Rob Parnell's Writing Academy Blog

Dear Fellow Writer, I hope you're well and happy this week. The weather's not great here. But hey, I like the rain! Easy Cash Writing - now a #1 bestseller! STILL Available for just 99 CENTS! My darling wife, Robyn, released a new book for kids this week, a fictionalized telling of the volcanic destruction of Pompeii in AD79. It's called  Into The Fire  and is available for 99 cents  HERE . I've also put out a meditation track this week called  The New Paradigm , featuring a spiritual healer called Martin Johnson.  That's on iTunes HERE . Anyway, today's article is below:   Choosing a Fiction Genre   Choosing a fiction genre will have a huge impact on how to plot your stories. Also, your decision will become vitally important when you’re selling your novels in the fullness of time. Too many writers leave worrying about a genre classification until the last minute, usually after their manuscript has been written, and then wonde...

Dear Fellow Writer, Apologies if you haven't received a newsletter in the last couple of weeks. Lots of people have contacted me to ask whether they're still running. Well, they are. I've just been a bit slack recently, what with all the book-writing going on around here! My next book is The Nuts of Bolts of Writing - available soon. Talking of books, Easy Cash Writing is riding high in the education chart on Amazon Kindle. If you still want to own it for less than a dollar - click on the link below! Easy Cash Writing Available now for just 99 CENTS! In case you missed it, I've put my entire HD movie up on YouTube: First Cut There's also my newest rock song: Never Say Goodbye 11670 hits and counting! Talking of music, I'm putting out a couple of new tracks soon. One is a dance anthem called Love Revolution (It's What We Need) , followed by a meditation CD I'm making with a spiritual healer called Martin Johnson. Look out for those! Anyway, toda...

Dear Fellow Writer, Seems like my newsletters are now monthly as opposed to weekly! It's not intentional - just that I've been completely wrapped up in getting my latest book finished - all 509 pages of it! So, without further ado, I can now reveal... Easy Cash Writing! Available now for just ONE DOLLAR! (First 50 sales ONLY!) Finally: the complete guide to creating a full-time freelance writing career from the world's foremost writing guru, Rob Parnell.  This massive digital volume is a unique writing resource for new writers who want to get paid for their work. It is also a comprehensive motivational system that enables you to start writing from just five to ten minutes a day and progress to becoming a well-paid  Easy Cash Writing  professional - within days or weeks, if that's what you truly want. Full of tips, tricks and strategies for realistic, proven writing success,  Easy Cash Writing  shows you how to pitch and write for freelance markets....

When I first decided to transfer all of my courses from my Easy Way To Write website to the digital marketplace, I did a lot of research on e-book platforms before deciding to focus all of my efforts on Amazon Kindle . I may well have been hasty in my decision-making but here are my findings: iStore is too focused on promoting A-list authors and traditionally-published books to be of much use to the independent author. Plus, I’ve never much liked Apple’s insistence on incompatibility with the rest of humanity. Kobo seems to have a tacky feel to it. Many of the books’ covers look decidedly self-published and I didn’t want to associate my work with them. Google have so many conditions attached to how and why you should publish with them, not least implying that the books you publish won’t belong to you anymore, that working with them just didn’t feel right. Nook seems to me to be too small a marketplace when the Kindle is by the far the e-reader of choice. Ther...

Dear Fellow Writer, This week I want to share an interview I did the other day with a great guy called Nick Vulich. He's passionate about helping writers sell their work and has kindly taken an interest in my books recently. I'll let the interview speak for itself! Interview with Author Rob Parnell   Today I’m talking with Rob Parnell. Rob writes thrillers with a supernatural edge. When he isn’t doing that, he’s writing books in his Easy Way to Write series. His latest book is The Writer and the Hero’s Journey. Both you and your wife are writers, does that create a bit of tension or competition between the two of you? Do you hide your work away from each other, or do you share it as you are writing? Rob: I guess Robyn and I are just soul mates. We were meant to be. We’ve never felt any rivalry. We edit and proof each other’s work. We brainstorm story ideas and encourage each other. Fiction wise we have different directions. Robyn’s primarily a children’s writer and I te...

Dear Fellow Writer, This week we have a special event. I'm one of sixteen authors who have reduced the prices of their Amazon books for just one day! Today! Click on any of the covers below to take a peak. March to a Bestseller   Here are the books for the "March to a Bestseller" event! On February 28, 2014, all the books will be dropped to 99 cents! Click on the book covers (above) or the links/covers (below) to check out the books on Amazon.  Go back to the Facebook event to chat with the authors during the event.  From the Description of Writing Online :  "If you're tired of chasing low paying writing gigs, want to take your writing to the next level, and finally make the great living you deserve, I'm here to share what I've learned along the way." The book has 29 five-star reviews (out of 29 reviews). Author Sean Platt is the co-author ...

We've released YET ANOTHER GREAT writing resource this week! And yes, this fascinating look into PAID writing for the visual media is just 99 CENTS at Amazon.com. Right NOW! Here's the cover: The Easy Way to Write TV Shows That Sell Get it now - before the book goes up to full price ! TV Writing for PROFIT You'd have to agree that television is one of the miracles of our modern technological age. It’s all around us. News, drama, sports, sitcoms, reality and game shows pour mercilessly into our lives. It’s so prevalent, we take it for granted – and we writers still don’t get it . The simple fact is: the entire TV industry is based on writing . Nothing gets made, no programs commissioned, no stars employed without tons and tons of writing behind the scenes. All of which is very well paid and easily available to freelance writers. So w...