by Ragini Werner | 14 April 2025 | Review, Writing
Were you one of those nerdy birds who loved doing grammar at school? In Form 4 (think St. Trinian’s), I loved parsing lines under the lead of our English mistress, “Creepy” (Mrs Crawley). I’ll never forget how Creepy had us girls chanting “subject-verb-object” while...
by Ragini Werner | 7 April 2025 | Writing
Writing a novel can be daunting. Novels are big. Really big! If you’ve never written one before, it can be easy to lose track of all the information you keep in your head, or worse, saved in multiple locations, both virtual and physical. Here Valerie Fuqua shares how...
by Ragini Werner | 24 March 2025 | Marketing
Anne R. Allen and Ruth Harris are publishing industry veterans. On their popular blog for authors, “Anne R. Allen’s Blog… with Ruth Harris” (Writing about writing. Mostly.) they publish articles on how to avoid the pitfalls of this ever-more...
by Ragini Werner | 17 March 2025 | Marketing, Writing
Isn’t it great when a new comment comes in on your lovingly crafted blog? But when you look closer, what a sad disappointment it is to see it’s in Cyrillic, crammed with links, and clearly dumped there by a Russian bot. So, how do you counter the spam bots...
by Ragini Werner | 10 March 2025 | Marketing, Publishing
When MJ Buckman (Em) was thinking of what to put on the cover of her new book, she consulted a graphic designer. When he had several drafts ready, Em asked her social media followers which one they liked best. A while later, Em revealed this result. The professional...