I was a kid. I remember going to the movies and left wondering what happened after the lights came up. Did they all really live happily ever after? What about the bad guys? Did the surviving ones see the error of their ways? So, [...]

Radu Balas2016-11-17T14:50:29+00:00Book Publishing, My Blog|1 Comment

Choose Your Genre Well or Not

A sage piece of advice for writers who seek commercial success is to choose and know your market before you start to write. Decide who is going to read your work and know what their expectations are. Then write to the target market. Write to fulfill those expectations. This includes understanding the requirements of different categories or genres. The expectations of romance readers about how a story should be told are different from those of readers of thrillers or fantasies. I didn’t choose the fantasy genre of The [...]

Radu Balas2017-03-07T09:24:12+00:00Book Publishing, Case Studies, My Blog|1 Comment

How To Self Publish From Someone Who’s Been Through It

For those of us who have already self published a book or three, we had our reasons for doing so. For those of you thinking of going this route, you may have the same reasons: you don't want to wait that long to hear back from a traditional publisher, you don't know where to begin, or if you're like me, you aren't happy with your current publisher. There are several reasons why you may to go the self publishing route, and whatever your reason, it's worth it in [...]

Radu Balas2017-05-23T09:54:47+00:00Book Editing, Book Marketing, Book Publishing, Case Studies, My Blog|1 Comment

A Quick Guide to Self Publishing on Createspace

The hardest part is putting all the information in the order you want as a manuscript. I think you will probably want to make a book with photographs 8.5 x 11 inches size. Novels are usually printed in 6 x 9 inch size. If you create your manuscript in the actual size you want the book, it is easier to proofread and edit it as you go along. It won’t stop you from making mistakes, but it helps. Start with a blank page as they print the book [...]

Radu Balas2017-03-07T09:24:15+00:00Book Publishing, Case Studies, My Blog|0 Comments

SET IT APART

One of the easiest book genres to write is children’s books. Children’s books do not have to be lengthy or got into a lot of details. The vocabulary used is simple for young children to understand. You can fill some pages with illustrations and some pages with a sentence to a short paragraph. Writing it is easy. Nothing is ever easy. Somewhere down the line, a difficulty arises. That difficulty with children’s books is not completing the project but marketing it. With a lot of writers trying to [...]

Radu Balas2017-03-07T09:24:19+00:00Book Marketing, Book Publishing, Case Studies, My Blog, Social Media|1 Comment

Destroy The Block

After conversing with many fellow aspiring authors over the years I’ve come across a common issue. You would think that the issue was getting started. Actually the real problem its getting passed that block that rears its’ ugly head a quarter into the process. Many authors have problems getting passed the first act. "I’ve successfully self-published two books and working on my third. Why am I saying this? Is it because I’m a show off?" At times, maybe I can be. Is it because I’m proud of the [...]

Radu Balas2017-03-07T09:24:20+00:00Book Publishing, Case Studies, My Blog|1 Comment

Deadly Myths and Inspired Truths About Book Editing

Any decent writer knows that editing is a major part of the process, and it can be the most daunting part as well. Sure, with spelling and grammar checks on computers now day’s part of the work is done for you, but nothing beats knowing how to self-edit to make sure it’s right. Computer programs will only find misspelled words and at best misplaced commas, but it won’t correct problems where the use of the wrong word spelled correctly happen. The program cannot tell you meant to say, [...]

Radu Balas2017-03-07T09:24:26+00:00Book Editing, Book Marketing, Book Publishing, Email Marketing, Marketing, My Blog|0 Comments

Know What You Write, Write What You Know

Article written by - Caryn M. Day-Suarez Some people think that writers just sit down at the computer or laptop and can just whip out countless pages of pros or chapters at one sitting. Knowing many writers, as I do, and being one myself, however, I know this is quite well, not how it usually goes. I love to write fiction, and poetry and articles, but when I need something to “get me going”, I write about what I know about myself – me. source - birminghamtimes.com In doing [...]

Radu Balas2017-03-07T09:24:29+00:00Author Website, Book Publishing, Case Studies, My Blog|0 Comments