Resources for Writing Psychic Characters

In recent weeks, I’ve come across a free ebook and a podcast interview that offer idea fodder and information for writing a psychic character or plotting a novel with psychic characters. The Kindle ebook is free at this moment, but it may not be when you check it out.  

HOW TO LIVE WITH A PSYCHIC: YOUR GUIDE TO MAINTAINING A HAPPY RELATIONSHIP WHEN SOMEONE YOU LOVE GETS WEIRD, Crystal Hope Reed.  Nonfiction.  Free as a Kindle ebook.  The author is a traditional counseler who specializes in mental health and education.  She has a Masters in the subject.  Her husband is a noted medium.  The title pretty well tells it all.  It’s written primarily for those in a relationship when their significant other begins to manifest talent.  Topics include telling the difference between psychosis and psychic abilities, how to keep both of you grounded in the real world when weird stuff happens and the partner may begin to lose himself, how to care for yourself as well as your partner, the different types of psychic abilities, and how to protect yourself against darker energies. The final chapter is various psychics telling their own stories.  Nicely written and simple to read.  

PODCAST INTERVIEW WITH MEDIUM TYLER HENRY (The interview is at the beginning of the podcast): 

https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/hollywood-medium-tyler-henry-explains-how-he-speaks-with-spirits

New Year, Same Problems

Here are some important links about the business of being a writer.  If you have books with a small publisher or an e-publisher, be sure to read about bankruptcy clauses in your contracts.  Any author who has had to deal with publisher bankruptcy will tell you that it’s a very difficult situation to be in, and knowledge is power. 

Professional Links of Interest

COPYRIGHT CONCERNS AND PUBLISHING SCAMS LINKS (Pay particular attention to the bankruptcy clause article):

https://accrispin.blogspot.com/2019/01/the-best-of-writer-beware-2018-in-review.html

AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT IS HAPPENING IN BIG PUBLISHING AND SELF-PUBLISHING:

Part 1: 

https://kriswrites.com/2018/12/26/business-musings-the-current-state-of-disruption-planning-for-2019-part-1/

Part 2:

https://kriswrites.com/2019/01/02/business-musings-sales-planning-for-2019-part-2/

PROMOTION SITE LINKS:

https://the-digital-reader.com/2018/01/21/nates-big-list-free-paid-book-promotion-websites/

AMAZON INSIGHTS INTO PROMO (Offers some suggestions even if you aren’t a Kindle author) :

https://amazonauthorinsights.com/tagged/market

HOW TO SET UP YOUR AMAZON AUTHOR PROFILE:

https://the-digital-reader.com/2019/01/06/how-to-set-up-and-edit-your-amazon-com-author-profile/

And the Survey Says

A special thanks to those who voted to continue my “Links of Interest,” or told me why they no longer read them.

A grand total of three wanted “Links” to continue.  In other words, the link blogs are definitely not of interest to a vast majority of my readers.

I am not, however, leaving those who want fresh links without recourse.  On Wednesday, I will post all my resources for links, will recommend the best, and explain how to find link resources on my blog.  

Thanks, again, to those who replied to my survey, and remember to recommend my blog articles to your friends so I can continue to do them.

Marilynn

Links of Interest

This is your last chance to ask for more links articles. If I don’t get a bunch more votes to continue, “Links of Interest” will be no more.  If you’d like me to continue them, please leave a note below and let me know.  

Plus, how about sharing my articles with writing friends, etc., so I have some reason to continue those as well.  As always, remember that I am more than happy to answer writing questions so please ask.  

MYSTERY CLICHES:

https://killzoneblog.com/2017/07/mystery-cliches-are-they-boring-your-readers.html

PROMO, ADVERTISING BASICS:

http://blog.janicehardy.com/2017/07/the-basics-of-advertising-for-indie.html

BACKSTORY THAT THE READER WANTS:

http://writerunboxed.com/2017/07/13/raise-a-question-earn-the-backstory

WHY YOUR CHARACTER SHOULD HAVE A PAST WOUND:

http://www.livewritethrive.com/2017/07/13/why-your-protagonist-should-have-a-past-wound

THE FICTIONAL MONTAGE:

http://blog.janicehardy.com/2010/05/we-need-montage.html

ELEVEN STEPS TO CREATE A GREAT FIGHT SCENE:

http://www.betternovelproject.com/blog/fight-scene/

HOW TO USE A BETA READER:

https://selfpublishingadvice.org/writing-richard-bradburn-beta-readers-for-indie-authors/

DO OR SHOULD YOU USE SWEAR WORDS IN YOUR WORK?

http://www.darcypattison.com/revision/swear-words/

DEVELOPING YOUR CHARACTER:

http://blog.janicehardy.com/2017/07/birth-of-book-development-stage_17.html

CREATING DRAMA IN FICTION:

http://allwritefictionadvice.blogspot.com/2017/07/how-to-create-drama-in-fiction.html

RESEARCH, GEORGIA HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS ONLINE:

http://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu

SIX THINGS TO IMPROVE VOICE:

http://www.helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/writing-voice/

BRANDING, PEN NAMES, AND READER BETRAYAL:

http://blog.janicehardy.com/2017/07/on-pen-names-cover-art-reader-betrayal.html

Links of Interest

IMPORTANT NOTE:  My “Link” articles receive very little traffic, and they take many hours of work per week.  If you’d like me to continue them, please leave a note and let me know.  Plus, how about sharing my articles with writing friends, etc., so I have some reason to continue those as well.  As always, remember that I am more than happy to answer writing questions so please ask.  

