Obstacles to Good Writing #2: Pace
Lots of telling, rather than showing, pushes the reader out of the story and slows things right down; showing, rather than telling, pulls...
Obstacles to Good Writing #1: Telling, Not Showing, and What's Really Going On With That
You have probably heard the maxim ‘Show, Don’t Tell’ when it comes to writing fiction. I’m reading a book at the moment (which shall...
Learn what a story really is...
Learn: • what a story really is • what it is actually doing to and for you and other readers • the magnetic power that attracts readers...
The World of Marketing #9: The Ad, the Group, the Magazine and the Book
There was once an ad, a social media group, an online magazine and a book. The ad’s main advantage was that it travelled far and wide,...
The Worlds of Andre Norton
Alice Mary Norton (1912 – 2005) was best known as Andre Alice Norton, an American writer of science fiction, fantasy, historical fiction...
The World of Marketing #8: Four Vital Factors in Any Marketing Campaign
What does a marketing campaign need in order to accomplish its goals? Well, the first thing it needs is goals. These have to be defined...
Learn what a story really is...
Learn: • what a story really is • what it is actually doing to and for you and other readers • the magnetic power that attracts readers...
The Excitement of Putting a Magazine Together
It was very exciting putting together the inaugural issue of the Inner Circle Writers’ Magazine. It’s not just that it was about the...