The BIG PITCH
What does a pitch have that might get you noticed? Most (or even all) of the following: Genre info. Date info. World info. Character info. Conflict info. Resolution info. Who I am. Why I should write...
View ArticleWriting Your Book, part IX: You’re Finished! Now Get to Work!
The last several installments of the “Writing Your Book” series have dealt with issues related to the end of your novel. We’ve discussed the end game, the climactic scenes, and the closing pages that...
View ArticleWhat’s Your Book About?
As I've mentioned before, I'm an avid photographer — the photos at the top of the MW home page are mine — and on occasion I have taken lessons from my experiences with photography and applied them to...
View ArticleOn Writing and Publishing: Refining Your Elevator Pitch
I have been working on proposals for a couple of new Thieftaker books, and while writing my synopses of the plots, have been thinking about my pitch for the books. It’s been a little while since last...
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