[Tipster] How to Write Memorable Descriptions tipster post Feb 13, 2023

In this Tipster, we instruct you on how to write memorable descriptions.

Every form of writing includes at least some form of description.

Too much description - and you slow down and bore the...

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[Tipster] How to Simply Create a Website tipster post Feb 08, 2023

In this Tipster post, we provide tips on how to simply create a website.

Don’t tell my husband. I’ve spent $1,008 on nothing. Nothing. 
 
That’s what $14 a month for five...

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[Podcast] Novelist Jaimie Engle on Becoming a Romcom Screenwriter 3 honing the writing craft podcast post Jan 31, 2023

Burnt out from a subpar publishing experience and the COVID-19 pandemic, novelist Jaimie Engle decided it was time for a change in her writing career: from book writing to screenwriting.

Two...

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[Tipster] Unique Is Every Writer's Fight tipster post Jan 30, 2023

In this Tipster, learn how unique is every writer's fight.

Yesterday, I left Chicago at 6:55 AM and flew to Dallas for about six hours.

I was home by 7:30 PM.

I wanted a few hours with an older...

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[Tipster] How to Create Musicality in Your Writing tipster post Jan 24, 2023

In this Tipster post, we provide tips on how to create musicality in your writing--and develop your writing voice.

J.S. Bach’s “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring” is like...

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[Tipster] Your Writing Needs More Sacred Time tipster post Jan 16, 2023

I grew up on the dry, windy prairies of the Dakotas.


My first pair of real shoes were a pair of cowboy boots. My first pet was a Shetland pony named "Topsy."

I am rural in the deepest parts of my...

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[Podcast] First-Time Novelist Linda Fifer on Losing Her First Draft and Her Persistence to Complete the Project 2 identifying your writing purpose 3 honing the writing craft podcast post Jan 10, 2023

It took 13 years before Linda Fifer published her debut novel The Road Between Two Skies.

At one point in those 13 years, Linda lost her manuscript and had to restart her project from the...

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[Tipster] How to Grow from Nothing to Something on Social Media tipster post Jan 10, 2023

Over the holiday break, I finally reached 30k followers on Instagram, after hovering around 28k for months. 
 
And the followers keep following. As I write this, I’m nearing...

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[Tipster] Make Your Writing Goals Concrete for 2023 tipster post Jan 03, 2023

I wasn't a goal setter early on in my career.

I was 39 when I started my first small business.

And suddenly, I had to make plans for the year. Or I wouldn't make my house payment.

Goal setting became...

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[Tipster] The Discipline of Learning Words tipster post Jan 03, 2023

At age 22, I received my most cherished and memorable Christmas gift: The Oxford English Dictionary (or OED) on CD-ROM.

Any nerves I had about marrying my fiancé (now husband) just a few days...

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[Tipster] ChatGPT, the New AI Chatbot, Thinks It Can Write tipster post Dec 20, 2022

I rarely wring my hands about future catastrophic events.

I've got too many of my own troubles to think beyond dinner.

With four kids, two dogs, and college tuition for one more child still to pay,...

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[Podcast] Getting Real about the Costs of Publishing a Book 4 publishing your writing 5 promoting your writing Dec 15, 2022

You likely won’t get rich from publishing a book. Most people don’t

While we all dream of writing the next bestseller, on average a traditionally published nonfiction book sells about...

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