Using Similes and Metaphors

Hi, SE Readers. Joan here today. We’ve all heard of similes and metaphors. Most of us have probably used them in our writing at some point. Using a simile or metaphor is an easy way to describe a character’s personality or what they are feeling. Both similes and metaphors are used to make comparisons, but …

How to Use a Paragraph

Hello SErs! Harmony here 🙂 While today's topic might, at first glance, seem basic and obvious, it has more to it than what shows on the surface. For certain, when I wrote my first book, I didn't think about paragraph structure or use at all. I just wrote. And then my learning curve began. In …

How to Set Project Targets in Scrivener

Hello SErs. Harmony here. While P H Solomon is our resident expert on all things Scrivener, today I'd like to share a tool that I came across earlier this year, and it has made such a difference to me. ... Also, it stops my work area looking like the the picture to the left! LOL. …

Book Cover Friday: The Feed

Hello SErs! Harmony here 🙂 Today is book cover Friday, and I thought I'd compare two versions of a cover for the same book, THE FEED, by Nick Clark Windo. The first is for the hardback edition:               The second is for the paperback edition:         …

How You Can Improve Newsletter Results

Hello to all the Story Empire readers, PH here today. I hope everyone had a good Father's Day weekend and good time spent with family. If you've tried running a newsletter, you may have sent out a message and looked at the results, hoping for lots of opens and clicks in your statics. Instead, you …