UnnaturalStates
It’s from Groovy Writer who’s posting on a mobileread forum.
Wow, impressive. Great job, Nicola. Interesting premise, too. You put a lot of work into the multimedia site. Bet it kept you busy through the long BC winter!
Thanks, Groovy Writer!
Intro: I’ve been teaching a writers’ workshop at our local Camosun college on how to write a mystery novel. My students are eating it up, telling me that they’re learning lots of practical and usable tips and techniques, so I thought I’d offer bits and pieces of the workshop in my new Friday Mystery Writing blog posts.
The information is gleaned from my little non-fiction e-book primer called Youdunit Whodunit: How to Write Mysteries.
STORY STRUCTURE (PART 3)
HIT ‘EM EARLY; HIT ‘EM HARD (continued from Part 2):
Intro: I’ve been teaching a writers’ workshop at our local Camosun college on how to write a mystery novel. My students are eating it up, telling me that they’re learning lots of practical and usable tips and techniques, so I thought I’d offer bits and pieces of the workshop in my new Friday Mystery Writing blog posts.
The information is gleaned from my little non-fiction e-book primer called Youdunit Whodunit: How to Write Mysteries.
STORY STRUCTURE (PART 2): HIT ‘EM EARLY; HIT ‘EM HARD
For every good story, there are three main acts: the Beginning, the Middle, and the Ending. You’ve seen C.S.I.; make it interesting!
So, to begin, follow these suggestions:
Chew over this early paragraph from Raymond Chandler’s KILLER IN THE RAIN: (more…)
I’ve been teaching a writers’ workshop at our local Camosun college on how to write a mystery novel.
My students are eating it up, telling me that they’re learning lots of practical and usable tips and techniques, so I thought I’d offer bits and pieces of the workshop in my new Friday Mystery Writing blog posts.
The information is gleaned from my little non-fiction e-book primer called Youdunit Whodunit: How to Write Mysteries.
Cover for mystery writing primer, Youdunit Whodunit!
So, let’s get the investigation going, shall we?
STRUCTURE AIN’T NO MYSTERY
At the onset, you may feel overwhelmed with your undertaking but don’t sweat. It’s not paint-by-numbers but it’s also not rocket science. Basically, every good mystery contains key elements and follows a basic structure. Nail these and you’ll have dunnit!
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I’ve taken my supernatural thriller, originally published as a multimedia Quillr and reworked it into an e-book called Unnatural States .
It’s now available on the iPhone, Kindle and Smashwords website. See links below.
UnnaturalStates
Check it out at:
Prepare to be intrigued, challenged and shaken up!
Heather Reisman, head honcho at Indigo Books & Music and Kobobooks, announced the arrival of yet another contender in the already competitive world of electronic book reading devices.
Look out Kindle, step aside Nook, run for the hills iPad and put ‘em up Sony reader ’cause there’s a new kid in town: the Kobo eReader.
logo for kobobooks
And who said ebooks were a fad? Welcome little Kobo eReader.
Especially LOVE that you’re a Canuck.
Want to know the ins and outs of a year flogging ebooks? Kobobooks VP, Michael Tamblyn reveals all in a new video entitled Lessons Learned from Shortcovers and Kobo: A Year in the Life of the What and How of Selling eBooks.
He’s articulate, honest and amusing. His lessons learned are both fascinating and surprising.
Some Kobo tidbits:
Things are hotting up in the ebook price point war between online booksellers and publishers.
My niece, Anica, carrying 2010 Olympic Torch
Before Apple came along with it’s iconic iPad and soon to be open iBookstore, online booksellers, like Amazon, set the prices of most new ebook releases at $9.99US, regardless of the publishers’ wishes.
This is going to change as Apple has agreed to set its prices higher, between $12.99US & $14.99US.
Now, other retailers, like Barnes & Noble and Amazon, are “yelling Uncle!” and complying. If they don’t, they’ll lose market share tout suite.
Good news for authors and publishers; less so for readers. I like the idea of giving more price weight to newly-released ebooks.
Every dollar counts and the effort, art & craft are worth it.
Attention writers!
You may have already been published or perhaps have struck out trying to find a traditional print publisher.
You’ve heard of print on demand and other forms of self-publishing but are wary of costs.
You still want the opportunity to get your work into readers’ hands.
Well, it’s very possible to do so in an extremely inexpensive yet effective way: self publish your work as an ebook and sell it online!
Cover for A Hemorrhaging of Souls
I’ve done it several times and am now selling electronic books at a number of major online book selling sites, like Amazon Kindle Store, Kobobooks and iTunes.
You can do it, too…and if you live in Victoria, BC area, you can spend Saturday, April 24th, with me at the Publish Your Own Ebook course offered by Camosun College.
I recently gave a speech to a local group called the Victoria Writers’ Society on the Mysterious Evolution of Publishing.
An engaging crowd of over thirty writers and editors attended. My focus was on electronic publishing and blogging and how I have used ebooks to give a couple of my novels a second life. My efforts appeared to go over well as there were numerous questions and much discussion after.
One of the best things occurred about a week later when the president, Debra Henry, kindly emailed me a sweet thank you note for “an information-packed evening that was both engaging and inspirational”.
She added the following:
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