Writing Tips eBooks

Hilari's collection of writing tips are now conveniently available as ebooks--both individually and in collections.

Individual tips $.99
Collection $2.99

Scoring in the Elevator & 4 other tips on How to Get Published

Hunting for an Agent
Writing the Dread Synopsis
A Tale of two Synopsises
Scoring in the Elevator
Do you want a Cookie

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Smashwords

How Big a Hammer? & 4 other tips on Emotion and Theme

Beating the Evil TV
Setup and Payoff
Playing for Higher Stakes
How Big a Hammer
TV or not TV

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Smashwords

A Point of E-tiquette & 4 other tips on Professionalism

The Pesky Typo Hunt
A Point of E-tiquette
Bage and Handcuffs
Pitching to the Pros
The Editor is Never Wrong

Nook
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Smashwords

Exploding Writing Myths & 4 other tips on Critique and Process

Exploding Writing Myths
The Art & Necessity of Critique: Parts 1, 2 & 3
The Irrational Optimism of Writers

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Taking out the Trash & 4 other tips on POV and Voice

Taking out the Trash
Tense Persons (POV 1)
Single Spy to Teeming Horde (POV 2)
A POV Footnote
Writing the Other

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Doghouse on Malibu Beach & 4 other tips on Structure and Villainy

Doghouse on Malibu Beach
Middle-of-the-Novel Mud
Rising to the Occasion
High Concept
Villians

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Show & Tell & 4 other tips on Avoiding Common Mistakes

Show & Tell
The Most Common Intermediate Mistake
Fixing the Most Common Intermediate Mistake
A Time to Write
Are you the Next American Idol?

Nook
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What Color Hat does your Universe Wear? & 4 other tips on Science Fiction, Fantasy and Writing for Kids

Making your Reader Believe
But What do the Trees Say?
Taking Away the Easy Button
What Color Hat does your Universe Wear?
Writing Children’s Books vs. Adult Books

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Cover art by Cliff Nielsen.