Rob Parnell's Writing Academy Blog

Dear Fellow Writer, Anything is possible once you put your mind to it. The above may sound like a cliche, however the phrase contains a profound ageless truth: We create our own reality on a daily basis. We become what we focus on. In this week's article, I explain how you will make more money by paying taxes on your writing income than you would if you simply squirreled away your 'pin-money' and didn't declare it. It's just about seeing your life from a writer's perspective. Keep writing!  Rob@easywaytowrite.com Cash Flow for Writers All experience of writing is good experience. Practice at  any  kind of writing makes you better at  every  kind of writing. Being able to edit, proof, compose articles, or create website copy, improves your ability to plot stories, develop characters, and maintain the head-space necessary to complete longer works like novels and nonfiction books.    Don't say no to anything - even if a fami...

Purge - A Matt Johansen Crime Thriller The final release date for my new novel PURGE is approaching. For your delectation, I invite you download the first 60 pages of PURGE  HERE. http://easywaytowrite.com/purgesample.pdf It's an adult crime thriller - so make sure your children don't read it! PURGE - A Matt Johansen Thriller (Book One) - is also available on pre-order from Amazon - the link to that page is in the download! 

Dear Fellow Writer, Something a little different this week. Do you have kids or grand-kids who like to play with iPads or their own tablets? Robyn is releasing a series of interactive "Tap & See" e-books for the next generation of young readers. The first is  "What Am I?"  (Pictured below.) It's only 99 cents! (BTW: I designed the book and took the photo illustrations!) The great thing about this new development is that Amazon lets you design and create your own children's book with their nifty free software. So now,  any writer  can now produce kids books quickly and easily for immediate online sale! We get a huge amount of emails from aspiring kids book writers who don't know how or where to start. The publishing industry is not very helpful in this regard because they believe the market to be swamped. However, this is not true for online-friendly kids books. And now, Amazon will help you tap into this lucrative market. First, check out...