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 tend to want to improve our lifestyle little by little, by making progress each and every day. Some of you would like to improve a vocabulary to make your writing more complex. Some of
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By Angela Ackerman Many authors, when in the throes of scene planning, are all about the action. They know who the players are, what they feel, and what needs to happen. With those three biggies squared away, it’s really just a matter of pounding out the words, right? Nope. A critical piece of the puzzle needs our attention first:
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By Tara Cremin Box sets are hugely popular on Kobo at the moment. Our best selling titles on Kobo Writing Life are nearly always ones that are part of a greater series. It’s important to note that we have no limit on the price that you can set your box set. You can set as high as you’d like and
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By Jennie Nash The number one thing a writer can do to give their book a fighting chance in the marketplace is something so obvious and simple that it’s easy to overlook. It’s this: before you leap into writing 300 pages that go nowhere, stop and think about what you are doing, why you are doing it, and who
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When did you first discover a love of writing? I always wanted to write creatively. I just wasn’t good at it. I didn’t have a writer’s muscle, either: that ability to spend hours at the keyboard. I was a technical writer before fiction. I did a Master’s thesis and wrote several articles for trade magazines before completing two textbooks on
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