Crafting the Love Scene in a Romance Novel

Writing a love scene isn't something you should just drop into your novel or story just because you wish to class it as a romance. A love scene needs to be woven in so intricately that it appears seamless. If you go to a book store and pick up a romance novel, you should be able to tell from the first few pages the following things: Read the rest of the article

Today’s Vanity Presses Were Yesterday’s Major Publishers!

Once upon a time, in a land far, far away, writers wrote, and publishers printed, distributed, and actually marketed books... But then something dramatic changed. Publishers started gobbling each other up, reducing their number, but accentuating their need to show regular, quarterly profits. Read the rest of the article

Writing and Speaking Go Hand in Hand

Many will say they are really good speakers and yet, they feel they are very poor writers. Many extremely good writers exhibit very poor speaking skills. For instance, if you watch C-SPAN book review you will see some of the best writers you could ever imagine are not very good speakers all. Read the rest of the article

How Authors Can Use Their Books As the Basis For an Internet Business

Whether you have a fiction or nonfiction book, there's a lot more gold in that tome than you may realize. Let me show you what I mean: Read the rest of the article

Write to Speak Or Speak to Write? The Blurring of Writing and Speaking

If you want to improve your speaking skills, I suggest that you do some more writing. If you sit down and write out a speech, and then continue to edit it, while visualizing your speech, this will help you become a better speaker. And if you are having a coffee shop conversation with a friend and recall that conversation when doing your writing you will note that your writing looks more like a conversation or discussion, and your reader will notice this and they will enjoy it. Read the rest of the article

Want to Improve Your Writing? Try Writing Speeches

One of the more difficult things to do in writing is to write speeches for someone else to deliver. That's not easy at all. You could write speeches for yourself and deliver them as well, that's not too hard to do. Read the rest of the article

How Personal Narrative Examples Enhance Speech and Writing

When words are too technical or people have nothing to connect with within the text or speech, many of them will be lost to the concept that is being shared with them. By integrating personal narrative examples to illustrate your points, you can make a personal connection with your audience and increase the chances of really reaching them. Read the rest of the article

An Unlikely Guide to Business Writing - The Telephone

Do you ever wonder what types of words are most effective in business writing? Believe it or not, your telephone has the answer. Read the rest of the article

What Impression Are You Giving to Literary Agents & Publishers?

Literary agents and publishers regularly go the extra mile for writers. So it's important to give the right impression every time you contact them. Read the rest of the article

You Can Say That Again! Oh, You Did Say That Again - “Reason Why” is So Wrong

Did you really mean to say the same thing twice? Have you gotten so accustomed to hearing improper speech that you've incorporated it into your everyday conversation? Did you even know it was incorrect when you said it? There's a possibility you're using bad grammar and you don't even know it. Read this article to find out why "reason why" is so wrong! Read the rest of the article

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