Word Magic
Happy holidays, dear writer. This year, for our loyal readers, we’ve got a very special offering to ensure that 2020 is everything you hope it will be. Happy holidays: it’s that time of the year again… This package is for YOU if… You want to build a 6-figure writing business in 2020… You want to write and sell more fiction… … Read more
A week ago I wrote about beginning a three-month experiment writing on Medium. I’ve written Medium posts on most days this past week. Check them out on my profile page. Several readers have asked about Medium’s paywall and how it works. Basically the paywall is there so Medium can pay writers. From the Help section: Readers on Medium who aren’t … Read more
When you’re plotting fiction, here’s the essence: your plot is what your characters DO. We discussed developing characters in our second article in this novella-writing series, Writing Short Fiction: How To Develop Characters (Novella Series 2). When you focus on what your characters do, and WHY they do it, plotting your novella is simple, even if you’re a dedicated pantser, … Read more
One of the questions I receive most often about short fiction is: “How can I sell my short story?” Sadly, the days when magazines provided a market for your stories is long gone. The simplest and easiest way to sell a short story is to self-publish it. You’ve written a short story. How do you sell it? FWIW, here’s what … Read more
Over the past year, I’ve received questions about the online publishing platform Medium. It pays writers, who get paid according to how much attention their content receives. Increased reading time on an article increases the writer’s income. Medium describes itself as an “online publishing platform.” Evan Williams, formerly co-founder of Blogger and Twitter, developed the network in 2012. To be … Read more