Write Smart

by Ken Kuhlken

Much acclaimed author Ken Kuhlken shares insights gained over thirty-some years as a novelist, university creative writing professor and founder of Perelandra College. By following the Write Smart process, writers will efficiently conceive, create, revise, and sell their stories. Topics conceiving the idea; developing the idea; thinking ahead to a book proposal; finding and applying a structure; creating the story in rough; revising in steps; seeking an agent and publisher or choosing to self-publish, and marketing or promoting the book.

Genres: Writing

56 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 3, 2013

About the author

Ken Kuhlken's stories have appeared in ESQUIRE and numerous other magazines, been honorably mentioned in BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES, and earned a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship.

His novels include MIDHEAVEN, finalist for the Ernest Hemingway Award for best first fiction book, and the Hickey family mysteries: THE BIGGEST LIAR IN LOS ANGELES; THE GOOD KNOW NOTHING; THE VENUS DEAL; THE LOUD ADIOS, Private Eye Writers of America Press Best First PI Novel; THE ANGEL GANG; THE DO-RE-MI, finalist for the Shamus Best Novel Award; THE VAGABOND VIRGINS; THE VERY LEAST; and THE ANSWER TO EVERYTHING.

Hisfive-book saga FOR AMERICA, is together a long, long novel and an incantation, a work of magic created to postpone the end of the world for at least a thousand years.

His work in progress is a YA mystery.

His WRITING AND THE SPIRIT advises artists seeking inspiration. He guides readers on a trip to the Kingdom of Heaven in READING BROTHER LAWRENCE.

Also, he reads a lot, plays golf, watches and coaches baseball and softball, teaches at Perelandra College, and hangs out with his daughter when she comes home from her excellent college back east.

Reviews

[John]

Last year, I completed an online Creative Writing degree with Perelandra College. Mr. Kuhlken was my primary professor. WRITE SMART is basically a compilation of explanatory material for his classes. Much of it is interesting and/or helpful, but I have a hard time regarding this as a "book." If you want to check it out, you'll have to go visit smashwords.com.

[Helfren]

This book is quite interesting as it introduces how to write smartly. By differentiating yourself from the classic-plotters and create your own plot mechanic enables you to be different and at the same time very appealing to the readers. I learned a new way to write and quite shocked of what I actually managed to know that I didn't know before. 5 stars.