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Writers' How-To Articles
If you're a commercial fiction writer
looking for inspiration, browse the following articles
Stephanie Bond wrote for the newsletter of her local writing
organization, Georgia Romance Writers, a chapter of Romance Writers of
America.
FREE WRITING ARTICLES!
(The articles are in PDF files for easy viewing and printing;
if you do not currently have Acrobat Reader on your computer, you will be
prompted to download the free and safe software universally used to read PDF
files.)
The Making of a Book -- Find out how a
novel goes from being a figment of an
author's imagination to becoming a finished book!
Reject
Your Rejections -- A humorous 'response' to
every rejection letter you've ever received!
Bookseller
Jargon -- A writer's guide to bookseller
terminology.
Making the Internet Work for You -- Find out what vast
resources are available on the 'Net to writers!
How to Pull off an All-Nighter (Writing, That Is) --
When circumstances dictate that you write through the night,
here's how to make the best of it!
Conversing with the Unconverted -- How to Deal
With Uninformed People Who Put Down Romance
We Each are Responsible for the Image of Romance -- Are
you an ambassador for the romance genre?
Why I STILL Write Category Romance -- From the viewpoint
of a veteran romance author
MORE WRITING ARTICLES!
Friends,
For years writers
and associates have suggested that I combine all the articles I've written over
the years into a book on writing commercial fiction. Instead, I decided to
begin offering the articles through Amazon.com as downloads through their Amazon
Shorts program. The articles are grouped into sets of 3 or 4 in one
download that costs a mere 49 cents! This way, I can keep adding to the
list of articles as I write them versus publishing a static how-to book.
(And the price of downloading ALL the articles combined is still about what a
trade paperback book would cost.) I wrote these articles based on
principles that have helped me build a writing career. I hope that you
will find some of the articles useful to enhance YOUR writing skills and to plan
YOUR writing career!
Warmest wishes,
Stephanie Bond
Click on either the image or the text below to link to
Amazon.com and instantly download the set of articles you'd like to purchase for only
49 cents!
Novelist Stephanie Bond on Writing:
Create Compelling Characters, a 5-part series
Novelist Stephanie Bond on Writing:
Self-Editing, article series 1
(Use Specific Nouns, Last is Most, Dialogue Tags, Got Verbs?)
Novelist Stephanie Bond on Writing:
Self-Editing, article series 2
(R.U.E., Redundancy--Twice as Nice, Mechanics to Tune Up Your Writing,
Contorting Characters)
Novelist
Stephanie Bond on Writing:
Self-Editing, article series 3
(Manuscript Format, Word Choice, Sophistication, Voice)
Novelist Stephanie Bond on Writing:
Mind Your Own Writing Business, article series 1
(Me, Inc., Your Home Office, Setting Goals and Making Resolutions)
Novelist Stephanie Bond on Writing:
Mind Your Own Writing Business, article series 2
(A Writing Business Plan, Create a Business Plan for Your Writing Career,
What’s in a Name?, Your Writing vs. Your Day Job)
Novelist Stephanie Bond on Writing:
Mind Your Own Writing Business, article series 3
(Carving Out Writing Time, Regain Your Creativity in One Week, Sissies Need
Not Apply)
Novelist Stephanie Bond on Writing:
Mind Your Own Writing Business, article series 4
(Tools to Manage Your Manuscript, Organize Your Manuscript, Manuscript Paging
101, Maintaining a Body of Work Document)
Novelist Stephanie Bond on Writing:
Mind Your Own Writing Business, article series 5
(At What Price Published?, Cost of Doing Business, Cutting Costs Without
Cutting Corners)
 Novelist Stephanie Bond on Writing:
Mind Your Own Writing Business, article series 6
(Attitude Check, Are You an Author or a Writer?, If Writers Had a D&B Rating,
Are You Your Own Worst Enemy?)