THE FIRST THING YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT YOUR PROTAG:

http://www.livewritethrive.com/2017/07/06/the-first-thing-you-should-know-about-your-protagonist-before-you-start-writing

FIGURING OUT YOUR CHARACTER’S MOTIVATIONS THROUGH THESE FIVE QUESTIONS:

http://www.livewritethrive.com/2017/07/06/the-first-thing-you-should-know-about-your-protagonist-before-you-start-writing

DIALOGUE DURING REWRITE:

http://blog.janicehardy.com/2010/11/re-write-wednesday-say-that-again-how.html

THE PROMISES AN AUTHOR GIVES TO THE READER:

http://bloodredpencil.blogspot.com/2017/07/with-freedom-comes-responsibility.html

ACING THE BEGINNING OF YOUR SEQUEL:

http://www.helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/first-act-in-your-sequel/

HOW TO MAKE YOUR WRITING STAND OUT, PART 2:

http://allwritefictionadvice.blogspot.com/2017/07/how-to-make-your-writing-stand-out-part_8.html

CREATING AUDIOBOOKS, A PRIMER:

http://annerallen.com/2017/07/how-to-record-your-audiobooks/

LINKED IN 101:

http://annerallen.com/2017/07/how-to-record-your-audiobooks/

DEVELOPING YOUR CHARACTERS:

http://blog.janicehardy.com/2017/07/birth-of-book-development-stage.html

HINTS AND TOOLS FOR PROOFING AND EDITING YOUR BOOK:

https://the-digital-reader.com/2017/07/07/easily-proofread-edit-ebook/

FREE SCRIVENER STORY STRUCTURE TEMPLATE:

http://www.helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/free-scrivener-template/

SHOULD YOU MAKE YOUR BOOK AVAILABLE AS A PREORDER?

https://insights.bookbub.com/should-you-make-a-book-available-for-preorder/

CREATING GREAT MONSTERS:

http://blog.janicehardy.com/2017/07/7-keys-to-creating-bloodcurdling.html

SUSPENSE, THE BIG TEASE:

http://writershelpingwriters.net/2017/07/adding-suspense-to-your-story/

SERIES TIPS:

http://www.darcypattison.com/revision/series-tips/

PUTTING THE SUPER IN SUPERNATURAL:

http://romanceuniversity.org/2017/07/12/romancing-the-paranormal-5-tips-for-putting-the-super-in-supernatural-by-jeri-westerson/

Links of Interest

IMPORTANT NOTE:  My “Link” articles receive very little traffic, and they take many hours of work per week.  If you’d like me to continue them, please leave a note and let me know.  Plus, how about sharing my articles with writing friends, etc., so I have some reason to continue those as well.  As always, remember that I am more than happy to answer writing questions so please ask.  

EIGHT STEPS TO A PERFECT SCENE:

http://www.livewritethrive.com/2017/06/29/8-steps-to-a-perfect-scene

LOOKING FOR A CRITIQUE PARTNER?

http://blog.janicehardy.com/2017/01/are-you-looking-for-critique-group-or.html

GRAMMAR, PUNCTUATION IN QUOTATIONS:

https://www.dailywritingtips.com/how-to-capitalize-and-punctuate-quotations/

COPYRIGHT, PROTECTING YOUR RIGHTS:

http://www.socialmediajustforwriters.com/protecting-your-rights-and-your-wallet-with-helen-sedwick/

FACEBOOK SOFTWARE UPDATES AND AUTHORS:

http://www.socialmediajustforwriters.com/protecting-your-rights-and-your-wallet-with-helen-sedwick/

HOW TO COPYRIGHT A BOOK:

https://blog.reedsy.com/how-to-copyright-a-book

WHAT IS IRONY?

https://blog.reedsy.com/what-is-irony

WRITE FOR TODAY’S, NOT YESTERDAY’S AUDIENCE:

http://annerallen.com/2017/07/write-contemporary-fiction/

IF YOU USE PHOTOBUCKET FOR PICS FOR YOUR SITES:

http://www.thepassivevoice.com/2017/07/photobucket-just-broke-billions-of-photos-across-the-web

APP TOOLS TO CREATE METADATA:

https://www.bookworks.com/2017/06/7-keyword-tools-book-metadata/

FORESHADOWING:

http://blog.janicehardy.com/2017/07/a-closer-look-at-how-to-foreshadow.html

PICKING THE RIGHT TITLE:

https://killzoneblog.com/2017/07/do-you-have-the-title-gene.html

AVOIDING THE BEGINNING INFO DUMP:

http://jamigold.com/2017/07/one-simple-trick-to-avoid-an-opening-page-infodump/

FINDING THE RIGHT EDITOR:

http://howtoplanwriteanddevelopabook.blogspot.com/2017/06/finding-and-hiring-editor-why-they-help.html

