Branching out with my writing
You’re still unpublished.
No worries. Start your own company. Give yourself a signing bonus. [A $10 coffee card ought to do the trick. Knock it down to $5 if the CFO raises a little hell.]
Make it even more realistic. Turn down your own manuscripts. Promptly. And rudely.
Find a new audience today for your latest chapter.
Yes, your border collie will do just fine. 
Take note of when he:
IndieAuthorsAlliance @IndieAuthorALLI Book Marketing Ideas for Indie Authors: Introducing the New Bookfunnel Bundle #author bit.ly/2umr57V
David Gaughran @DavidGaughran
Scammers Break The Kindle Store
https://t.co/5s7fqjTBfs
Kindle Direct Pub @AmazonKDP
Some guiding words from KDP author @jaltucher.
IndieAuthorsAlliance @IndieAuthorALLI
5 Top tips to Boost Your Productivity bit.ly/2evBWDL#selfpub
[I’ve been working on the ‘road map’ tip. Sometimes I’m just not disciplined enough.]
Jon Winokur @AdviceToWriters
If I see an ending, I can work backward. ARTHUR MILLER #amwriting#fiction
And yet more productivity tips!! Jeff Goins @JeffGoins
Kill Distractions and Amp Up Your Productivity buff.ly/2tCpDgv
[I like the instrumental music tip.]
Continued change is today’s theme.
Moving from Windows XP is highly advised. Ditto your creaky Dell Dimension. Double-ditto Microsoft Word 2003.
Cash in on small changes today.
That long-awaited move from a Bic to a Pentel may be just what you need to get unstuck.
Your protagonist may finally pop the question[or even a new one!] and you can finally move on to his inevitable Hallmark-ish emotional peaks and valleys.
Multiple pages will be written by you today.
A second critical eye should be cast on your work by a new writing partner.
Use of passive voice is to be avoided at all costs.
Today is not a good day to spout politics. Unless you want to be engulfed in a Twitter storm and wake up trollers from their mid-afternoon slumber. On the other hand, there might be ‘reader runoff’ into your Lifestyle of the Destitute and Obscure blog.
Approach a writing snafu from a different angle.
Try shredding that bungled first chapter instead of your customary wad-and-toss.
If it helps, add a few choice expletives as the pages are ‘repurposed’.
You are trustworthy and people value your opinion.
So tread lightly when discussing your fellow writer’s dystopian Victorian western.
Appreciate its vivid descriptions and move on.
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To thank you for visiting, here is a freebie Suspense Concept List PDF.
Nope, no email address required.
It is 11 pages of words and phrases related to, in this case, the idea of suspense. I create and use these to boost my writing and idea-generation output and am going to be offering this and others in my upcoming digital dollar store. [Hey, it’s a working title. ;->]
[Actually, I think this blog’s readers could generate stories in any number of genres from these lists.]
Here is just a sample of what’s included:
Show flexibility today.
Shake up your cast of characters. [You can’t swing a shady politician without hitting that stale old hard-boiled librarian fencing instructor.]
At least change her planet of origin.
Word Inventions