A friend asked me recently what I was reading currently and how I chose my books. That got me thinking…how DO I chose books to read? With so many books on bookstore shelves, listed online, and catalogued in libraries, it can be difficult deciding which book to read…and there are always more books than I have time to read. I realised I had three ways of selecting books: a targeted approach, a general browsing approach, and a totally random approach.
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Whether you are new to Twitter or not, if you are a writer you will want to follow those with similar, writerly interests. Given the number of active Twitter accounts, it can take time to wade through all the 140 character Tweets to find someone worth of following. To help you out, I have compiled a list of my top 10 writerly Tweeps worth following.
The English teacher holds a beacon and lights the language pathway so that we may understand, experience, emote, speak, persuade, think, critique, comprehend, analyse, imagine, problem solve, play, influence, wonder, inform, create, listen, appreciate, sing, relate, and express.
You have written a fantastic novel and compiled a list of relevant potential book publishers and literary agents. Now you have to get them interested in taking on your manuscript. It’s time to learn how to write a query letter.
Some of us need writing activities to get us writing. Sometimes a writing prompt will stimulate your creative thoughts. At other times, finding an evocative image can inspire ideas beyond the realm of your own imaginings. An effective visual writing prompt creates questions that need answers, leaves traces of something that must be followed and opens doorways to other worlds.
Whether you are a full-time, part-time or whenever-you-can-time writer, finding the inclination to write and keeping motivated can be immensely difficult. Motivation pulls together your desire for something with your will to achieve that thing. Writers need an equal measure of the desire to write and the determination to make that happen.
Whether you are a full-time, part-time or whenever-you-can-time writer, finding the inclination to write and keeping motivated can be immensely difficult. Motivation pulls together your desire for something with your will to achieve that thing. Writers need an equal measure of the desire to write and the determination to make that happen.
Writers often work in isolation. It can be a solitary pastime: sitting at their desk, typing or writing furiously, barely aware of the world beyond their screen or page. But today, I thought we take a trip to visit each other’s work space…
The hard work does not end once a manuscript is written, getting a book published takes commitment and persistence.
You finally got a Twitter account! You know you want to use Twitter to build your social profile, but don’t want to add mindless Tweets to a Twitter-sphere already overloaded with worded drivel and have no compulsion to share with strangers the mundane details of your daily life. So how exactly can you use Twitter to promote yourself?