JT Ellison's Blog

• Genesis

  April 3, 2009

  • A few months ago, my friend Tim Hallinan asked me to participate in a series he was doing on creativity. I loved the concept, and though a bit terrorized to be included in the company of Emmy and Oscar winners, I gamely tried my hand. The basic question he asked us to contemplate: What Is Creativity? I'd love to hear what YOU think.Defining creativity to me is akin to the government’s views on ...
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• Formatting A Manuscript

  March 27, 2009

  • Last week, I mentioned that I'd formatted a new document so I could start writing THE PRETENDER, and Sandy chimed in with a question: What program do you use to write with? I thought it might be fun to hear how everyone does their prep work, including the program you use and how you format your manuscripts.Let me say, for the record, that there is no one right way to do this, though there are ...
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• Five Simple Ways To Be An Effective Promoter

  March 6, 2009

  • Promotion. It's a dirty word to many of us - a necessary evil, but an evil, nonetheless.I was in South Carolina this past weekend at the incredibly awesome South Carolina Literary Festival, and found myself engaging in several different types of promotion, all of which are vital skills that every author attending these events need to master. Promotion is, at its heart, relationship management. In ...
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