“How did you decide on becoming an architect?” a colleague asked me not so long ago, Back then, I hadn’t given my rocky path to the profession much thought. “It was a voyage of discovery,” I would have to reply today. I learned that discovering its scope and then restoring …
My St. Louis Writers Guild colleague Cherie Postill has written a no-nonsense guide on beta readers: how to find, qualify, train and get intelligent feedback from them: How to Train a Beta Reader and Sell More Books. Tools for beta readers Her techniques include providing two ingredients often missing from …
Mark Twain said, “Everybody talks about the weather. Nobody does anything about it.” But the writer has total control. An author can set the location, climate zone, season and particular type of weather to begin a story—in a snowstorm (Snow Falling on Cedars, David Guterson); in the pouring rain (My …
By John Lutz We’re honored today to kick off the Writing Craft chapter of Your Writers Journey with a guest post by my St. Louis friend and writing colleague, mystery and suspense author John Lutz. John Lutz’s work includes political suspense, private eye novels, urban suspense, humor, occult, crime caper, …
Ten Basic Skills Every Writer Should Know Welcome to Writer Insider, my new multimedia blog for readers, writers, independent “indie” publishers, self-publishers and anyone else who wants to understand today’s publishing world, w \hat’s involved in mastering one’s craft as a writer or an find audience for their writing. …
