Port of Call

The Daily Port of Call: September 3, 2014

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Photo by Alexander Lvov/bigstockphoto.com

In today’s Daily Port of Call, you’ll find how to handle exposition, separate from your main character, and collaborate (if it’s for you).

Discover how to handle exposition and avoid the tar pits of fiction.

Explore the use of adverbs in dialogue tags.

Find out how to gain some distance when your main character is too much like you.

Check out this publishing advice from J. A. Konrath to his younger self.

Learn whether collaboration is right for you and read tips for making it work.

Our use of function words reveals more than you think.

The Daily Port of Call: September 2, 2014

Photo by Alexander Lvov/bigstockphoto.com

Photo by Alexander Lvov/bigstockphoto.com

In today’s Daily Port of Call, you’ll find character arcs for minor characters, a plan for indie authors just starting out, and author ethics.

Find out about character arcs for minor characters.

Discover fifteen steps to get your novel out of your head and onto the page.

Here is a plan for indie authors starting from zero today.

Explore the pros and cons of publishing exclusively with Amazon.

Consider these eight areas of author ethics.

How do you keep going when you’re depleted?