by Zoe M. McCarthy | Oct 25, 2018 | Writing
Deadlines are good. They help writers focus on completing book-writing tasks. Sometimes deadlines aren’t so good. Writers may carefully plan how they’re going to meet deadlines, padding their schedules for unexpected events. Then they discover the padding wasn’t...
by Zoe M. McCarthy | Oct 18, 2018 | Writing
I’d never used word-count goals in writing, until my current manuscript. To complete my story by my deadline, I need to write a certain number of words per week. For the past month, what has helped me make my goal each week is a reward. I heed two rules concerning...
by Zoe M. McCarthy | Oct 11, 2018 | Writing
You don’t need to use the actual place, but you could use the memories: • something you saw (good or bad) • a specific feeling you had (exhilaration, fear, sadness) • a general feeling you had (ominous, out of place, homey) • a person you met (friend, enemy,...
by Zoe M. McCarthy | Oct 4, 2018 | Writing
A mix of older and newer names will make your story feel authentic to readers. You can give characters names popular to the year or decade they were born in. Most likely characters will have popular names from prior decades too. Boys often carry on family names. Below...
by Zoe M. McCarthy | Sep 27, 2018 | Writing
In my readings, I’ve noticed many unnecessary occurrences of the word some. I have to ferret out that sneaky word from my drafts. But I don’t delete all of them. Sometimes some is the correct word. Where the word some works. Example > “Did you read all of the...
by Zoe M. McCarthy | Sep 20, 2018 | Marketing Books, Writing
One of the best things I do for under $20 is buy Kindle gift e-books for my titles when they’re on sale for 99¢. I have them sent to my email address, then, as I need them, I forward them to readers. The readers click on the gift link and download the book....
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