Notes to Self

1)  So, you want to be a writer.  Then stop talking about it and write.  It's as easy and as hard as that.

2)  Fiction writing is brain leak.

3)  Point-of-view is key to showing rather than telling.  You let the reader learn everything through a character's POV, not your own.

4)  What drags a reader on is wanting to know who, what, why, when, and where.  Journalists answer these questions in the first paragraph.  Novelists make you hang on till the last page.

5)  Writing starts out as something to do on the side.  Then it consumes you.

Another Step Along the Way

Fiorella really does have a publicist!  Her name is Fareeda Bullert and she's sent Fio a list of what she's going to be doing to publicize WHAT THE HEART WANTS.  (1) Fio's book will be ballyhooed on her publisher's mailings to consumers, bloggers, and reviewers. (2) Fareeda will also make galleys available to reviewers, provide excerpts and giveaways to certain bloggers, track and schedule review coverage, and provide copies to bloggers and readers.

Now Fio has to figure out what she can do to market the book. One thing for sure, according to the statistics regarding who is reading this blog, WHAT THE HEART WANTS should sell well in Russia.