Writing an Author Bio
By Alicia Honeycutt If you want to make a good impression on readers, you need to give them high-quality contents and also prove that you are…
Silence Your Inner Critic With Improv Writing
By Chris Mandeville Nothing banishes a writer’s critical inner editor like improv writing. Just like improvisational acting, improv writing is off-the-cuff, unplanned, uncorrected artistic expression, and it…
Cut & Paste Your Way to Inspiration with Collages
by Chris Mandeville Arts and crafts, anyone? Get out your old magazines, some scissors and glue, and a poster board because—believe it or not—creating a…
Deep dive into a writing retreat!
By Christina Delay Three weeks ago, 14 writers set out on a mission. The mission? Cross off as many bucket-list items as we could, create as…
How To Proofread Like A Professional: 5 Tips
By Joan Selby As a writer, proofreading your work is one of the most grueling tasks. Most writers (perhaps even the majority of writers) don’t like…
The “Sweet 16” First Lines of Your Manuscript
by Chris Mandeville The first page of your manuscript contains only sixteen lines, and this “sweet sixteen” is an essential tool for hooking a reader. If…
7 Ways to Overcome Writer’s Block and Why It Is Important
By Gloria Kopp Trouble combating writer’s block? For many, fear is a primary cause of writer’s block. You may be afraid of failure, and that others…
Word Power: Words To Use Instead of Good (AN ACHIEVEMENT)
Do you ever find yourself using the word “good” to describe just about anything? Good weather, good movies, good music, good life, good this, good that…good…
Listening To Your Manuscript
by Terry Odell As authors, we want to provide the best possible experience for our readers. That means providing a well-edited book, and I don’t put…
Word Power: Words To Use Instead of Good (A VIEW)
Do you ever find yourself using the word “good” to describe just about anything? Good weather, good movies, good music, good life, good this, good that…good…
5 Tips on How to Make Your Writing Process Feel Like a Game
By Joan Selby Exhausted. Sleepless. Stressed… Oh, you must be a writer! It’s a tough job, but you do it because it’s the only thing that…
Word Power: Words To Use Instead of Good (AN ADVENTURE)
Do you ever find yourself using the word “good” to describe just about anything? Good weather, good movies, good music, good life, good this, good that…good…
Word Power: Words To Use Instead of Good (A LOOK)
Do you ever find yourself using the word “good” to describe just about anything? Good weather, good movies, good music, good life, good this, good that…good…
Which Came First? Awesome Writing Tools with All the Answers
by Chris Mandeville The other day I was talking to another writer about the young adult time travel story I’m writing. Her first question was,…
Word Power: Words To Use Instead of Good (ABILITIES)
Do you ever find yourself using the word “good” to describe just about anything? Good weather, good movies, good music, good life, good this, good that…good…
Writing All Over The Map: Leah Cutter’s Island Sampler
By Leah Cutter Welcome to the Island Sampler! Why do I call this the Island Sampler? Like many writers, I write all over the map.…
Word Power: Words To Use Instead of Good (A SMILE)
Do you ever find yourself using the word “good” to describe just about anything? Good weather, good movies, good music, good life, good this, good that…good…
Word Power: Words To Use Instead of Good (A BOOK)
Do you ever find yourself using the word “good” to describe just about anything? Good weather, good movies, good music, good life, good this, good that…good…
Word Power: Words To Use Instead of Good (A MOVIE)
Do you ever find yourself using the word “good” to describe just about anything? Good weather, good movies, good music, good life, good this, good that…good…
Are You On Track to Meet Your Writing Goals?
by Chris Mandeville At the start of a new year, it’s common to take stock of where we are in our careers and set goals for…
Word Power: Words To Use Instead of Good (AN OPPORTUNITY)
Do you ever find yourself using the word “good” to describe just about anything? Good weather, good movies, good music, good life, good this, good that…good…
Word Power: Words To Use Instead of Good (A PERSONALITY)
Do you ever find yourself using the word “good” to describe just about anything? Good weather, good movies, good music, good life, good this, good that…good…
Word Power: Words To Use Instead of Good (A CAFE)
Do you ever find yourself using the word “good” to describe just about anything? Good weather, good movies, good music, good life, good this, good that…good…
Word Power: Words To Use Instead of Good (AN EXHIBITION)
Do you ever find yourself using the word “good” to describe just about anything? Good weather, good movies, good music, good life, good this, good that…good…
Music: a Tool to Help Writers Focus?
