For Author Crush Month 2012, I wanted to continue my study of self-publishing. So I asked four friends to share with you their self-publishing experiences from four different vantage points. Today, James Scott Bell shares his story of self-publishing shorter works even while he continues to traditionally publish his novels. Please welcome Jim! So I’m [...]

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My favorite part of James Scott Bell’s Revision & Self-Editing is the epilogue, “The Trick That Cannot Be Explained.” Here Jim shows us the parallel between magic tricks and fiction writing – the more tricks you know, the greater the sense of awe and magic in the audience. I love when I’m reading a book [...]

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James Scott Bell in his new book The Art of War for Writers mentions a Writing Improvement Notebook. He includes these sections: Exemplars (good writing examples), Outside Comments (feedback about your work), and Self Study (setting up a thesis question about an area of craft you need to work on—then answering it.) Two weeks ago [...]

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