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Three Little Words Can Make an Online Difference

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ImageI plan to make a few changes around Cathy C. Hall and I don’t want you to panic. The worm’s not going anywhere.

Just adding a few tweaks here, taking away a few bits there.

And to think that it all started when I heard three little words. 

You’ll have to zip over to The Muffin for my post today if you want to know the three little words. And don’t blame me if you start making changes to your own website/blog. 

(Okay, you can blame me a little bit. But it’ll all be good when we’re done, right?)

What’s Harder Than Writing A Book?

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ImageIf you said writing the pitch or the query or the synopsis, you win the prize. 

Um…I haven’t actually got a prize for you. But I do have help, so that’s sort of a prize, right?

Over at The Muffin today, I shared my quick tips for taming the three-headed beast of pitch, query, and synopsis. I even threw in an example or two, using Beauty and The Beast. (How clever is that?)

But one thing that I didn’t mention over at The Muffin is this: if you want to get good at writing the pitch or query, practice writing them. Use a novel you’ve just read–one that you loved. Or maybe even a movie. Then go back and take a look at your manuscript.

If you can’t figure out your pitch or query as easily, it could be because your story’s not quite focused enough. You might need to do a little fine-tuning in revision.

Um…sorry. That’s not exactly the prize you wanted, is it? But you’ll thank me later when you win a contract.