On Writing • By Mark Tier • August 22, 2014
“I thought the chapter where she was raped as a teenager was outstanding! I’m amazed at how well you are able to describe these feelings and reactions from a female perspective. I’m not saying I don’t think men understand the horror of such experience for a female. But to be able to portray it so vividly; I’m just amazed!
“I think I didn’t take a single breath reading through that story!”
Marketing, On Writing, The Book Business • By Mark Tier • October 16, 2013
Dear Author: What are the most important words you’ll ever write?
Perhaps the line that grabs the reader by the short and curlies and never lets him go.
Or the last, page-turning paragraph of Chapter 1 (and, for that matter, every other chapter) that leaves the reader begging for more.
Or, it could be the covering letter to New York’s #1 agent that gets you that mouth-watering contract.
And how about the “blurb” that excites book-buyers so much that they take it straight to the checkout counter.
Or . . . as you’ll see, none of the above. . . .
Marketing, On Writing, Politically Incorrect Stuff, The Book Business • By Mark Tier • October 7, 2013
“What’s in a name? that which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet” asks Juliet of her beloved Romeo.
Really?