novels

THE NARRATIVE ARC: Nine Tips for Telling Your Story So Folks Want to Ride on Your Boat

Whether you are writing a speech, a memoir, a novel or non-fiction, you’re going to need a narrative arc. This structural trajectory has been with us for over 3000 years;...

William Zinsser on Writing Well

10 Writing Tips from Legendary Writing Teacher William Zinsser I’m beginning to wonder how it is possible that I managed to successfully navigate a thirty-year publishing career without having actually...

The Digital Dynamic at St. Pete Beach

The term “out of print” is now practically extinct. I recently returned from the Novelists, Inc.  annual conference in St. Pete Beach, Florida.  Though I, like most of the several...