Who Is Your Real Competition In The Writing World?
I’ve talked about markets and Amazon and publishing before. I’ve also talked about targeting your market correctly. The underlining question is: who is your real competition? For many independent authors, the answer is, on the surface, only one person: me.…
Guest Blogger Lorraine: On How to Deal With Critiques
Thanks Lorraine, for guest blogging with this wonderful commentary about dealing with critiques when you don’t see yourself as a writer. Lorraine is a wonder writer who has done many 200,000 plus word stories online, so please give her a…
The Fan Fiction Launch
Taking advantage of fan fiction publishing opportunities to start developing a following Now that we understand why fan fiction can prove useful to you as a writer, and have discussed some ways in which…
The Powerful Art of Fan Fiction
Writing requires courage. There are a lot of people who love to write, not just as a career but as a hobby, and there are some wonderful works out there, including fan fiction. There is a point when you learn…
Finding Your Inner Craftsman Through Fan Fiction
Borrowing ideas to inspire your writing skills We have spoken already this month about the controversial nature of fan fiction and using others’ ideas as a jumping-off point for a new work of…
There is Such as Thing As Great Fan Fiction Writing
I would like to jump into the debate about fan fiction on a bit of a positive note. During my reading of fan fiction I’ve come across some really great writing. I can tell that these are the people who put their…
Open Book. Open Mind. Tell Me How You Really Feel!
Starting to look inside the world of fan fiction I was talking to some people about what they thought of fan fiction, and it seems that there are quite a few people with…