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Choose Your Genre Well or Not

2017-03-07T09:24:12+00:00Book Publishing, Case Studies, My Blog|

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 [...]

FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK

2017-03-07T09:24:22+00:00Book Editing, Case Studies, My Blog|

After graduating from high school I went directly to a job in the newsroom of the Vancouver Sun, one of the city’s big daily newspapers.  It was a dream come true. "I wanted to be a crime reporter" and the thrill of being accepted as a copy runner (that is, an apprentice reporter, nowadays called an ‘intern’ which back then meant someone studying to be a doctor). I was the only girl ‘copy-boy’ working with one or two other young fellows who had the same dreams and aspirations as [...]

Rewriting Your Story

2017-03-07T09:24:28+00:00Book Marketing, Email Marketing, Marketing, My Blog|

If you are thinking about writing a story, maybe a full length novel, then I hope I can help inspire you. I've looked back at the experiences I've had between now, and when I was a kid, and compared it to some other people's experiences, and I think I have five tips, which honestly, I think other people have shared with me from time to time, which will help you. They can help you write a better story to share with others, whether it is your own life [...]

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