Also on January 1st: It’s Public Domain Day! This is an observance of when copyrights expire and works enter into the public domain–free for all to use. According to Public Domain Review, here are some of the newly-available artistic works you might like a/o January 1, 2025: The picture above is interactive on the website. … Continue reading
I posted this before, but this is a good time to repost, for those who missed it: Tech Tips for Writers is an occasional post on overcoming Tech Dread. I’ll cover issues that friends, both real-time and virtual, have shared. Feel free to ask a question in the comments. I’ll answer it in a future … Continue reading
Jacqui here at Story Empire with the November edition of “What’s happening in the literary world?” What used to be a simple process of penning what we-all hope will be extraordinary fiction has become complicated with AI, digital outlets, audio books, tons of rules, international issues, and more. Each month, I’ll talk about one or … Continue reading
I have a new article up over at Story Empire: What’s Happening in the Literary World–Literary Executors What used to be a simple process of penning what we-all hope will be extraordinary fiction has become complicated with AI, digital outlets, audio books, tons of rules, international issues, and more. Each month, I’ll talk about one … Continue reading
I read a post on Jane Friedman about “How to Turn a Microsoft Word Document Into an Ebook (EPUB)” (thank you, Debby Gies, for providing this link). Friedman tells about converting Word manuscripts into a Kindle-ready ebook–which is good to know, but I already conquered that mountain. Here’s what tweaked my interest: I occasionally get … Continue reading
Tech Tips for Writers is an occasional post on overcoming Tech Dread. I cover issues that friends, both real-time and virtual, have asked about. Feel free to post a comment about a question you have. I’ll cover it in a future tip. You may have seen this on my education blog When I promote my … Continue reading
Grace Allison Blair, author of the award-winning Einstein’s Compass, and I attended Publisher Weekly’s BookLife Indie Author Forum, a one-day virtual conference on many topics of importance to Indie authors (check out Grace’s review for topics). It is their first year for this particular conference, but I doubt the last. Attendees entered through the lobby, … Continue reading
November 1st-30th–National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo to those in the know)–is when the entire world considers being a writer. Words pour from pens like ants racing to an abandoned picnic with the goal of finishing a novel in a month. People stop going to movies, watching TV, skip football games, swear of social media–all in … Continue reading
When you read your story, does it sound off, maybe you can’t quite put your finger on it, but you know you’ve done something wrong? Sometimes–maybe even lots of times–there are simple fixes. These writer’s tips will come at you once a week, giving you plenty of time to go through your story and make … Continue reading
This post is for Alex Cavanaugh’s Insecure Writers Support Group (click the link for details on what that means and how to join. You will also find a list of bloggers signed up to the challenge that are worth checking out). The first Wednesday of every month, we all post our thoughts, fears or words … Continue reading
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