| I started writing fiction nearly two decades ago and didn’t sell my first manuscript until 1997. I like to help other authors learn so they can avoid the same false starts. I’ve listed on this page many of the resources that I have found most useful in learning to write fiction that sells. I hope it will help you.
Since I began writing, new technology have opened up other ways of publishing books. Now an author can choose
- Traditional
- Digital (with an ebook publisher or self-published)
- POD or Print on Demand (again with a small press or self-published with a company like CreateSpace.com or IUniverse.com
3 Ways to Publish An explanation for the new author of his/her choices.
Consider these books as essential aids in your writing-I DO! :
(Click on the covers to buy them from Amazon)
  
 
 
 
 
If you’re an aspiring author, I recommend that you investigate www.writersdigestbookclub.com
Online Classes:
“Empowering Character Emotion”, “EDITS Revision System”-two Online Workshops by Margie Lawson, PhD.
In 2012, I will be presenting this online writing workshop:
The Conflict Grid: Tool For Success
Presented by Lyn Cote with permission of Kathy Jacobson
If you don’t have conflict, you don’t have a story. With Kathy Jacobson’s CONFLICT GRID,* you will learn to uncover every possible conflict inherent that keep your hero and heroine apart. No more sagging middle. No more trouble crafting a true black moment. No more trouble finding the unifying theme that gives your romance power, no matter what subgenre you write. The CONFLICT GRID also clarifies the basic elements of your romance so that you can pitch it to an editor and give her exactly the info she needs to assess whether it’s a winner or not. The CONFLICT GRID, filled out in full, also provides you all you need to write a proposal. It can be your main planning tool for character and plot. Once you learn it, you’ll wonder how you did without it!
*The conflict grid is just one tool developed by Kathy Jacobson AKA Kathy Lloyd in her full writing course, A NOVEL APPROACH, available for download in PDF form for $25 on her website.
When: February, 2011
Where: At Savvy Authors-Writers Helping Writers http://bit.ly/r9QExz
In 2007, I offered instruction for other writers online and the material is archived on these sites:
Go to www.rwaonlinechapter.org/pubbedauthors, the HEA Café blog to find my class on “Tips to Please Editors.” Scroll down the left column until you reach May 2007; click and the five lessons should come up. If they don’t, please let me know.
You can also find this information at SORMAG (Shades of Romance Magazine) fifth online writer’s conference at http://sormag.blogspot.com:80/2007/07/online-conference-august-26-sept-1st.html
Recommended Websites:
Romance Writers of America
Wisconsin Chapter of Romance Writers of America
Faith Hope Love Inspirational Chapter of RWA
Rwa Online Chapter.org
Virginia Romance Writers
www.ACFW.com
HEA (Happily Ever After) Café for archived lessons on query, synopsis and beginnings and more! www.rwaonlinechapter.org/pubbedauthors
Love Inspired Historical Authors: http://www.myspace.com/lihauthors
Harper Collins Authors: http://harpercollins.com/authors/32696/Lyn_Cote/index.aspx
Randy Ingermansson’s “The Snowflake Guy” site http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/ |
