Using Scrivener to Hold a Collection Scrivener https://www.literatureandlatte.com/scrivener/overview is a flexible software program that is well known as a popular way to write books, both fiction and non-fiction. I’ve written more than 20 books using this program. During this time, I’ve found that one of the main features is its adaptability. Scrivener’s uses are not limited to books. It is …
by Hank Quense FNN’s Educational reporter Jason Pedagogy attended a meeting of the Alabama Board of Education and filed this report. The main speaker at the meeting was a middle school math teacher who gave a talk on the origins of our number system. When the Board realized our numbers have Arabic roots they reacted with outrage. After a …
Creating a story is a complex endeavor. Developing and merging all the story elements can be a confusing process. Another issue that complicates life is figuring out where to start the development: should the writer start with the characters? The plot? Something else? Surveys indicate this concern is a major problem with new and inexperienced writers. My new book, …
Starting way back in the last millennium, I began my career as a writer. Since that time, my writing has gone through a series of evolutions. Short Stories I began writing short stories to master the crafts of story design and story-telling. Short stories have an advantage in that they are . . . short. I could create a number …
Faux Network’s religious reporter, Mathew Mark Lukejohn wrote this report after attending a press conference with the Bishop of the Diocese of Weehawken, NJ. A small, middle-class town across the Hudson River from Manhattan, the Diocese is known for its fiscal innovations. Bishop Alteri stated the Church faced a financial crisis caused by the many multi-million dollar settlements in sex …
Infographics Recently, I browsed Amazon looking for a book on financial planning to give my grandkids for Xmas. I found one and ordered five print copies of it. Here’s a partial screenshot of the Amazon page. Notice it’s an infographic edition. It’s loaded with graphics and colors. When I got the books, I looked through one and had an idea: …
Hello, my name is Marcia Hammerhead, senior book reviewer for Faux News Network. Today, I’ve been tasked with interviewing the author who wrote *How to* *Self-publish and Market a Book*. I don’t know why my editor insists I waste my time on a book like this. Obviously, self-published books are trash and the author who wrote this one, Hank Quense, …
… another book review by our prestigious reviewer, Marcia Hammerhead. Marcia Hammerhead: if there is anything worse than an author who writes genre trash, it’s a prolific author who writes genre trash. My latest assignment is to interview, once again, prolific author of genre trash, Hank Quense. His newest genre trash is called Moxie’s Problem. According to Quense, it is …
Once you publish a book, a strange thing happens. You suddenly become the CEO of a company. The mission of that company is to market and sell your book. As the CEO, it’s your job to ensure that your company has a marketing plan. A marketing plan consists of defining your customers and the market where your book will compete …
Let’s assume you are a new (or inexperienced) fiction writer. You probably know that creating a story requires a great deal of work and thinking. You may not know that the work involved is the same whether you are creating a short story, a novel, a play, a script or even a memoir. “How can that be?” you ask. Simply …
Once your NaNoWriMo project is completed, it’s time to start thinking about what to do with the manuscript you just finished writing. Of course, the first thing you have to do is revise it (right?). And keep revising it until it’s a polished gem. Once those revisions are completed, it becomes decision time: what happens now? There are several possibilities …
A long time ago, (in the last century) I wrote and sold a bunch of short stories. They were collected and published by a small publishing house as Tunnel Vision. It’s filled with stories about knight-accountants, warrior-chefs, aliens visiting Manhattan, befuddled wizards Long out of print, I started reading them again and was surprised at how well they had aged. …