This Week on Books Direct - 15 September 2013
Here's
a list of the articles you may have missed this week:
"Preschool Learning" - Brought to you by Bundle of the Week.
With
back to school for older kids behind us, this week's bundle is designed for
parents of preschoolers! Whether you're looking for informal learning
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for learning activities you can do at home with your preschooler, tons of great
printables and an 80-minute audio recording to encourage you during these early
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"Marketing Madness: Five More Ideas" - Article by Kathryn Elizabeth Jones for Idea
Creations Press.
Five
ideas to help you market your book.
Amy's
got some handy hints you may not know about.
Why
do some books fail, while others succeed?
This
year's Man Booker Prize finalists have been announced. The six books on the
list could not be more diverse. There are examples from novelists from New
Zealand, England, Canada, Ireland and Zimbabwe.
"Looking for Love in All the Right Places: A Margaret Atwood Reading Flowchart" -
Flowchart by Book Riot.
Many
writers seek assistance from friends or family members for various projects,
but this aid must be given and received with care. Here are some tips about
asking for informal editing assistance and providing it.
"Make the Impossible Look Real" - Article by Lorrie Porter for This Craft Called
Writing.
As
Donald Maass states, "What makes a breakout novel memorable are conflicts
that are deep, credible, complex and universal enough so a great number of
readers can relate."
Now
that (virtual) shelf space is infinite, ebooks and print-on-demand mean that
access to printing presses is irrelevant; and anyone who can use a word
processor can write and publish a book.
And
one problem a lot of writers have is they don't know how to get into a creative
flow that will allow them to keep coming up with amazing stories to write.
Wouldn't it be great to have consistent creative flow? If you want to be a
badass creative writer, along with writing a story that "works", you
need 5 things.
Today’s
computers feature programming and writing tools more powerful than anything
available in the twentieth century. Do these things help us, or are computers
more of a distraction?
"Essential Tools to Organize Your Book Manuscript" - Article by
Mary Carroll Moore for Grub Street Daily.
Books
are all about organization, not just about sitting down and letting it flow.
Good organization rescues us when we're sinking into confusion about how to
delve for meaning, it brings us ideas on how to infuse our manuscripts with
emotion, and it gives us ways to structure outer events into a logical sequence
that a reader can track.
"Neil Gaiman's Advice to Aspiring Writers" - Article by Maria Popova
for
Brain Pickings.
Brandon
Farley captures the essence of Gaiman's philosophy on writing and his advice to
aspiring writers.
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you enjoyed this blog post, please visit the This Week
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