Active VS Passive, a Post by R. Clint Peters
Several weeks ago, I was asked by my publisher to re-edit two of the books they have under contract. After several attempts to send me...
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...
Moving the Story Forward, a Post by R. Clint Peters
As previously reported, I was asked to edit the first two books published by my present publisher, The Alberta Connection and The Dakota...
To Follow or Not to Follow on Twitter, That is the Question
When was the last time you checked your Twitter account to compare the number you are following to the number who are following you?...
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...
Steven King’s Top 20 Rules for Writers
Want to know what Steven King says about writing? The following was posted on Open Culture (http://www.openculture.com) on March 16th,...
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...
The Rules of Writing Novels, a Post by R. Clint Peters
Written By: Timothy Fish Published: 1/31/2008 Visit enough author blogs and forums frequented by authors and you are likely to learn...
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,...
Using Social Media to Expose Your Books is as Easy as 1, 2, 3, a post by R. Clint Peters
The computer age has resulted in two big things for authors: 1) Anyone can be an author. It’s as simple as sitting down at your word...
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...
Bring Your Characters to Life, a Post From R. Clint Peters
An author needs only three things to write a best selling book: A character, a crisis, and a place to have a battle. Tom Clancy, in The...