As July raced to the finish line, I kept one eye on the days flying off the calendar faster than I could catch them and another eye on my growing word count. My third novel was contracted via proposal, so I had my first writing on a deadline. With the help of an incredible beta reader and prayers from my writing support teams, I had this deadline in the bag. No problem. In fact, I was on track to finish early. Not weeks early, but days ahead of schedule. Until life buckled my knees. One week before my deadline, I received a call my father was very ill and was being taken by helicopter to a large hospital three hours away. He underwent major heart surgery, but he didn’t make […]
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Pitching tip #4 – Pitch your EXTERNAL Plot
What is the biggest mistake Authors make when pitching their novel? They pitch the INTERNAL plot instead of the External plot. MBT Pitching tip #4: Pitch your External Plot, not your Internal Plot. Find out HOW in the video! And, to find out how to attend our MBT Pitch and Promotion Seminar – Click HERE! Have a great writing week -go write something Brilliant! Susie May
Read the RestWhy You Must Write
On my Road to Freedom Bicycle Tour Across America, I’ve had the privilege of spending the last several days in and around the tiny town of Corinth, Mississippi. It is rich with history, particularly from the Civil War. I marveled as I read the journals and diaries of young men who witnessed the battle at Shiloh where over 23,000 men lost their lives fighting for the north or the south. As I walked through the railroad depot at Crossroads in Corinth, I wondered what story would have been told today if someone hadn’t written back then. We would be in the dark, or left to stories being handed down—and watered down—generation after generation. These young men who went into battle are the historians that we count on to give us […]
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Years ago my dad told me, “Write What You Know.” He was right. For that season. I was up against a school deadline and had no idea what to write. His advice prompted me to write about something familiar. So I told a hilarious and come to find out, poignant tale, of driving to school over south Florida dirt roads in the back of my brother’s ’69 Barracuda. But years later, writing what I knew came up short. Yes, I can research and write about any topic! But writing what you know cannot fuel a writer for very long. Then I read a line for Sol Stein’s book that basically said, “Write something only you can say.” Huh? How? What kind of story would that be? Anyone can say what I […]
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