by Zoe M. McCarthy | Oct 16, 2014 | Writing
My guest today is Jennifer Slattery, author of Beyond I Do. Jennifer shares an important principle. Be ready for her thought-provoking examples. And don’t miss more about Jennifer and Beyond I Do following her post. As a freelance editor I’m often...
by Zoe M. McCarthy | Sep 18, 2014 | Blogging
“The danger of the Web is that you can go from idea to public announcement in under ten minutes.” —Seth Godin We do much work to write an interesting blog post, article, or book. Yet our announcements to promote our work fail to draw people to it. We ignore the...
by Zoe M. McCarthy | Sep 4, 2014 | Writing
Author Marion Ueckermann is my guest today. Enjoy Marion’s blog tour and tips to keep readers engaged. And note the drawing below for a chance to receive an eBook of Marion’s novel. Helsinki Sunrise, a Passport to Romance, blog tour follows on from yesterday’s stop in...
by Zoe M. McCarthy | Jul 24, 2014 | Creating, Writing
“If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story.” —Orson Welles In an earlier post, I talked about backloading sentences, paragraphs, and scenes. Meaningful words at the end of these leave the reader with what’s important. And...
by Zoe M. McCarthy | Jul 17, 2014 | Writing
“Well, the thing about great fictional characters from literature, and the reason that they’re constantly turned into characters in movies, is that they completely speak to what makes people human.” —Keira Knightley I have a surly character in my inspirational...
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