Liana Brooks – Page 10

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Who Wants Some Horror For The Holidays?

Surprise! Fun Fact: I did not plan for ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS A WEREWOLF to have a sequel. I wrote that book mostly out of rage against the Christmas countdowns and my least favorite season of the year. It was fun. It was cathartic. It was going to…

MONDAYS IN PUBLISHING: How To Build A Social Media Following (without going mad)

Before we even tackle HOW to use social media let’s discuss the question really burning in your soul: Do I Need To Use Social Media? Straight Answer: NO. You do need a base of operation on the internet, you need a place where people can find you, but you don’t…

CHANGE OF MOMENTUM Snippet!

CHANGE OF MOMENTUM comes out in exactly two months. To celebrate the arrival of the proof copies I thought it would be fun to share a snippet from the book. This scene is set in the early chapters. Rowena, who is now working as a Fleet/Jhandarmi liaison has been asked…

MONDAYS IN PUBLISHING – A Series or Book Bible

I’m writing this post with the hope that I can save some sweet, soon-to-be published author a headache because I didn’t know about this before I published. When I was first published I thought it was my job to write a story and – if a second book came along…

WRITER CRAFT WEDNESDAY – Voice

Voice is how your character (and you as the author) speak throughout a book. It’s part word choice and part personality with a dash of attention. Character Vocabulary + Character Personality + Character’s Interests +Authorial Voice = VOICE Vocabulary – each character has a different vocabulary. How much…

54 Pounds of Pictures

Imagine if you will the absurdity of shipping 54lbs (24.5kg) of pictures. That’s what is on its way to my house. Fifty-four pounds of pictures. My entire inheritance from my beloved (even when he didn’t deserve it) grandfather who passed away last year. There was something like a coup when…

MONDAYS IN PUBLISHING: What You Need To Query Your Book

What do you need to have before you send out a query? THE BARE BONES Fiction – A finished, polished manuscript that is the best you can make it right now. A query letter. A full synopsis. Non-Fiction – A proposal and sample chapters of your work, a query letter,…

WRITER CRAFT WEDNESDAY – Writer’s Block And How To Manage It

Originally this was written for Savvy Authors in 2013, and then Leslie brought it back November 16th because she was struggling with NaNo. Reading through it, I saw a few places where I could expand on ideas better, so here is the revised edition of Breaking Through Writer’s Block! …

Trying Something New

Tomorrow I’m doing something new. I’m taking a script writing class. It’s a brand new creative ocean to go swimming in, and I feel like a very tiny guppy who isn’t going to be able to complete with the lovely fish in California who have years of experience talking about…

WRITER CRAFT WEDNESDAY – What To Do When You’re Stuck

Let’s practice a little visualization… You sit down in front of your computer today with 6,000 words written and the plan to write Chapter 3. You have your notes and your outlines. This is the perfect time of your writing day, and everything is how you need it to be…