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Choose the date that your party will take place, and an appropriate time (including which time zone your party will be in.) Make it as accessible as you can by thinking about your target audience - find out when they are usually online to ensure the maximum amount of people will be able to attend.

 

RSVP (Optional)

 

To get an idea of how many people are interested, try asking your fans to rsvp to the event. You can do this by creating a twitter hashtag that relates to you or the title of your book. People can respond and it will be promoting your party at the same time.

There is a bad side, however. If a lot of people reply back that they can't make it, it might reflect badly on your party and it's reputation.

1) The use of exclamation points. Never, never use one. It is the sign of a beginner writer and editors spot it immediately. Using an exclamation point is lazy. It is telling not showing. Pick up any novel in your house, in the store, at the library. You will be hard pressed to find an exclamation point. Enough said!

 

2) Words ending in 'ing'. Go through your ms and eliminate as many of these words as possible. She was singing. They were swimming. All telling...

Do you like to read historical fiction? I do; if it has an element of suspense or mystery to it, so much the better. So, how does one create the winning combination of historical fact and fictional elements?

I’ve written three historical fiction novels as well as one with historical information pertaining to the contemporary story. Historical fiction needs as much research as non-fiction does. Research is like a puzzle. Luckily I love puzzles; trying to discover the missing pieces and where they fit in the "Who, What, When and Where” of my fictional story. Let’s talk about "setting the scene” to transport your readers to "your” world convincingly with factual and fictional elements.