Never Be Afraid to Write What You Believe – Inventing Reality’s Newsletter for Dec. 3, 2024

Writing Motivation: Never Be Afraid to Write What You Believe
When you’re afraid how others will react to your writing, you’ve allowed them to define you. Should you write only what others find acceptable, you’ve allowed them to control you. You’ve given their values a higher priority than your own tastes and standards. As an authentic writer, you cannot care what others will think of you or your writing. READ MORE

Marketing Tip: How to Sell Your Book with Amazon Ads
Most indie authors are nervous about buying ads for their books and for good reason. They wonder if the ads really will work or if it’s just dumping money into a bottomless hole. They even have been told not to buy them. I used to think that way too. Then I began to hear from a small number of authors that they actually were having good luck with Amazon ads. A lot of tweaking was necessary, but eventually they figured out a formula that worked. So I gave it a try. Within weeks, I was earning twice as much as I spent on ads, and my sales tripled. My new book Sell Your Book with Amazon Ads is all about how the ad system works, how to build an ad, how to read Amazon’s ad reports, how to optimize your ad, and more. SEE BOOK

Writing Tip: Show Don’t Tell Characters’ Emotional States
One area of exposition that novice writers often overlook is emotional states during character descriptions. READ MORE

Writing Course: Write Engaging, Natural Dialogue
This inexpensive, online course helps beginning writers better understand how to pen conversations between characters. If you’ve already written a story and know the dialogue is weak, the lessons in this course can help you diagnose and fix the problem. Length of course: 12 lesson readings and quizzes; 2-3 hours. Homework is up to the student. CHECK IT OUT

Self-Publishing Tip: Create a Document for Your Book Formatting
When formatting your paperback to self-publish on Kindle Direct Publishing, you’ll first need to create a document on which you will format your manuscript. How do you do that? (Note: This article assumes you’re using Microsoft Word for your formatting.) READ MORE

This Week’s Podcast: Don’t be Guilty of Polysyllabism (Huh?)
Ever read a sentence in a story and wonder why the author couldn’t just use plain English rather than a lot of big words? Well, whoever wrote that sentence is guilty of polysyllabism. LISTEN TO PODCAST

Book Marketing Tip: Promote Your Book with Radio Interviews
As writers, we often limit our thinking of press coverage to what we read – newspapers, magazines, online reviews. But broadcast mediums such as radio interviews also are an excellent way to promote your book. READ MORE

Client Spotlight: “Plunge Into The Deep” by Drew Davis
A longtime editing client of mine, Drew Davis, has published his latest thriller in the Tom Hill novel series. Fresh off his disastrous trip to the coast in Murder On The Bayou, Crime Boss Tom Hill goes all in on rebuilding his severely diminished cash stash, under pressure to return $250,000 to elite Los Angeles crime boss, Frank Cirelli. Gambling on highly risky illegal schemes to recoup lost wealth pits him against familiar enemies – the cops, snitches and treacherous rival crime bosses. Hill and his crew employ their familiar methods of violence, payoffs, threats, intimidation and even murder. Add in an obsession with a mysterious beauty who casts a sensual spell over Hill, and you have a fast-paced crime adventure where danger rules, the suspense boils red hot, and the bodies pile up. CHECK IT OUT

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My name is Rob Bignell. I’m an affordable, professional editor who runs Inventing Reality Editing Service, which meets the manuscript needs of both aspiring and published writers and offers a variety of self-publishing services. During the past 15 years, I’ve helped more than 350 novelists and nonfiction authors obtain their publishing dreams at reasonable prices. I’m also the author of a novel, the Storytelling 101 Quick Read series, four children’s books, more than 25 bestselling hiking guidebooks, and even a book of poetry. Several of my short stories in the literary and science fiction genres also have been published.