by valeriedavisson | Nov 1, 2015 | Writer's Life, Writing Process
Your book is written, edited, re-edited, polished to within an inch of its life. You’ve approved the cover design, the layout, the drop cap font and marketing blurb on the back cover. You’ve updated your blog. You’re done! It’s now in the hands...
by valeriedavisson | Sep 30, 2015 | Marketing, Writing Process
HOW DO YOU PICK A BOOK? Whether it’s online or off the shelf, we are visual creatures and will first be drawn to the spine or cover of a book by color and design. If Titles are King, Covers are Queen. My first book was a slim volume of poetry, whose spine barely...
by valeriedavisson | Aug 14, 2015 | Writer's Life, Writing Process
WANT TO WRITE A NOVEL? 1,000 words a day. You can write that novel in 3 months. 3 months. Do it. The first draft doesn’t have to be perfect. It won’t be, no matter how long you agonize over every sentence and word selection. You’re going to edit...
by valeriedavisson | Jul 11, 2015 | Writing Process
IMAGINE… YOU ARE IN THE BOX… Family, friends, coworkers and neighbors are about to arrive for your service. What would you want them to say about you?
by valeriedavisson | Jun 13, 2015 | Writing Process
Not only do realtors live by this credo, but authors should, too. Story may be King, but Setting is definitely Queen. Setting can create mood, provide avenues for escape, illuminate character quirks, create comfort and entertainment for the readers of a series (think...
by valeriedavisson | Apr 12, 2015 | Writing Process
SEATTLE’S SYMBOL OF STUBBORN RESISTANCE TO COMMERCIALISM IS SELLING OUT. Well, not so much selling out as being sold. The original owner, Ms. Masefield, long since gone, turned down big bucks in order to stay in her little bungalow, defying the corporations who...
A self-admitted book addict, Valerie was the kid with the flashlight under her pillow. A life of travel with exposure to many different cultures led to a pervasive interest in people, with degrees & teaching credentials in Cultural Anthropology & English.