In keeping with Dunn Week, I’ve got a guest post up right now on Judy Dunn’s blog, CatsEyeWriter. You think storytelling is only the province of fiction writers? Think again. All of life is storytelling. Even business bloggers can appeal strongest to their readers. . .with storytelling. How? Join us… Read more“Storytelling for Business Bloggers: guest post on CatsEyeWriter”
Tag: fiction editing
10 Steps to Making Your Author Blog a Rockin’ Success
It’s Dunn Week at A. Victoria Mixon, Editor, with Judy Dunn of CatsEyeWriter. A fellow Top 10 Blogger for Writers, Judy teaches content marketing through her blog, coaching bloggers on how to get out there, stay out there and make it worth their while to be out there. And she… Read more“10 Steps to Making Your Author Blog a Rockin’ Success”
5 Pickles to Write Yourself Into
As we all know, there are more ways to make a mess of your manuscript than angels on the head of a pin. So I’m not going to try to hit them all here, just some of the main ones I see crop up repeatedly in the work of fresh,… Read more“5 Pickles to Write Yourself Into”
The Bootstrapping Writer—the Secret at the Core of Competency: guest post on Storyfix
Many of you are already familiar with Larry Brooks’ site, Storyfix, where he teaches writers through his theory of the Six Core Competencies. When he invited me to write this guest post for him I did a little reading up to see where he’s coming from and learned he’s not… Read more“The Bootstrapping Writer—the Secret at the Core of Competency: guest post on Storyfix”
Self-Editing at the Story Level
It’s Brooks Week here at A. Victoria Mixon, Editor, with Larry Brooks of Storyfix. Larry is a critically-acclaimed bestselling author of four psychological thrillers and writing instructor, with his recent release Story Engineering: Understanding The Six Core Competencies of Successful Writing. His following on Storyfix is impressive—those guys gave him… Read more“Self-Editing at the Story Level”
5 Qualities of a Successful Tech Writer: guest post on Make a Living Writing
In keeping with Tice Week, I have a guest post up on Carol’s blog, Make a Living Writing. Now, I know you guys are used to thinking of me as a fiction editor, probably because I keep writing all those posts about fiction. But that’s only after I went through… Read more“5 Qualities of a Successful Tech Writer: guest post on Make a Living Writing”
Profiles in Courage—6 Writers and Their Success Stories: guest post on {Courage 2 Create}
In keeping with Morales Week, I’ve got a guest post up on Ollin’s site at {Courage 2 Create}. Six of you fiction clients brave and true volunteered to be featured in a post on my personal success stories: Kathryn Estrada, Jeffrey Russell, Chris Ryan, Tony Keith, Bhaichand Patel, and Lisa… Read more“Profiles in Courage—6 Writers and Their Success Stories: guest post on {Courage 2 Create}”
4 Great Reasons You Shouldn’t Ditch Your Writing Blog
It’s Morales Week at A. Victoria Mixon, Editor, with Ollin Morales of {Courage 2 Create}. Ollin is another Top 10 Blogger for Writers, an aspiring novelist recording the progress of writing his first novel. He’s young, he’s passionate, he’s writing. And today he’s talking about the online writing community. GUEST… Read more“4 Great Reasons You Shouldn’t Ditch Your Writing Blog”
Interview & Review
Frequent commenter Shane Arthur of Editing Hacks interviewed me for his series on editors. Thank you, Shane! Now you all must hie yourselves on over there and make sure I’m telling the truth (not you clients, though—you guys’ll out me). And Helen Gallagher of Blogcritics.com has reviewed The Art &… Read more“Interview & Review”
My 4 Most Inspirational Posts of the Past Year
I’m not here this week—I’m busy getting old elsewhere—so instead of a new post I’m going to point you guys toward my four most inspirational posts of the past year: 5 Things to Celebrate About Finishing Your First Draft 21 Things You Writers Know That Non-Writers Don’t 7 Reasons To… Read more“My 4 Most Inspirational Posts of the Past Year”