writing

Marketing Indie Books

by Sabrina Marketing

Marketing can be a tricky aspect of self-publishing. On the one hand, there’s really no limit to the amount of money you can spend doing it, but there are a lot of ways to be ineffective. Below are a few guidelines I’ve learned from experience and heard about from other writers on creating effective marketing [...]

Writing for the Holidays

by Sabrina Marketing

I’ve heard this from several writers, especially ones that self-publish children’s books: write books that revolve around a holiday. With St. Patrick’s Day coming up, I thought I’d post about it.

Interview on The 13th Cycle

by Sabrina Fiction

The 13th Cycle cover

Kris Sampler, author of Love Train, was kind enough to interview me on his blog for The 13th Cycle. Read it on his blog, at http://kriswampler.wordpress.com/2012/12/03/sabrina-ricci/. Find out more about my novella, The 13th Cycle, at http://www.sabrinaricci.com/books/shop/the13thcycle/.

Other Self-Publishing Tips

by Sabrina Editing

Self-publishing can be a challenge. To do it successfully, you basically run the business of you. Below are some additional things, aside from the writing, editing, marketing, and conversion, to keep in mind.

Blogs Worth Reading

by Sabrina Editing

Below is a list of blogs that may come in handy. They cover grammar, writing, ebooks, and publishing. I’ve also included a few of my friends’ blogs. Some of them are informative, some are quirky, and all are worth looking at.

11 Tips for Writing

by Sabrina Information

Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, by Ildar Sagdejev Author Colson Whitehead wrote an article in the New York Times outlining 11 rules on the art of writing. Among them include showing AND telling, write what you know, and of course, don’t worry much about rules. Read the full list here.

Writing Contests

by Sabrina Information

A great way to get in to writing is to enter contests. If you win, you have a publishing credit to your name, and you can use that to build your portfolio and impress more publishers and editors (if you go the traditional publishing route). Even if you decide to self-publish, you can use your [...]

Revenge of the Camera

by Sabrina Fiction

A short, experimental story that was published in The Medulla Review. Read it here.

Teeny Genies short

by Sabrina Fiction

A short scene I wrote for the Teeny Genies project, a series a partner and I dreamed up but never got around to finishing. The wind was screaming at her, so shrill and angry that Kallan had to stick her fingers in her ears. Below the wind, the ocean was howling in pain and clawing [...]

I Write Like…

by Sabrina Musings

I found this pretty awesome tool a couple days ago: I Write Like. Warning: it can be very addicting. Basically, you copy and paste a few paragraphs of your writing sample, and it will analyze your writing style and tell you which famous writer you are most like. I stopped myself after six samples, but [...]

Book Launch 2.0

by Sabrina Future

Here’s a good example of how some (usually older) authors are reacting to the changes in the writing world, mostly to how they’re now expected to market themselves. It’s a pretty entertaining video.

Writing Sex

by Sabrina Musings

I’m taking an online class, via UCLA Extension, called Writing Sex. It’s interesting. So far, I’ve learned that good sex writing revolves around good character development, and bad sex writing relies too much on cliches and the actual sex act. Does sex writing matter? Well, yes. Just like any other type of writing, it is [...]

Even Writers Can Have a Reality Show

by Sabrina Publishing

Ok, maybe it hasn’t gone that far yet, but there has been a breakthrough in the way novels are written and promoted. It’s called The Novel : Live! and it involved 36 authors coming together for six days in Seattle and completing a novel. Basically, it’s awesome. And to keep things interesting, after each 12-hour [...]

Writing Non-Fiction for Children

by Sabrina Information

Nonfiction children’s writing covers a very broad category. I was not aware just how broad nonfiction children’s writing can be though, until I read Anastasia Suen’s book, Picture Writing: A New Approach to Writing for Kids and Teens. So, here is a list of information I have gleaned from Suen about writing nonfiction for children. Read [...]

Types of Writing Part 2

by Sabrina Information

In this article are definitions for various types of children’s books and freelance nonfiction. This is not an exhaustive list; it is merely a list of words and definitions I have come across so far relating to writing for money. Read it here.

Types of Writing Part 1

by Sabrina Information

So, I have recently broken into the world of creative writing, and I was a little surprised to find out just how many types of creative writing forms exist. Here’s a list with definitions of all the creative writing forms I have stumbled upon so far. I hope it helps those of you who are also [...]

Writing For a Newspaper Part 2

by Sabrina Writing

Here is the second part of my tips for writing for a newspaper. Writing Articles After all the interviewing and hunting for information, the actual writing of the article is fairly simple, and much like putting together a jigsaw puzzle. You have to figure out the most important parts of the story, and then piece [...]

Writing Styles

by Sabrina Writing

There are many types of writing, and it’s amazing how each style of writing is so different from other styles of writing. For example, technical writing tends to be more cut-and-dry and explanatory, whereas creative writing is all about good descriptions and telling a story via a character’s actions instead of explaining what is going [...]

Writing For a Magazine

by Sabrina Writing

Writing for a magazine can be a difficult transition from writing for a newspaper. At least that’s how it was for me. The first time I wrote anything magazine style was actually for a class I took to earn my Professional Writing minor. I remember being a little smug. Since I had spent the last [...]

Writing for a Newspaper Part 1

by Sabrina Writing

Writing for a newspaper can sometimes be tricky. When I first started writing for a daily newspaper, I had to learn a lot of the tricks of the trade as I went along. But sometimes this ended up being quite frustrating. So, here are some tips I have learned over the past few years. Read [...]

How To Improve Your Grammar

by Sabrina Editing

When it comes to writing for a living, grammar is incredibly important. However, many people may not have learned about English grammar since middle school. So here are some common grammar rules that are not always easy to remember. Read it here.