To continue our interview series on various writing styles freelancers may be interested in pursuing, today I’m talking with Linda Formichelli, co-author of The Renegade Writer: A Totally Unconventional Guide to Freelance Writing Success and The Renegade Writer’s Query Letters That Rock, about writing nonfiction books.
Many freelancers already work in nonfiction, and some have even [...]

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Today we kick off our new series exploring various types of writing freelancers may have an interest in pursuing. Evan Marshall, creator of the Marshall Plan for Novel Writing and the Marshall Plan Software and author of two mystery novel series and several nonfiction books, is our guest.
Marshall’s latest novel is called Evil Justice, a [...]

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Today let’s very briefly go over some common components of the author (or book) media kit – in other words, what you should include. While most of these will work for a hard copy media kit / press kit, let’s focus on online author media kits (those in newsroom formats on your website or downloadable [...]

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So I’ve passed the 10% mark on my novel first draft. I know the writing is far from my best. And the further I go along, the more comfortable I am with that.
For example, right now I have a lot of “he said” / “she said” stuff going on with my quotes. I know the [...]

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Last week was a little disappointing in my first draft efforts, and for a moment, I thought this week would be equally so. The plan is to stick to a minimum of 2500 words per week, broken over 5 days. I took my two days off early this past week due to some personal issues [...]

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I haven’t updated on a few things I’ve mentioned here recently, so here’s where a few projects stand:
Flipping Websites
I haven’t finished the content for the quick flip sites–Only about a quarter of it for the first handful of sites. I’ll get to it when I can, but unfortunately the beginning of the year is always [...]

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Last week was my first full week working on the mystery novel draft. I didn’t do so hot. I found myself repeatedly distracted by other work-related things.
But I know there are no excuses, so this week will be better (I start counting new weeks on Monday for anything work-related).
I promise, promise, promise that I will [...]

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I’m a big believer in planning. That’s why I went through a thorough outline for the book I’m writing, and why I outline most writing I do (from how-to articles and blog posts to press releases and white papers).
You would think that character sheets, notes, outlines, etc. and then the novel outline itself would be [...]

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If you followed my previous posts on outlining novels, you might remember that I had working titles in place for the two outlines I completed in 2008–Sarah and Three Weeks. Perhaps oddly, the novel I chose to start drafting this month was the only one without a working title.
I”m happy to say I was finally [...]

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While drafting my current mystery novel, I’ve set word count goals to keep me focused and chugging along. That basic goal is to write a bare minimum of 500 words per day, five days per week.
So far, so good.
I’ve noticed something though–I find myself struggling to hit that 500 word mark.
Uh oh. My hope what [...]

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