On our show today, we have Keven Newsome, author of Winter from Splashdown Darkwater, and founder of the New Authors Fellowship. There's some great behind the scenes info into  his writing style and future developments in the Winter series, including the announcement of a short story anthology Splashdown will release in August that will have two of Keven's short stories and a deleted scene from Winter called "Summer Snaps." 

 

Links:

You Tube behind the scenes

New Authors Fellowship homepage 

http://storyfix.com (for Jay's comment on the 6 Core Competencies)

Keven's post on "Story First Writing"

You can find Keven at:

kevennewsome.com | Facebook | Twitter  | You Tube 

*** Ebook Giveaway *** 

Once I get 5 comments (other than my own) I will be offering 2 copies of Keven's book, Winter in ebook form. To be eligible just comment below and please mention if you want to be added to the giveaway. 

 

Keven's Three Cardinal Rules

1. Don't use adverbs.

2. Avoid using verbs of being. (see this blog post)

3. Only use "said" in dialogue tags.

*Also mentioned were Kat Heckenbach and Kristen Stieffel as contributing editors on Winter.