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 Share this Post…
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 […]
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 […]
You’ve been writing, editing, writing and worrying that a door will open to get your prose into print. Every day that passes without Barnes and Noble making a place for your best seller on down their center isle lets a little more air out of your hope inspired bubble. It doesn’t bother you at first. Or at least that’s what you tell everyone through your veil of courage. But then you begin to question. At first, you wonder what in the world they’re thinking for not having purchased your manuscript. Then you realize it’s you. Surely, you are the worst writer on the face of the planet. It’s an emotional roller coaster that would make the thrill rides at Disney World look like kiddy rides. You finally stand right in […]
