TheKentucky Book Fair is the largest book signing event in Kentucky and will be 

held on November 6th at Joseph-Beth Booksellers in Lexington. I’ll be signing

copies of five of my books, so if you attend, stop by and we’ll chat.

I’mlooking forward to meeting lots of people who love to read. Another treat ismeeting authors and renewing friendships with authors I’ve met at events overthe years.

Sincethis blog is all about writing tips, here are five I highly recommend:

1.     Readbooks. Readers make good writers.

2.     Writeas often as possible. Your writing “muscle” needs to be exercised on a regularbasis to get and stay in shape.

3.     Letothers read your work and give you feedback on what works and what does not.

4.     Revise.The first draft is never our best work.

5.     Playwith words. Have fun with them. If you don’t enjoy writing them, the readerwon’t enjoy reading them.

A fun exercise for yourwriting “muscle.”

          Write a page or two of a comic book/graphic novel. Draw thepictures first; then add the speech bubbles. On a separate paper, write thedialog that goes in the bubbles. Read it aloud. Think about ways you can reviseit to make it sound better for the reader. After you finish revising, adddialog to the bubbles.

Nancy Kelly Allen has written 50 children’sbooks and a cookbook, SPIRIT OF KENTUCKY. Check out her blog at www.nancykellyallen.com