by Chris Mandeville It can be easy to lose focus when trying to write, especially when there’s distracting stuff going on around you. According to psychiatry…
Word Power: Words To Use Instead of Good (A QUESTION)
Do you ever find yourself using the word “good” to describe just about anything? Good weather, good movies, good music, good life, good this, good that…good…
Word Power: Words To Use Instead of Good (A CHANGE)
Do you ever find yourself using the word “good” to describe just about anything? Good weather, good movies, good music, good life, good this, good that…good…
Word Power: Words To Use Instead of Good (AN IDEA)
Do you ever find yourself using the word “good” to describe just about anything? Good weather, good movies, good music, good life, good this, good that…good…
Word Power: Words To Use Instead of Good (A HOLIDAY)
Do you ever find yourself using the word “good” to describe just about anything? Good weather, good movies, good music, good life, good this, good that…good…
Word Power: Words To Use Instead of Good (A PERFORMANCE)
Do you ever find yourself using the word “good” to describe just about anything? Good weather, good movies, good music, good life, good this, good that…good…
How to Grow Sales in France
If you write in English and have translated your books into French or some other foreign language, you’ve undoubtedly found yourself faced with the unique challenge…
Word Power: Words To Use Instead of Good (WORK)
Do you ever find yourself using the word “good” to describe just about anything? Good weather, good movies, good music, good life, good this, good that…good…
Word Power: Words To Use Instead of Good (TASTE)
Do you ever find yourself using the word “good” to describe just about anything? Good weather, good movies, good music, good life, good this, good that…good…
Ebook Quality Assurance: The last 20% is the most important
by Joshua Tallent You’ve done it! You finally finished the last sentence of your book. Maybe it was the novel you wrote for NANOWRIMO (my 12-year-old…
The Essential Proofreading Toolkit for Creative Writers
by Gloria Kopp When writing creatively, it is important that the words flow well. But it is equally important that the words are correct. Spelling, punctuation…
Take a Hike! A Writing Tool. Really.
by Chris Mandeville Any hikers out there in writer-land? Or writers who love to go for walks? Well, hiking-slash-walking isn’t just for pleasure-slash-exercise. It can actually…
Best-Selling Books That Started From NaNoWriMo
It’s the end of week 3 of NaNoWriMo and anyone participating might be hitting a slump. But keep your chin up and your hands on the…
Halfway Through NaNo 2016
Kobo is proud to be an official sponsor of NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month). But to us, it’s not just about sponsoring a great world-wide event.…
6 books that made me who I am: Nomadic Matt
“How do I find the money to travel?” “How do I plan my trip?” “How do I stay safe and healthy on the road?” Over the…
Prose Pointers
by Pam McCutcheon There’s a lot of misunderstanding as to the proper usage of some words in the English language, and many mistakes even make it…
The 5,000 Word Reward
“I hate writing. I love having written.” – Dorothy Parker Few things are as sweet as “having written” and therefore we recommend celebrating milestones if for…
The World of Writing
If it weren’t for writing assignments, my house would never get clean. If that sounds remotely familiar, you know the inexorable agony of pencils and the…
NaNoWriMo Is Blasting Off! Are you?
NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) began today. Wishing all you NaNoNovelists a fantastic month of writing. If you haven’t started yet, don’t worry. There’s no better…
Halloween 2016 Scary Micro Story Prompt
It’s Halloween today. Which means many creative types are enjoying the fun of costumes, decorations and the eerie storytelling that comes with the season. Others are…
Are You Ready to WriMo?
Kobo Writing Life is proud to again be a sponsor for Nanowrimo (National Novel Writing Month), a fun, seat-of-your-pants approach to creative writing. Starting at 12:01…
Prose Pointers
There’s a lot of misunderstanding as to the proper usage of some words in the English language, and many mistakes even make it onto the page,…
The Writer’s Conference: a drink from the fire hose
by Chris Mandeville I just returned home after spending a jam-packed three days at a writer’s conference. This was the 25th or so such event I’ve…
Prose Pointers
There’s a lot of misunderstanding as to the proper usage of some words in the English language, and many mistakes even make it onto the page,…
How to Write More in Less Time
by Karen Dikson Have you ever wondered how it would be like to finish 1500 words in less than an hour? I have. As writers, we…
Kobo In Conversation on Zoomer Radio: Episode 4
In our latest episode we chat with author, Emily St. John Mandel. Emily has written four novels, most recently Station Eleven, which was a finalist for a…