I love reading novels where beautiful descriptive passages transport me into the story. However, description can also be a snore-fest that beckons me to skim to the exciting part. There’s no magic percentage that tells you how much description you should have in your novel, though genre can give a clue. If you’re writing fantasy …
Category Archives: Writers Life
Heavenly Motion
Apart from seeing my family and a long overdue trip to the hairdressers, I am looking forward to going into a library again. You may smile, but as a writer, seeing hundreds of books that are filled with unread words and unseen adventures is a happy place for me. There is something about all those …
Writers Life | 28 Content Ideas To Mix Up Your Author Newsletter
Please welcome guest blogger Jen Richards to our blog today to talk about Author Newsletter. Author newsletters are an important way to connect directly with readers. Unlike social media where (increasingly) you have to pay to make sure your audience sees your content, newsletters are a reliable way to supply information about book launches, promotions …
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2021 CALEB Award Winners
Omega Writers are thrilled to announce the winners of the 2021 CALEB Awards for published books. Adult Nonfiction Sponsor: Sheree Chambers & Emma Biddle at Impressum The winner receives their choice of website updates, a six-week social media calendar, or a cover for their next book to the value of $400. The winner is: Sinned Against: …
Adult Literacy: So Much More than Books
If you’re reading a blog on this site, chances are that you love books. You enjoy reading or stringing beautiful words together. You have a to-read pile that seems to multiply of its own accord, you can’t pass a bookshop without going in, and you think of the characters in your favourite novels as friends. …
Writers Life | What Do You Want In A Newsletter?
Results of the author newsletter survey. The results are in from the recent Author newsletter survey. Due to restrictions only 40 people were able to comment but it gives a good idea of what readers think. Do you read author newsletters? It may have been better if I have asked do you subscribe to newsletters …
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A Significant Influence
You have significant influence, and you can create an atmosphere for God to work in. Believe it or not, God is not looking for people with star quality and the biggest following on Instagram. He seeks out the willing heart who just wants to shine His light in whatever circumstance they find themselves in. Creating …
#ThrowbackThursday | Writing for an Audience of One
It’s Throwback Thursday, so today we’re revisiting a previously published blog post. Who Are We Writing For? I often come across writers who are considering writing a book, or who have just published their first book. Someone will invariably ask who the book is for. Many new authors have a common response: their book is …
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Not At This Address
As I read the phone text from my literary agent that another publishing house had decided not to go with my book proposal, my mind instantly went to a quote by Barbara Kingsolver that I had written down a few months before. “This manuscript of yours that has just come back from another editor is …
Fiction Friday | Book Review | Remind Me Why I’m Here by Kat Colmer
Remind Me Why I’m Here is a fun Australian Young Adult fish out of water story. Maya Sorenson of Chicago, Illinois, thinks she’s headed to Barangaroo in Sydney, Australia, famous for its harbourside views. Instead, she’s headed to a sheep farm in Barangaroo Creek, hours away from the Sydney beaches and cafes. To make things …
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