by bookshepherd_admin | Jan 19, 2021 | authors, Publishing, Writing Success, Writing Tip
Not a week goes by where authors I’m working with or places that I’m speaking at that, where I don’t get this question: Do you have any quick tips for getting unstuck in writing? My answer has multiple components, but it starts with one word: Yes We all get stuck once...
by bookshepherd_admin | Jul 7, 2020 | Author Success, Writing Success, Writing Tip
Most with writer’s block doesn’t have a problem writing. What they have is a problem accepting that bad writing, imperfect writing, writing that might expose something they dread, writing that might feel, sound like, look like, even be, amateurish. Let it go. EVERY...
by bookshepherd_admin | Mar 11, 2017 | Kick Butt Author Tips
Writing ahas … therefore TIPS! Comedy writing tells the truth … about the writer and a situation … When writing fiction, and your character is in an impossible situation … all can lead with is: what happens next. Don’t try to unravel what is happening, go with...
by bookshepherd_admin | Jan 7, 2017 | Kick Butt Author Tips, Writing Tip
There are four huge reasons why you should consider, and main, publishing on your own: quality, control, timing, and money. And in no particular order—although, if you have a “hot” topic the time factor rears its head first. 1 Quality is, well, about quality. If a...
by bookshepherd_admin | Oct 27, 2015 | Writing Success, Writing Tip
Every writer, every author hits the wall some time … sometimes, lots of times. Oh, we can bring it all on ourselves, allowing and enabling a slew of distractions to create the detour—it’s the Squirrel Factor … just about anything can seduce you away from what you...
