The Authors Club

R. Clint Peters, Author

Mar 31, 20153 min read

When You Stop Feeding Your Internet, Your Internet Stops Growing, a Post by R. Clint Peters

What happens if you just stop Tweeting, stop writing blogs, stop posting on Facebook? To confirm what would happen, I stopped doing...

R. Clint Peters, Author

Mar 7, 20152 min read

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...

R. Clint Peters, Author

Feb 19, 20155 min read

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...

R. Clint Peters, Author

Feb 3, 20152 min read

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...

R. Clint Peters, Author

Jan 22, 20152 min read

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...

R. Clint Peters, Author

Jan 12, 20152 min read

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...

R. Clint Peters, Author

Jan 7, 20152 min read

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...

R. Clint Peters, Author

Jan 4, 20152 min read

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...

R. Clint Peters, Author

Jan 1, 20153 min read

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...

R. Clint Peters, Author

Dec 22, 20148 min read

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...

R. Clint Peters, Author

Dec 18, 20142 min read

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...

R. Clint Peters, Author

Dec 17, 20143 min read

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...

R. Clint Peters, Author

Dec 3, 20141 min read

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,...

R. Clint Peters, Author

Nov 26, 20142 min read

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...

R. Clint Peters, Author

Nov 24, 20142 min read

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...

R. Clint Peters, Author

Nov 19, 20142 min read

Planning to Succeed, a Post by R. Clint Peters

My publisher recently asked me two things: 1) Would I edit the first two books in the Ryce Dalton series?; and 2) Did I have another...

R. Clint Peters, Author

Nov 4, 20142 min read

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...

R. Clint Peters, Author

Oct 25, 20143 min read

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...

R. Clint Peters, Author

Oct 13, 20145 min read

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....

R. Clint Peters, Author

Apr 20, 20143 min read

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. ...