Want your book to stand out? Make your conflict deeper than “former love hurt them in the past, so they can never love again.” #pubtip

The latest The Write Shadow Times! paper.li/TheWriteShadow… Thanks to @AuthorJoeNBrown @MsAvaArmstrong @byharryconnolly #pubtip #amwriting

Learning how to write a good synopsis is almost as important as learning how to write a good book. It's a key tool to sell a story #pubtip

If your 1st chapter doesn't wow me, I may never get to ch. 2. Start w/ a bang or something intriguing rather than endless back story #pubtip

A Basic Guide to Getting Permissions + Sample Permissions Letter janefriedman.com/sample-permiss… via @JaneFriedman #pubtip

Should You Make a Book Available for Preorder? 14 Authors Weigh In. bit.ly/2sN8tsJ by @CarlynRobrtson #writetip #pubtip

Even if @ATallOrder weren't my client, I'd still urge every writer to listen to this for the insights on publishing. #pubtip #writetip

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Book opening clichés to avoid:

Character driving, flying, walking back to hometown.

Character waking up from a bad dream.

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Why Submission Response Times Vary So Dramatically: A Literary Agent Breaks It Down marycmoore.com/index.php/2017… #askagent #pubtip

Is your villain a threat or a pest? Make sure there's something at stake instead of them just being an obstacle. #dontbeaBiff #pubtip

Heads up...@pandamoonpub will be closing submissions for the year on August 1st. Be sure to get yours in before then! #amwriting #pubtip

If your book conflicts could be solved w/ one convo that never seems to happen, readers will be annoyed. You need bigger roadblocks. #pubtip

Writers! This is a MUST read. "The easy ideas rarely turn out to be easy, and only serve to distract from the real work at hand." #pubtip

Join me Aug 10th for "Successfully Publishing Your First Novel." Modern advice for today's market: tinyurl.com/y7b7szl3 #pubtip

An excellent blog for craft advice = Fiction University by @Janice_Hardy here = blog.janicehardy.com #craft #writing #pubtip

Your book must be fiction or non-fiction. That needs to be clear in yr query. Historical fiction is fiction. Memoir is not fiction. #pubtip

Great article debut authors! 10 Things I Learned About Publishing from My Debut Series publishingcrawl.com/2017/06/26/10-… via @PubCrawlBlog #pubtip

Interesting info on optimal book lengths: thebookdesigner.com/2017/06/book-p… via @jfbookman #pubtip