Archive | February 2018
Writing Is More Than Just An Art
Writing: Flashbacks
The Problem With Infodumping
How To Describe Characters Without Infodumping
I sent out a Newsletter the other day telling you guys that I’m open for questions! I said I would answer your writing-related questions in dedicated posts of their own if possible.
This is the first one of those posts!
This question comes from Dheep Matharu:
“How do you tackle introducing new characters and describing their physical appearance without infodumping. Often, with my work, I feel it interrupts the flow, when the rest of the book is intended to be not particularly descriptive.”
This is probably one of the toughest problems out there.
You have this picture in your head of your protagonist; from what they look like to all their mannerisms. A well-made protagonist will be a character that instantly draws you into the story. So of course, you want to fill the pages with all the details of that character in order for your reader to feel it…
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Baby from the Moon by Mrs. D.
I just read this book and my review follows the authors book blurb found on Amazon.
“A perfect book for bedtime snuggles!”
“Baby from the Moon is a tale about a single wish – to find a mommy, whom Baby G saw many times in his dreams while living in the sky before his birth. It is a sweet story of the baby boy and his birth that celebrates life, joy, and encouragement, while satisfying the curiosity of young children how they came into this world. A touching journey of the tiny boy, who wants nothing more than to meet his mommy, this is a gentle introduction and inspiration for every child with dreams. A beautiful story and amazing artwork will keep children’s imaginations flying from page to page filled with loving twists and turns. Children might discover something surprising about their birth and themselves. A fantastic gift for a new mommy and baby!”
I fell in love with Baby G before I read this wonderful book, as I did read the dedication in front of the story. Grayson is a wonderful little boy with pure innocence.
The illustrations are beautiful, and the babies are such cuddly little ones that I just wanted to hold, cuddle and cherish. What baby wouldn’t like sleeping on a soft puffy cloud, and kept company by the moon and stars? Time passes, other babies move on to their mommy and daddy, and Baby G remains. In a vision, he saw a blonde-haired woman reaching for him and Baby G wants to be with her badly. One of the storks takes off with him in search on this woman. Babies were already part of each home they visited until the last home. There she was! She was waiting for him to be born and he was, and the family was then complete.
This book is appropriate for children age five and up. Parents can answer questions about the birth process, and how the baby got into his mom’s tummy. I rate this book as five stars! I was given this book and voluntarily choose to review giving my honest opinions for no compensation.
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Will your book cross international borders?
When writing your latest story, have you even considered that you may be subconsciously writing with a specific geographical reading public in mind, or has the idea never occurred to you?
Quite a while back before I went independent, I was involved in a discussion on this very subject with my former editor, long before we fell out and parted company. In particular we were talking about one specific book written by an American in the same writing stable as myself at the time. It involved its main character living in nineteen fifties America with a sci-fi element thrown in for good measure.
I put forward the argument that while I could see it doing very well within the borders of the US, whether its success there meant it would appeal to the world at large was highly debatable. Undoubtedly it would sell a few copies in Australia. It may…
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Learn How To Market Your Books #MondayBlogs #amwriting…
by Sacha Black
I get asked a lot of marketing and publishing questions. Most are easy to answer. But a teeny tiny nanosqueak percentage of them make my eye twitch. The ‘answer on a plate’ types who think there’s a magical panacea-button that will shower them in glittery dollar bills from their millionth book sale.
Anyway. I’m leashing my rant because contrary to excessive sarcasm and perpetual moaning, there is nothing I love more than helping people, especially if that help leads to selling or publishing books. And you know what helps you sell books?
Forehead creasing, caffeine addictions, midnight dates, multiple RSI cures and a laptop for a BFF.
Okay, fine. There are a few other things that rise out of the sweaty exhausted writer ashes to help bring in the dollars:
Understanding the market
Studying marketing
Studying copywriting
Experimenting
Being up to date with current trends
Find out more…
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Avoiding amateur writing mistakes (Hist-fic edition)
These are some of the things I’ve either been guilty of myself or seen in other historical books or films. Speaking from my own experience, these are honest mistakes pretty much everyone goes through. Some can also be applied to other genres.
1. Packing in everything but the kitchen sink syndrome. Prime examples are the TV miniseries The ’60s and The ’70s, which forced in every single major news story, social movement, political event, piece of pop culture, etc., of those decades. What are the odds every single person in one family or group of friends would be involved with every single thing that happened in a decade?
2. Not enough historical detail. So many of my earliest drafts had almost zero connection to their respective eras. This is the opposite extreme from gut-loading your story with every single thing that ever happened in that decade.
3. Clichés. E.g…
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When Angels Fly 