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An Easy Way To Lose Readers Fast: Use The ‘Good News, Bad News’ Lead

Why Baby Talk Turns Off Editors

How words like ‘yucky’ and ‘no-no’ can hurt you when you want to sell…

SHORTCUTS TO SUCCESS

Quick Tips On Finding A Focus For Your Story

If don’t know what…

SHORTCUTS TO SUCCESS

Quick Tips On Finding Your Voice As A Writer

What you can learn…

When Your Writing Career Capsizes

Five lessons from survivors of shipwrecks, plane crashes, and other…

What Does It Mean To ‘Play Fair’ With Your Readers?

The ‘10 Commandments’ of detective fiction list…

Think You Can’t Get Sued For Putting Real People In Fiction? Think Again.

You can’t protect yourself…

Five Famous Writers Who Ignored The Advice, ‘Don’t Quit Your Day Job’

Why writers from William…

FROM TURKEY TO ENGLAND

How To Share Good News You’ve Had As A Writer

The Sex Lives of Famous Writers

Making love only once a year and other bizarre ways authors once used…