Novelist Stephanie Bond on Writing:
Mind Your Own Writing Business, article series 7
(Should You Specialize or Diversify?, Decisions, Decisions, Who Moved My
Chocolate?, But Don’t Take MY Word for It)
Novelist Stephanie Bond on Writing:
Mind Your Own Writing Business, article series 8
(Your Conference Game Plan, Conference Protocol, The Waiting Game)
Novelist Stephanie Bond on Writing:
Mind Your Own Writing Business, article series 9
(Write a Selling Synopsis, Professional Correspondence, Career
Worst-Case Scenarios)
Novelist Stephanie Bond on Writing:
Mind Your Own Writing Business, article series 10
(Professional Jealousy, Critique Groups, Newly Published? New
Relationships., Timing is Everything)
Novelist Stephanie Bond on Writing:
Mind Your Own Writing Business, article series 11
(The 10 Best Pieces of Writing
Advice I’ve Received, The 10 Worst Pieces of Writing Advice I’ve Received, 5
Things to Obsess Over, 5 Career Mistakes to Avoid (and How to Recover)
Novelist Stephanie Bond on Writing:
Mind Your Own Writing Business, article series 12
(Customer Service, The Difference Between a Good Book and a Great Book,
What We Can Learn from Bestsellers We Don’t Love)
Novelist Stephanie Bond on Writing:
Mind Your Own Writing Business, article series 13
(Writers Block, Lose the Muse, Rearrange Your Office, Rearrange Your
Mindset)
Novelist Stephanie Bond on Writing:
Mind Your Own Writing Business, article series 14
(Breaking Up is Hard to Do, Contract Checklist, Agent DOs and DON’Ts, Help
Your Agent to Help You)
Novelist Stephanie Bond on Writing:
Mind Your Own Writing Business, article series 15
(Six Smart Ways to Spend Your Advance, Author Website DOs and DON’Ts, To Blog
or Not to Blog, Calling Readers to Action)
Novelist Stephanie Bond on Writing:
Mind Your Own Writing Business, article series 16
(The Independent Writer, When the Going Gets Tough, Who Sets Your Priorities?)
Novelist Stephanie Bond on Writing:
Mind Your Own Writing Business, article series 17
(When You’re in a Cashflow Crisis, When and When Not to Talk About Money, Can
You Make a Living Writing Romance Novels?)
Novelist Stephanie Bond on Writing:
Mind Your Own Writing Business, article series 18
(Self-Promotion with Purpose, The Best $50 You’ll Ever Spend, Self-Promotion
vs. Your Precious Writing Time, The Price of “Free”)
Novelist Stephanie Bond on Writing:
Mind Your Own Writing Business, article series 19
(Plan a Successful Book Autographing, How to Autograph a Book, Drive-By
Signings, The Extended Lifecycle of a Book)
Novelist Stephanie Bond on Writing:
Mind Your Own Writing Business, article series 20
(Getting and Giving Cover Quotes, Reconsidering Reviews, Have You Seen Your
Backlist Lately?)
Novelist Stephanie Bond on Writing:
Mind Your Own Writing Business, article series 21
(Learn to Brag, Are You a Good Employee AND a Good Boss?, Be Your Own Mentor)
Novelist Stephanie Bond on Writing:
Mind Your Own Writing Business, article series 22
(Scheduling Your Deadlines, Working From the Road, Moving Past a Career
Plateau)
Novelist Stephanie Bond on Writing:
Mind Your Own Writing Business, article series 23
(Pick Your Battles, It’s All About the Book (Not), Know Your Editor’s Working
Style)
Novelist Stephanie Bond on Writing:
Mind Your Own Writing Business, article series 24
(Confessions of an Organized Packrat, Protecting Your Writing Business (and
Yourself), Input Overload)
Novelist Stephanie Bond on Writing:
Mind Your Own Writing Business, article series 25
(Sharing Too Much With Colleagues, Do Your Homework, The Cumulative Effect)
New article downloads will be added periodically!
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