Need help knowing how to format those page numbers? This podcast will show you how. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOuihsC7SyY]
Marketing: Getting Your Book Reviewed
Your publisher will likely submit your book for review to some places. But just because they do, this doesn’t mean that anyone will review it. That’s the nature of book reviews. You ask, you follow the rules, but there are never any guarantees. There is also no guarantee of a positive review. Giving someone a… Continue Reading
Formatting Your Manuscript, Part 4
In this podcast, I talk about cleaning up your manuscript. Don’t forget to spell check. And check each chapter heading to make sure that they are formatted the same. Also, look for words you tend to misspell or misuse. Some I struggle with are: though, thought, and through. So, I try to search my manuscript… Continue Reading
Formatting Your Manuscript, Part 3
I get into the habit of typing the way I type, even if it’s wrong. Maybe I was trained to put two spaces between sentences or use the TAB key to create a new paragraph. Many may argue that I should retrain myself to do things the right way. And maybe I can, over time.… Continue Reading
Formatting Your Manuscript, Part 2
In this podcast, I talk about how to use page breaks to separate one chapter from the next. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nU1iv2v95s]
BY DARKNESS HID WINS EPIC AWARD!
I found out from a friend who was at EPICon 2010 that By Darkness Hid won the EPIC Award in the fantasy category! The EPIC Awards are given for books released in ebook format. The awards ceremony was in New Oreleans on the last night of EPICon 2010. Also, Stuart Stockton won the EPIC Award in the science… Continue Reading
Marketing: Create a Website
If you are a published (or an almost published) author, you must have a professional-looking website where readers can find out more about you and your books. Take a look at mine. (www.jillwilliamson.com) It’s far from the best author website out there, but it’s free. Free is good. I made the whole thing with a… Continue Reading
Marketing: Make a Budget
As you may have heard, your book is not likely to sell itself. Marketing and publicity is hard work. The whole secret is to determine who your target readers are and how to get in front of them (in a non threatening way, of course). So, even if your book isn’t out yet, you should start promoting… Continue Reading
Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Review by Jill Williamson In the ruins of what was once North America, The Capitol keeps its people in line by forcing them to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on National TV. Sixteen-year-old Katniss is horrified when her little sister’s name comes up in the reaping. She rushed to… Continue Reading
Formating Your Manuscript for Submission, Part 1
I created a five part series on how to format your manuscript for submission to editors and agents. Please keep in mind that this is what I’ve learned. If your editor asks you for something else, do that. If you are submitting to an agency, and their website has specific instructions, follow them. Otherwise, what… Continue Reading
Publisher’s Weekly Reviews To Darkness Fled
“Christian fantasy is the wee niche in which this fat book fits, and here’s hoping its quality helps enlarge the niche. Williamson pens an action-packed, imaginative second installment in the Blood of Kings trilogy. Achan Cham… rides with a party in Darkness, the unlit half of the Kingdom of Er’Rets, to free two unjustly imprisoned… Continue Reading
USING RHETORIC: Polysyndeton & Simile
F. Polysyndeton is the use of conjunctions between words, phrases, or clauses. It is the opposite of asyndeton; however the effect of polysyndeton shares a feeling of multiplicity, a never ending list, and a building up with that of asyndeton. I said, “Who killed him?” and he said, “I don’t know who killed him but… Continue Reading