Rick Kurtis Books - Writing 101

Rick Kurtis Books

Writing Class 101

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Lesson 47

11/23/2020

Lesson 47
Words

Another week has come and gone, and another class given. Words are how we want to make a living, and it is up to us to do our very best. It has been almost a full year, and I hope you have learned at least something from my posts, or at the least, had a good laugh.
As an author, I have noticed more and more that people are not so interested in how it is written, but how it is said. Let me explain. On my way to work the other day, I saw a license plate frame that said, (Don’t worry, God’s got it covered.) Now it’s a very nice gesture, and I

Lesson 46

11/16/2020

Lesson 46
Thanksgiving
This week is Thanksgiving here. A day started by our ancestors to give thanks for a bountiful harvest. Where ever you are, celebrate with friends and family, and give thanks for what you have. Bring joy to others by sharing your love, and your writing talent that will bring joy to so many. Now back to class.
Today I want to share a lot of sites that I have found that may help you, and you can decide for yourself if they are useful. These are in no particular order, and you can pick and choose for yourself.

Lesson 45

11/9/2020

Writing Class 101 by Rick Kurtis books
Lesson 45
Surprising Market
It is my Birthday week. Happy Birthday to me. Thank you all for the best wishes. It is no great feat to reach another year older, it’s just another day. So, let’s get started.
Another week has come and gone, and we are back once again learning little tidbits on how the system works. Is your book done, or are you just starting? Did you find an editor, cover design, publisher, or agent, or are you stuck in the middle in need for more inspiration? This lesson may not help you, today, but it will give you some food for thought. It certainly was an eye-opener for me.

Lesson 44

11/2/2020

Writing Class 101 by Rick Kurtis Books
Lesson 44
My view on vanity publishers
Welcome back to another lesson. Did you vote? I did, so let’s get back to class. First I want to apologize if you did not receive last week’s lesson or you received it a few times. I don’t know why, but my computer kept rejecting it, so I had to send each email individually and still some were not sent. Hopefully this one will go through.

Lesson 43

10/26/2020

Lesson 43
Promo

Welcome back to class. Things are busy on the home front with writing, promoting, and searching for new information. I hope you have found plenty of other sites to help further your career in writing. After reading questions on group pages, I decided to share a promo that I made up for one of my books. These can be posted to draw people into purchasing your book. Some days I just go off with a random thought, and this is what I came up with. Let’s begin.

Lesson 42

10/19/2020

Lesson 42
Writing My Life Away
I am glad that you are back. I hope your week was productive, and you reviewed any of my lessons from the past to help guide you in whatever phase you are at. Today is more of a thought, and may give you incite about future days to come. SOOOO, let’s jump right into it so you can get back to work.

Lesson 41

10/12/2020

Lesson 41
Keywords

Good day to my friends. Another week has passed, and another class is sent. I hope you are all doing great on your book, or books. I know that I am, well at least writing them. Today I want to talk about the internet, and how people can find your book. The internet uses KEYWORDS that will pop up when people type in what they are looking for. If I wanted to search for tomato soup recipes, I would type in Tomato soup recipes, and everything related to tomatoes would pop up from growing tomatoes, tomato seeds, markets, planting, and recipes using tomatoes.

Lesson 40

10/5/2020

Lesson 40
HYPE
Another week has passed us by, and I hope you had fun even if you are not finished with your book, I hope you took a break and made up some ads to help you sell your book once it has been placed on the market. Have you come up with any of your own ideas that you would like to share? Send them to me, and I might put them into another lesson. So let’s get on with it for today.

Lesson 39

9/28/2020

Writing Class 101

Lesson 39
Sales Pitch

Good day to all. Last week we talked about editing, so hopefully your book is done. You have it published and on the market. Now you have to advertise. You need to place ads in as many places as possible, hopefully for free. You will also have to probably place your book on pay display ads. In order to do this you need to make up blurbs, short sentences to explain your book.

Lesson 38

9/21/2020

Writing Class 101 by Rick Kurtis

Lesson 38
Edit, edit, edit
Welcome back; I hope you are having fun with your books, and enjoying my lessons. I have no doubt that you have found typos or mistakes in my other thirty-seven lessons. These were only edited by myself, and my wife, and myself again. Just for fun, send me your thoughts. Let me know what you’re working on. If you have any questions or concerns, please let me know. Meanwhile, I want to relay what I have run into.