Readers and Writers

Good or bad do not respond to the reviewer.

As a reviewer do not give away the story.

A bad review can be a good thing.

Am I only successful if I am traditionally published.

Make a name for yourself locally to sell more books.

Barnes and Noble should be where you end up, not where you start.

You should write the synopsis first, even before the outline.

Make it as detailed as possible.

You can use it in your marketing such as log lines, back cover blurbs, and teasers.

Pantsers or Plotters can both use outlines.

Can be short or as long as you like.

An outline keeps your story on track.

Real dialogue can’t be real.

Real dialogue takes up too much space.

Writing different voices.

Why Old England?

The portal fantasy.

On world/Off world.

When to use each form of writing.

How to show and how to tell your story?

Fiction and nonfiction needs research.

Sci-fi has to be plausible.

Magic, is it a natural thing or is it learned?

Conferences and conventions what are they for?

Fairs and comicons, the good and the bad.

Are you afraid of having only one idea?

Did you crush too much into one story?