Give Your Characters Dimension, or How do You Eat a Grapefruit?, a Post by R. Clint Peters
I recently revisited some of the reviews I’d received of my novels. One review was enlightening. The reviewer wrote: “The author has...
Things You Must do as a Writer, a Post by R. Clint Peters
As part of my continuing efforts to become a better writer, I have discovered another set of suggestions for being a better writer. Know...
Writing Well, by R. Clint Peters
Among my many subscriptions is one to HubSpot, an Ecommerce Marketing organization. A couple times a month, they send out an offer to...
STARS, FEATURED PLAYERS, AND FURNITURE, a Look at The Characters in Your Novel
The following is from Write Great Fiction – Characters, Emotion & Viewpoint by Nancy Kress (2005-03-03). I have used this book as the...
5 Things Every Blogger Should Know About Spam
5 Things Every Blogger Should Know About Spam 1. Web spam is different from email spam. Email spammers want you to buy their product. You...
Where Do You Find The Characters for Your Novels? a Post by R. Clint Peters
A novel can have one character or a million. Leo Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina had so many characters, either the author or the editor...
What Do Readers Want? a Post by R. Clint Peters
There have been no submissions for The Author’s Club newsletter, so I thought I’d ask a question raised by Nancy Kress in Write Great...
Is it a Novel or a Screenplay for NCIS? a Post by R. Clint Peters
I recently finished a self-published adventure novel that was more an attempt to be a screen play for Star Wars or NCIS than an adventure...
The Importance of Proper Punctuation, a Post by R. Clint Peters
I Love Cooking My Family and My Pets. What’s wrong with that sentence? Well. two small items of punctuation: commas. I think it might...
An Easy Way to Tweet, a Post by R. Clint Peters
The importance of tweeting can’t be over emphasized. It is the life blood of Twitter. There are several free programs to allow you to...
Does Twitter Help Sell More of My Books? a Post by R. Clint Peters
An Author’s Club member recently asked the following question:   How much do you estimate it has increased your sales by spending so much...
To Follow or Not to Follow, That is the Question, a Post from R. Clint Peters
Have you recently checked your Twitter account, specifically the numbers under FOLLOWING and FOLLOWERS? The Author’s Club on Twitter,...
Some Thoughts About Dialogue, a Post by R. Clint Peters
Several weeks ago I took a look at the reviews posted on Amazon for The Alberta Connection, a Ryce Dalton novel, my first professionally...
Do Your Readers Feel the Crisis? a Post by R. Clint Peters
In Bring Your Characters to Life, previously posted on The Author’s Club blog, the focus was on character development —- developing your...
Planning to Succeed, a Post by R. Clint Peters
My publisher recently asked me two things:Â 1)Â Would I edit the first two books in the Ryce Dalton series?; and 2)Â Did I have another...
Create Tension in Your Novel’s Action Scenes, a Post by R. Clint Peters
I recently discovered an article posted in Write It Sideways (writeitsideways.com) entitled: 7 Tension-Building Tips for Writing Action...
Some Easy Steps to Increasing Your Exposure, Part 2, a Post by R. Clint Peters
If you followed the instructions in Part 1, you’ve started your own blog (I use WordPress, although I have used BlogSpot) and you’ve...
Some Easy Steps to Editing Your Novel, a Post by R. Clint Peters
I recently went hunting for some ideas on editing my latest novel, The Michigan Connection, a Ryce Dalton novel. I was not disappointed....
Has Social Media, Television, and Movies Changed the Way Novels are Written? a Post by R. Clint Pete
In my endeavors to be a better writer, I have primarily focused on understanding the three writing books suggested by my friend. ...