Book trailer for the bestselling mystery/romantic suspense novel Twenty-Five Years Ago Today. Buy the novel here as an Audible audiobook and as an ebook: https://storyoriginapp.com/universalbooklinks/8cfd2ea6-6a22-11ea-b039-97ec44f0c7c4 Should we dig for the truth when Pandora’s Box is a coffin of buried secrets?…
Teddy Bear Town Children’s Bundle Audiobook Sampler
April 2, 2020 by Leave a Comment
Get a sample of the Teddy Bear Town Children’s Bundle in this teaser video narrated by Bill Russell. This collection is available on Audible and as an e-book. It was written by Stacy Juba with illustrations by her dad Larry…
Tour The Book Editing Blueprint Classroom
March 24, 2020 by Leave a Comment
Take a tour of the online course BOOK EDITING BLUEPRINT: A STEP-BY-STEP PLAN TO MAKING YOUR NOVELS PUBLISHABLE. In Book Editing Blueprint, your mission is to learn how to do a thorough developmental, line edit, and copyedit and to create…
How To Edit Dialogue: Free Lesson From Book Editing Blueprint
March 22, 2020 by Leave a Comment
Find out the most common dialogue mistakes that plague fiction writers in this sample video from the online course Book Editing Blueprint: A Step-By-Step Plan to Making Your Novels Publishable. The video discusses how to edit speech length, dialogue punctuation,…
SURVEY RESULTS: Discover the Biggest Writing & Editing Struggles
March 21, 2020 by Leave a Comment
This video was originally created for the Shortcuts for Writers Facebook group and shares the results of a survey I did. In that survey, I asked writers what editing issues gave them the most trouble and what MUST be included…
Affordable New Course That Simplifies Self-Editing A Novel
March 6, 2020 by
You know that feeling of overwhelm when you think of self-editing a novel? Where you wish an editor could sit over your shoulder and keep you from making a ton of time-wasting mistakes? You see the big picture but worry about how to get there. How do you get your book ready for…
❌❌❌What Editors Can Tell From Your First 2 Pages & How it Affects Your Wallet
March 3, 2020 by
In this video, I’m going to show you what flaws jump out at me on the first couple pages of an unpublished manuscript. You’ll get a glimpse of how editors will evaluate your writing and why it’s so important to…
5 Book Research Tips From Bestselling Fiction Authors
March 2, 2020 by
Sure, the saying ‘Write what you know’ has some truth, yet if that’s all we wrote, our fiction would be bland. Several years ago, I penned an article about setting in fiction for a writing magazine. The angle was how research field trips could enrich your writing. As a longtime reporter, hands-on research comes…
How To Avoid The Editorial Feedback That Every Writer Dreads…
February 26, 2020 by
“PLEASE don’t be discouraged. You’re a talented writer and this story has so much potential.” Okay, who has gotten a letter like this from their freelance editor, a LONG letter outlining every flaw in the novel and that tries to sugarcoat it so you don’t wind up burning the damn thing? I was recently asked…
What Is Book Editing Blueprint? (in 76 seconds)
February 25, 2020 by
A short trailer for the online course Book Editing Blueprint (A Step-By-Step Plan to Making Your Novels Publishable), launching March 6, 2020. By going through this affordable, self-paced class on how to edit a book, you’ll get the tools to…
