A.C.E. Writers

Recently I was notified via facebook.com that I was the winner of a blogging award presented by Jo Linsdell- Feliciani. Jo writes from her home in Italy and often sends information about other writers and their blogs over her blog about Writers and Authors. I always appreciate her insight and the links she offers. All [...]

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What’s the difference? An editor will review each line and correct all those basic grammar errors, punctuation errors and line edits that need attention. A critiquer will focus on the topic and flow of your book, assess the story line and drive your tale home to the reader. A consultant takes on all these things [...]

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How many words does it take to make a profit? The question came through email from a writer friend who had been playing with his writing game for more than half a century. The man was freaking old! But he still had a dream. There wasn’t anything else in his message, just that question. I [...]

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As writers, the unfortunate reality is that we have to do the lion’s share of book marketing and promotion ourselves. Key to that marketing is the virtual book tour, otherwise known as a blog tour. Advertising a book tour actually begins way before your book release. Here’s how I did it. I created a blog [...]

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“How many words have you written today?” The question didn’t resonate with me, because I’ve never really counted words. Bloggers don’t. Even back when I was focused intently on writing books for a living, my portion didn’t really have much to do with word counts, so I didn’t… Count words, that is. Traditionally, for me, [...]

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As a writer, corralling your ideas and thoughts can be the most difficult part of getting a book out. Everyone struggles with organization, but it doesn’t have to be a total battle. There are ways to corral the mess and become organized. Get a planner. The first step to becoming organized as a writer is [...]

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An honest critique of written work is the first step to generating best selling content. Many believe the writer is responsible for generating a bestselling book. Those many would be wrong. Without a quality critique, no matter how well written to book may be, it won’t get past the first publisher. Writers miss the details [...]

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Niche Manual – Write a Manual For Your Niche Market By Jan Verhoeff Have you ever wondered what would happen if you put just a little bit of the wisdom you have from your day to day job down on paper and shared it with anyone who wanted to know about your niche? I can [...]

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Do your words get all bundled up in the paper and you can’t get poop out of them? STOP. Writer Constipation can be terminal! Midnight calls from writers often tie me up in a ball of frustration because they’re whining and complaining about the dinking words that won’t come to them, when in reality they [...]

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Cliche or not cliche? Sometimes the question isn’t about the cliche, but about the person. When a new writer starts putting pen to paper, no matter how old the writer is, there’s a gap in understanding from there to DONE writing. Once you’ve published, there’s a consequence and purpose of your written words, but the [...]

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