PODCASTS:

http://howtoplanwriteanddevelopabook.blogspot.com/2017/06/finding-and-hiring-editor-why-they-help.html

FIVE TYPES OF BOOK OPENINGS:

http://www.writersdigest.com/editor-blogs/there-are-no-rules/5-types-opening-scenes-make-story-stand

CUTTING DOWN WORD COUNT:

https://www.standoutbooks.com/cut-down-word-count/

BACK UP YOUR WORK:

http://elizabethspanncraig.com/6012/back-up-your-work/

LIST O’ LINKS:

http://elizabethspanncraig.com/6020/twitterific-writing-links-169/

WHAT MAKES A COMPELLING CHARACTER:

http://writerunboxed.com/2017/07/05/characters-light-and-dark

TESTING A NEW BOOK IDEA:

http://blog.janicehardy.com/2017/07/birth-of-book-idea-stage-testing-idea.html

DEALING WITH AN EDITOR’S CRITICISM:

http://www.stevenpressfield.com/2017/07/report-from-the-trenches-1

ADDING A MEANINGFUL SUBPLOT:

http://writershelpingwriters.net/2017/07/how-to-add-meaningful-subplots-to-your-novel/

FIGURING OUT YOUR PLATFORM:

https://www.thebookdesigner.com/2017/07/do-you-have-a-platform/

Links of Interest

IMPORTANT NOTE:  My “Links” articles receive very little traffic, and they take many hours of work per week.  If you’d like me to continue them, please leave a note and let me know.  Plus, how about sharing my articles with writing friends, etc., so I have some reason to continue those as well.  As always, remember that I am more than happy to answer writing questions so please ask via this blog or through my email contact link.  

TEN WAYS TO SHOW YOUR CHARACTERS’ EMOTIONS:

http://writershelpingwriters.net/2017/06/keep-it-fresh-10-ways-to-show-your-characters-emotion/

REASONS WHY BOOKBUB REJECTS BOOKS:

https://insights.bookbub.com/reasons-book-rejected-bookbub-featured-deal/

PROMO USING INSTAGRAM:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jopiazza/2017/05/25/instagram-bookstagrammers-selling-books/#164a202727b8

https://thenextweb.com/socialmedia/2017/06/20/a-millennials-guide-to-killing-it-at-instagram/#.tnw_18MsWZsi

BALANCE YOUR NARRATIVE AND DIALOGUE:

http://scotteagan.blogspot.com/2017/06/balance-your-narration-and-dialogue.html

HOW AUTHOR WEBSITES SHOULD CHANGE:

http://selfpublishingadvice.org/is-it-time-to-evolve-your-author-website/

AUDIOBOOKS AS PART OF  YOUR PUBLISHING STRATEGY:

http://selfpublishingadvice.org/why-indie-authors-should-make-audiobooks-part-of-their-self-publishing-strategy/

DRAMATIC IRONY:

http://allwritefictionadvice.blogspot.com/2017/06/dramatic-irony.html

CREATING EFFECTIVE SCENE TRANSITIONS:

http://blog.karenwoodward.org/2017/06/creating-effective-transitions.html

WRITING A SYNOPSIS BEFORE STARTING CAN BE A GOOD IDEA:

https://operationawesome6.blogspot.com/2017/06/why-you-should-write-synopsis-before.html

COPYRIGHT, IF YOU LIVE IN NYC, PRO BONO COPYRIGHT LAWYERS:

http://copyrightalliance.org/resources/creator-services/pro-bono-trial/

ACRONYMS FOR SPY AND POLICE AGENCIES:

http://thrillwriting.blogspot.com/2017/06/alphabet-soup-spy-acronyms-for-readers.html

APPS AND TOOLS FOR WRITING:

https://www.thebookdesigner.com/2017/06/top-7-tools-creativity/

COPYRIGHT TRUE AND FALSE INFO:

http://writerunboxed.com/2017/06/26/the-truth-behind-popular-copyright-myths

CALCULATING YOUR BOOK’S LENGTH BEFORE YOU WRITE:

http://www.helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/calculate-books-length-writing/

TIME LINE ORGANIZATION METHODS:

http://howtoplanwriteanddevelopabook.blogspot.com/2017/06/keeping-track-of-time-timeline.html

THE PROBLEM WITH CROSS-GENRE:

http://blog.janicehardy.com/2017/06/the-problem-with-cross-genre-fiction.html

CLARIFYING YOUR BOOK IDEA:

http://blog.janicehardy.com/2017/06/birth-of-book-idea-stage-clarifying-idea.html

THE FINER POINT OF GREAT DIALOGUE:

http://www.thewritersalleyblog.com/2017/06/the-finer-points-of-great-dialogue.html