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Cutting Long Speeches Into Manageable Chunks

I am an avid supporter of self-published authors. Everyone has a story inside their heads, awaiting transition into book form. Self-published authors are aware that they need to produce quality material to be competitive. Sadly, some technical aspects of the craft remain elusive to them.  I...

9 Reasons to Write About What You Don't Know (Part 2 of 2)

4. You become a versatile writer. You set yourself free from your tedious engagements of usual themes or topics. If you have chosen a particular genre, you can find different angles to tweak it according to how you want to present ideas. For example, if...

9 Reasons to Write About What You Don't Know (Part 1 of 2)

Gillibrand drops from the presidential bid. The Stromboli volcano erupts. The US-China trade war pushes Asian nations towards recession. A golf ball has 300 dimples. Elephants can't jump. Earth will collide with a giant asteroid according to NASA. The world is ever-changing. The fast tempo of...

Chapter and Space Breaks

A chapter is the main division in a book that separates a time or an episode. These separations are emphatic and shift the story from one place and event to another. Readers often use chapters as a reading break, as chapters end a scene to introduce...

Universal Feelings in Fiction

What’s your favorite story? What genre? Why is it your favorite? Did it move you and in what way? Regardless of the genre you are writing, whether it is set in the past, present or future, readers must be able to identify with characters through...

Thinking of Becoming a Digital Nomad? Read This Before You Leap (Part 2 of 2)

3. Do you have travel insurance? Let’s face it. It’s hard to move these days without insurance. Accidents and illnesses happen when we least expect it. With the world as your office, health and safety should be a major concern. Good insurance must cover you wherever...

Thinking of Becoming a Digital Nomad? Read This Before You Leap (Part 1 of 2)

Becoming a digital nomad is all the rave, especially for millennials and people who are tired of being confined inside a cubicle for eight hours. If you look at your social media feed, you could swoon in envy watching your friends working on their laptops...

Side Hustles For Struggling Writers

There is a road one woman took that others doubted.  People really did not think of her as having any type of real job. At first, she did not even have a computer. She did everything by hand through the United States Postal Service. She never gave...

The Mystery, Detective, Suspense, and Spy Novels (Part 2 of 2)

4. The hero or heroine does not always have to be competent. Remember that they can have inner conflicts? A detective can be an alcoholic, drug-dependent, or on the brink of retirement and is slowing down. The protagonist can be ineffective at the beginning and...

The Mystery, Detective, Suspense, and Spy Novels (Part 1 of 2)

Contrary to popular belief, the mystery, detective, suspense or spy novel did not begin with Edgar Allen Poe. These genres date back to as far as ancient mythology. If you look closely, the different mythologies--from Greek to Norse--carry such stories. Even sacred books like the...