How to Create a Believable RPG (Role Playing Game) World
In the design of a role-playing game there is a significant challenge in creating a believable world for player characters to interact in. Time periods, religions, history, and other minutiae may be different. More ...
Developing Plots in Fiction
Whatever your plot, it needs to catch and hold the reader's interest, which won't happen unless what is happening now is more interesting than what happened a few pages back. This is known in fiction as forward movement. More ...
The Fastest Way to Earn Your First $1,000 as a Freelance Writer
Earning your first big chunk of cash as a professional freelance writer. It makes you feel like you made the right choice - like quitting your 9-to-5, branching out on your own and blazing your own path was the best thing you've ever done. More ...
The Information Age and Making Money!
The Internet is the most powerful and most incredible marketing device ever invented plus it's the most cost effective! We live in the 'Information Age' and travel down the information super highway. Everybody wants information, they want it now and they are willing to pay for it. More ...
How to Start a Home Based Writing Business
If you love to write, and believe others could enjoy reading your work; then consider starting home-based writing as a part or full-time business. This article contains ten steps to start a home-based writing business. More ...
The Three Commandments of Writing a Children's Picture Book
Many beginners believe writing picture books are a breeze, but it requires a lot of skill to pack a story into a few words. If writing a picture book is your dream, here are some tips to consider before you begin. More ...
How to Market Yourself Successfully as a Writer
Marketing should be on top of your priorities after production of your writing. You need to adopt various strategies to get your name out there and display your prowess. Here are a few useful ways to promote yourself and achieve success. More ...
Classifying Children's Fiction
A book is children's fiction if the main character is a child. Adults read about adults. Children read about children. When reading a book, the reader likes to relate to the main character. More ...
Writing e-Newsletters ? Tricks of the Trade
An emailed newsletter serves much the same purpose as a traditional company newsletter. Think of it as a short newspaper ? but instead of relating to a town, city or country, it relates to your business. More ...
Five Ways Non-Fiction Authors Can Make Money Far Beyond Selling Books
Unlike fiction, non-fiction offers you earning potential beyond simply the sales of books. In many ways, when a reader buys a book from you, that can be the very start of a customer relationship that can be worth tens of thousands of dollars in income. More ...
The Realities of Being a Writer
When I tell people I'm a writer, they step back, their eyes go wide and they say 'Wow. That must be exciting!' The writer's life must be such a thrilling life. There is a vast difference between the fantasy of being a writer and the reality of being a writer. More ...
How to Break Through Writer's block
Every serious writer has dealt with writer's block at some point in their career and when they've leaned some ways to break through it, they have come out stronger on the other side. More ...
12 Web Sites that Pay for Writing
Advertisers have found that having a blogger write about their product or service is a much more effective way to advertise than posting ads. This has created a new opportunity for you to get paid for writing. This is a list of 12 places on the Web that pay you to write. More ...
Start Your Children's Writing Career Today
If you want to write for children my advice is Join writers' groups, read a lot of children's books, and read a lot of books about writing for children. More ...
