Frequently Asked Questions About Writing, Publishing, and Books
The common questions about writing, publishing, ghostwriting, and author platform, answered by somebody who does the work.
Tag: Research (Page 23)
ResearchTechnology of Writing Hub: AI Tools & Software
The tools writers actually need, reviewed by somebody who uses them daily and knows exactly where each one fails.
ResearchLeadership Hub: Skills, Strategy & Team Building Guide
Twenty years running operations at Trader Joe's, and the ghostwriting since. What works, and what quietly destroys an organisation.
ResearchPsychology of Writing Hub: What Drives Creative Work
The mental side of writing: blocks, motivation, and the internal battles every writer fights regardless of experience.
ResearchSocial Media Hub: Strategy, Content & Growth Guide
What actually works for writers and business owners on social platforms, starting with LinkedIn.
ResearchWriting Hub: Craft, Techniques & Publishing Guide
Everything I know about craft: fiction technique, character, grammar, editing, and getting the words down.
Historical FictionRichard III, Aaron Burr, and a Book on the Wrong Shelf: Diana Rubino on Writing Biographical Historical Fiction
Historical novelist Diana Rubino on the misplaced library book that launched her career, writing biographical fiction about Richard III, Hamilton, and Aaron Burr, and why research is the best part.
Book ReviewsEnglish Grammar
A forty-eight-page primer on grammar basics, parts of speech, sentence construction, punctuation, with clear, simple explanations. Well pitched for someone intimidated by grammar, but too thin for anyone past the beginner stage. A fine first step most writers will quickly…
Book ReviewsSpace Travel
A science-for-writers reference on spaceflight, grounding SF in real physics and, most usefully, helping a writer know which rules to honor and which to break on purpose. The 1990s sense of the frontier is dated even as the foundational physics…
Book ReviewsPunctuation Plain and Simple
Punctuation is where a lot of otherwise competent writing quietly falls apart, and this teaches the basics in plain language, mark by mark. Valuable for shoring up a credibility-critical weakness, though narrow in scope, with stable content that overlaps comprehensive…
Book ReviewsNaughty Words for Nice Writers
A specialized vocabulary reference for romance and erotica writers, aimed at the real problem of finding varied, tonally right language for intimate scenes. A practical palette for working genre authors, narrow by nature, supplying vocabulary instead of scene craft, and…
Book ReviewsWho’s (… oops!) whose grammar book is this anyway?
A grammar guide that teaches the logic of how words combine into effective sentences instead of a list of rules to memorize, all in a disarming, approachable style. Good for developing an intuitive feel for sentence-building, though it is one…