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Zwicky Box writing
This is another great Lucy Ives writing exercise. A visual chart or spreadsheet of your novel can help you understand the larger structure. Try to express your story in a simple outline, or just using shapes and arrows. Write a summary of your novel’s structure. “In the first act . . .” Now check your diagram against your actual writing. Is there an insignificant scene that’s fifty pages long for…
Writing Prompts by Lucy Ives
How do you learn about writing except by doing it? Writers need creative exercise in the same way musicians need to play scales. This kind of assignment can break you out of the limitations of writing individual scenes and let you interact with structure and meaning. Here’s an assignment by Lucy Ives. The whole list is wonderful. Mysteries of Scale This is an exercise designed to encourage one to…
Why an Editorial Assessment Is Often the Smartest First Step
Why an Editorial Assessment Is Often the Smartest First Step Most authors think they need an editor when what they really need is clarity. Clarity about: What the book actually is Whether it’s structurally sound What kind of editing will actually help That’s where an editorial assessment comes in. An editorial assessment is not proofreading, copyediting, or line editing. It’s a strategic review…
New school year, new books?
 September always feels like the New Year. Since we are part of the academic world, it is a new year for our classes and our students. It is also leading up to the Jewish New Year, which occurs each fall. The reminder is that we grow by doing and learn from our mistakes. Let us help you create your book!
Simple tricks for self-editing
An editor’s services are really worth it, but every writer can get more out of the editing process if they can bring their work to the best state of finish possible before editing. New writers might feel both triumphant and exhausted upon completion of their first draft and it can seem like the right choice to pass the work on to an editor. But an editor can only do so much. They can clarify…
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Emerald author spotlight on Amy Gorder
A Journey from Writing to Publishing to Marketing The beginning Amy Gorder, author of the Gold Rush Ghosts series If you are just getting started writing your first book, it might seem impossible to see yourself featured in a literary festival’s podcast or getting written up by Kirkus reviews. But this is the kind of coverage that your book can get post-publication when you work with our…
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Somewhere in the Middle Podcast
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   Two Pieces of Writing Advice I found myself in a lull in my own writing. I wasn’t really working on it. I’d open it once in a while. I took several writing courses. I would pay for a class and participate in the seminars, hoping for guidance from an authority. In a way it was sort of lazy, as though I were transferring the responsibility for the writing to someone else who knew better. In…
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Ghosts of Autumn
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A Great Review for The Hummingbird Wars in Kirkus Books
A Great Review for The Hummingbird Wars in Kirkus Books
Check out the Kirkus Books review of the Hummingbird Wars by Ron Paschall https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/ron-paschall/the-hummingbird-wars/
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A short talk with Kim E. Wilson about her novel, Bird
A short talk with Kim E. Wilson about her novel, Bird
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Roadkill on the Telecommunications Highway
New Book by William W. King This book is a retrospective of my career in the telecommunications industry. It is not a novel. Though it does include some biographical information, it is not an autobiography. Rather it is a series of vignettes and anecdotes. Some are humorous, some are tragic, some are just plain silly, and some are hopefully instructive. I witnessed a lot of craziness during my…
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Preorder The Hummingbird Wars!
Preorder The Hummingbird Wars!
 Use the link above to preorder The Hummingbird Wars, a new book by Ron Paschall. The avian kingdom comes alive in this suspenseful and beautifully illustrated story of family, vengeance, and redemption in the animal world. The descendants of the Hubert Hummingbird family have lived with a secret for 200 years. In the heat of an attack, the family patriarch unleashed a little-known, powerful…
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Free Sample Chapter of Project Inferno
Free Sample Chapter of Project Inferno
Looking for your next political thriller? Look no further! Read the first chapter of William W. King’s Project Inferno for free:  https://emerald-books.com/king Â
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The Gunslinger's Grammar Guide
The Gunslinger’s Grammar Guide
The Quickdraw If you are a fan of Westerns, you might notice that the gunslinger who draws first almost always gets shot. For Western movies, this is a moral position. The hero doesn’t want anyone to die, but will defend himself if necessary. The villain is a reckless murderer who seeks any advantage. A team of scientists set out to study this phenomenon. You can read an article about their…
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Our Handy Reference for Creating Children's Books
Our Handy Reference for Creating Children’s Books
Children’s books are special. They have to be designed from the beginning. Just like a movie, every children’s book needs a director. Here is our simple guide to art direction elements you need to know before you start your project.
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Adverbs in dialogue? Please God no....
Adverbs in dialogue? Please God no….
You can instantly improve your writing by deleting adverbs from your dialogue. Here at Emerald Books, some editing processes are so necessary and done so frequently that they are pretty much automated. One of these is removing adverbs (any modifiers or commentary, really) from dialogue. We’re not talking about the character’s actual speech, but the attribution tags that organize the…
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