Rebecca Cornish Talley

Rebecca Talley | January 28, 2010

You may think that once you’ve written your book and it’s been published, all of your work is done. Wrong.
Your work is only beginning. In the United States, well over 150,000 books are published each year. That’s a high number of books to compete for consumers’ attention. Of course, we’re well aware of the breakout [...]

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Rebecca Talley | January 25, 2010

I’ve discussed doing a virtual book tour. What else can you do to promote your book?

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Rebecca Talley | January 21, 2010

Let’s do a fun quiz. See if you can fill in the blanks.

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Rebecca Talley | January 18, 2010

In Writing Fiction: Scene, Part 1, I discussed what each scene requires: goal, conflict, and disaster. Now for Part 2.

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Rebecca Talley | January 10, 2010

A novel consists of scenes.

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