Nicholas C. Rossis

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Reedsy’s 200+ Story Ideas

Apr 3, 2018 | Writing

Are you suffering from writer’s block? Reedsy, an author community you may remember from its Infographics,  has the answer, with some great tips and over 200 writing prompts, conveniently organized by genre: mystery, comedy, drama, fantasy, and more. Here are my...

How to Market Your First Book: The Ultimate Guide

Jan 11, 2023 | Marketing

So, you’ve completed your first book. After pouring your heart and soul into your first masterpiece, the rest of the world surely needs to appreciate your accomplishment as much as you do. This landmark moment in your life needs to be shared with the world. But...

Medieval Name Generators

Jun 19, 2021 | Writing

You may recall my previous posts on naming your characters (Old Anglo-Saxon Character Names, Free Online Character Name Generators, and Naming your Characters the Easy Way). There is now a new character naming tool on Reedsy, the Medieval Name Generator. If you’re...

5 Crucial Tips For Writing Plot Twists

Dec 9, 2020 | Writing

This is a guest post by Desiree Villena. Desiree is a writer with Reedsy, a marketplace that connects self-publishing with the world’s best editors, designers, and marketers. In her spare time, she enjoys reading contemporary fiction and writing short stories....

7 Tips for Writing Fantasy

Feb 5, 2019 | Writing

Reedsy recently published some great tips for fantasy authors–tips which can be easily applied to any fiction writing. Here is my summary of a selection of these tips. 1. Identify your Market If you think it’s enough to say, “oh, I write...

Top 9 Trends in Publishing for 2019

Jan 31, 2019 | Marketing, Publishing

The Written Word Media (WWM) regularly posts great material examining the latest trends in publishing; trends of interest to every author – particularly Indie ones. Here is my summary of Ricci Wolman’s predictions for 2019, along wth my comments: 1) Amazon...

11 Tips For Writing Fantasy

Nov 25, 2018 | Writing

My entire Pearseus series (five books) is sci-fi/fantasy, as are some of my short stories. So I was pretty excited when I came across a post on Reedsy with some great tips on writing fantasy. I’m summarizing here (and adding a few tips of my own), but be sure to...

How Much Do You Know About Irony?

Jul 21, 2017 | My friends' Guest Posts, Writing

You may remember some of Reedsy’s awesome creations such as Writing Dynamic Characters and Third Person Limited vs Omniscient PoV. Well, Ricardo Fayet and his team have done it again with a long-form post detailing the three main kinds of irony in literature,...