Hello and welcome to the IWSG blog hop.
What is IWSG? Founder of IWSG and author Alex J Cavanaugh explains the group's purpose is "to share and encourage. Writers can express doubts and concerns without fear of appearing foolish or weak. Those who have been through the fire can offer assistance and guidance. It’s a safe haven for insecure writers of all kinds!" You're invited to become a member of this supportive group.
What is IWSG? Founder of IWSG and author Alex J Cavanaugh explains the group's purpose is "to share and encourage. Writers can express doubts and concerns without fear of appearing foolish or weak. Those who have been through the fire can offer assistance and guidance. It’s a safe haven for insecure writers of all kinds!" You're invited to become a member of this supportive group.
The group blogs the first Wednesday of every month, The list of bloggers is always available so you can hop around to the author blogs filled with humor, advice, and thought-provoking topics on writing and publishing. You can find the list of participants at Alex's IWSG page.
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| The Wise Old Owl Photo by J.Q. Rose |
What Writer has ALL the Answers? by J.Q. Rose
If you look closely, you'll see a wise old owl in this photo I snapped while visiting the Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park, Homosassa Springs, FL. Located on Florida's Nature Coast,we visited the amazing park last week with our daughter and her family.
I assume the owl is wise. Aren't they all?
I wish I could be wise in writing:
- I want to know all the perfect practices for writing a fantastic fiction or non-fiction book that will entertain and inform readers.
- I want to know the secrets for getting my books into readers' hands.
- I want to crack the code for figuring out amazon algorithms.
- I want the key to writing a fool-proof query letter and synopsis.
I hope you know I'm being facetious about writers knowing everything in this crazy publishing industry Even if we did know it all, the industry is a fluid enterprise. Methods become out-of-date sooner than my fresh milk.
- The FREE Kindle book was a real hit when amazon introduced the concept. Now with changes, FREE is not the end-all answer to book marketing it once was.
- Remember My Space?
- Werewolves were once the hot sellers, but not at this time. What's the next big thing?
No, I don't know it all, but I do have a great bunch of folks who are in this crazy business with me also trying to make sense of it. Your support is what keeps me writing.
Thank you.
If you have questions, I may not know all the answers, but I'll be glad to help you if I can, and if not, then we'll figure them out together.
Can you clue us in to changes in the industry we should know about? And since I will soon be publishing a new series on Vegetable Gardening, how DO I get these booklets into the hands of readers??? Please leave a comment. Thank you.
Part 1 in the Vegetable Gardening Series, Starting Your Garden, will be available February 15.
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Come back tomorrow Thursday, Feb 5-- Romance and Mystery Authors on Writing series features Heather Haven with writing tips on "Getting One's Novel Out There." You're invited to join the discussion and enter the drawing for a free ebook of Book Four of the Alvarez Family Murder Mysteries, Dead...If Only.
