by Kevin Tumlinson | Dec 4, 2017 | Author How-To & Mindset
What did you have for breakfast on May 27th, 2015? This detail may just save your life. Or it could just be a random fact that you may or may not remember. Maybe you noted it somewhere, maybe you didn’t. Maybe you have an eidetic memory for breakfast foods. That’s a...
by Kevin Tumlinson | Jun 28, 2017 | Author How-To & Mindset
We talk a lot about the business of publishing—everything from picking the right title and choosing the right cover to writing a winning book description and marketing your book to readers. All that is important, particularly for authors just getting into the...
by Kevin Tumlinson | Jun 1, 2017 | Author How-To & Mindset
David Eddings, an American novelist who was most famous for his epic fantasy books, once gave the following advice about the practice to new writers : “My advice to the young writer is likely to be unpalatable in an age of instant successes and meteoric falls. I tell...
by Kevin Tumlinson | Nov 3, 2016 | Author How-To & Mindset
Every word you write is meant for someone. All writing has a target audience. And the more specific your idea of that someone, the more impact your writing can have. Identifying and defining your ideal reader, then, is an exercise in honing and improving your craft....