There’s a lot of bestseller how-to’s on the market, and I’ve blogged about bestselling authors and the “formula” and “algorithm” for writing bestseller books here and here. My best advice is to study the bestsellers in your particular genre — […]
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Of course you do! Everyone can benefit from helpful writing tips, whether you’re an emerging author or veteran novelist! Get expert advice from a book editor, ghostwriter, blogger and content developer with decades of experience. I’ve worked with many authors, many genres and many publications, and became an gatherer of tips, myself! I love sharing information and welcome your comments. I’ll keep adding nuggets of wisdom to help clients and potential clients well into the future. Perhaps you’d like to share some, yourself! These writing tips are inspired by questions from the authors who trust me with their manuscripts, as well as the magazine assignments I chase. Got questions? Ask me and I’ll do my best to answer.
Writing Bestsellers (Part 2) — “The Formula” and “The Algorithm”
Writing books is not easy, let alone writing bestsellers. First, an author has to develop a compelling premise and interesting characters and a plot worth reading. Before you jump in and begin writing—or even during your writing—consider doing some research. […]
Writing Bestseller Books (Part 1)
Writing bestseller books is a topic than can’t be contained in just one post. I blog about how some authors use a formula and/or an algorithm to write bestsellers here, and how they achieve bestseller status here. But for the […]
Basketball Book Editor: A Journey Through the Glory Days
Basketball Book Editing — Armstrong Basketball Awww! I love when clients become friends. It was quite a journey as a basketball book editor when Ron Hancock contacted me to work on his true-life manuscript. He’s a former basketball star and […]
Engineering Editor
Engineering Editor for Publications When the writing becomes technical but still requires creative and compelling copy, it’s helpful to have an experienced engineering editor in your back pocket — especially one who has been published in international journals and […]
College Football Editor: A Baylor Retrospective
My first alma mater was Blinn College, where I earned an associate degree in the 1980s. Then came a degree in English from University of Houston, and a near-completed master’s degree in digital media from Sam Houston State University. So […]
Political Editor: An Interview with First Lady Barbara Bush
A Very Fortunate Political Editor There are forty-four former First Ladies of the United States, and Barbara Pierce Bush is the forty-first. I think I achieved a career high when I landed an interview with her. That’s when others began […]
Sports Writing: An Interview with A.J. Foyt
A Sports Writing Career I’ve had a wonderful time interviewing athletes in a variety of sports. The sports writing spans from tennis to football to baseball and more. But some of the most interesting interviews center around race cars and […]
Sports Editing: Football Great Dan Pastorini
I’ve covered golf, baseball, lacrosse, tennis and more in my sports editing assignments. But my favorite is football — especially writing about the glory days of the Houston Oilers in the Astrodome. Sports Editing: Football As a contributing editor for […]
Mystery Editor Project
As a mystery editor (and a reader), I’ve enjoyed all kinds of crime fiction and mystery novels. We can break them down as: Standard Private Eye (more psychology and less action) Hard-boiled Private Eye (realistic fiction) Classic Detective Police Procedurals […]