Creativity
Who Wants to be a Brain Surgeon? (Guest Blog: Ella Grey)
Posted on October 4, 2011. Filed under: Creativity, Guest Bloggers, Writing | Tags: A Difficult Decision, author, authors, books, ebooks, Echelon Press, Ella Grey, readers, writers, Writing |
When I was little I wanted to be a brain surgeon, or a gardener. Only when I turned fifteen did I start thinking about being a writer. The author, Christopher Pike, inspired me. I remember reading his Last Vampire series and falling in love with the character he created. It was the first time I’d [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )How to Write Realistic Dialogue (Guest Blogger)
Posted on April 13, 2011. Filed under: Blatherings, Creativity, Guest Bloggers, Just for Fun, Writing | Tags: author, books, Echelon Press, publishing, writers, Writing |
Well written, realistic dialogue is one of the most useful tools at an author’s disposable. Nothing else can pull a reader from a story than unbelievable dialogue. Imagine a character like Mandy Moore’s in A Walk to Remember. Now picture that character cursing. A bum on the streets won’t use large, obscure words. Neither would [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )Characters Across Genres
Posted on March 14, 2011. Filed under: Blatherings, Creativity, Guest Bloggers, Writing | Tags: author, authors, books, characters, dystopia, ebooks, Echelon Press, editing, fiction, ideas, kieryn nicolas, publishing, quake, rain, readers, reading, writers, Writing |
Often I am asked, “What’s your favorite genre to write?” And often I reply, “Um. All of them!” It’s a completely honest answer. My first published novel, released this past summer, is of the spy genre. The next book, slated for June, is a dystopian. Fantasy was the genre of the first long story I [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )A ‘Spooky Times’ Blog Tour Guest
Posted on October 25, 2010. Filed under: Blatherings, Creativity, Guest Bloggers, Writing | Tags: author, authors, books, confidence, ebooks, Echelon Press, editing, heather s ingemar, publishing, readers, reading, requiem, sales, writers, Writing |
Heather S. Ingemar on Confidence So you took a leap of faith and wrote a story. Hell, you even edited it and polished it until you’re certain it’s perfect. But now, you find that manuscript sneaking toward the darkest end of your file drawer. You tell yourself that you only wrote it for fun, or [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 3 so far )Out Damn Stress
Posted on March 11, 2010. Filed under: Blatherings, Creativity | Tags: author, books, california, Echelon Press, israel, james patterson, karen syed, new zealnad, patterson, publishing, readers, reading, stress, stress relief, tom schreck, writers, Writing |
I can’t tell you how many times I have this conversation with people. “So, what do you do?” “I’m president of Echelon Press.” “What’s that?” “The greatest indy publisher in the business” ::smile:: “Wow, what do you publish?” “We do mostly fiction, but are always on the lookout for great non-fiction.” “You mean like James [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 17 so far )You can’t go home…
Posted on January 3, 2010. Filed under: Blatherings, Creativity | Tags: author, authors, change, family, Graceland, heritage, history, home, life, Memphis, Pakistan, publishing, readers, roots, Tennessee, TN, writers, Writing |
I recently read a series of posts on a Yahoo group that I found very sad. Not jus sad, but very sad. Several people spoke of their pasts and where they came from. The images evoked such dismay that I could not let it pass without comment. These poor people talked about how things had [...]
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