self-publishing
August 21, 2009
- Several writers have written me asking how to overcome writer's block. If you're struggling with writer's block, don't get discouraged. I get stuck many times in the middle of a book and don't feel like writing. I'm not always in the creative flow, but I make myself write anyway. Here are a few ways I get back into the creative flow of writing: 1.) Do anything that's creative. Paint pictures, ...
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August 19, 2009
- An aspiring writer wrote: Dear Mr. Moreland, For the longest time I enjoyed writing short stories. I found it fun. But now it seems as if I can't produce anything. For many months now I have been at a loss for words, nothing seems to come to me. And there is no more energy in my writing. I think maybe I'm starting to give up, but yet the other part of me doesn't want me to. I was wondering if you ...
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August 17, 2009
- My friend DJ from Facebook asked for some tips on being a more descriptive writer. First, read a lot of books from various authors. When you come across a descriptive passage you really like, read it again, study it. Notice what verbs and adjectives they used. Write that passage in a journal or type it. I've written passages from other books, from Stephen King to Dean Koontz, and that helped put ...
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August 16, 2009
- I recently did an interview about publishing and social media marketing. You can listen to it at the link below. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Leilimckinleycom/~3/ZTOq9UMyvuI/
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August 15, 2009
- At first glance, there would appear to be a virtually infinite variety of vanities available to the aspiring egotist, but once exposed to a little lucidity the selection tends to shrink alarmingly. Deprived, for obvious reasons, from indulging in the conventional vanity of narcissism, I rarely look in the mirror, and when I do the prevailing motive is one of curiosity. Where in the world did that ...
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August 14, 2009
- Cross-posted from Fictional Life I prepared this list for my new blog over at Amazon. I thought I would post it here as well. Preparing these manuscripts for publication will be Job One around here for the foreseeable future.Below is a list of my inventory of upcoming publications. Always Faithful is already available for purchase; the rest are "completed" manuscripts. Some need ...
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August 12, 2009
- First, let me start off by saying that this isn't aimed at anyone who has actually previewed, read, looked at or actually reviewed the first in my book series, Celtic Evil. This is more toward all those who put down the writers who don't or in some cases, can't follow normal tradition after writing a book.See, I learned while in school and afterwards there are several stages to writing a book. ...
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August 11, 2009
- For many women, working in a male-dominated industry can be very daunting. Some women, in a bid to fit in and move up, make the mistake of hiding their real selves, trying to be like men. But for self-published author Renee Weisman, women can survive and succeed in a man’s world without having to change who they are as women. She shares this in her book, Winning In a Man’s World. This ...
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August 10, 2009
- When I first set out to write a supernatural novel set during World War II, I didn't know much about that the Nazis and the Occult except what I had seen in movies. So I spent a good three years reading history books and articles on the Internet. I watched WWII documentaries and movies to have a greater understanding of why we were fighting this war. I learned about weapons and war strategy ...
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August 3, 2009
- Looking back now at my days at the University of Texas, it was both my screenwriting classes and creative fiction writing classes that led me to writing SHADOWS IN THE MIST. The supernatural war story started out as a short screenplay that I wrote for one of my assignments. It was originally titled "The Chapel." Our assignment was to write a script for our favorite TV show. Being such ...
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