How to make your perfectly ordinary life sound like something you actually wanted to happen to you, and not just something that you discovered had already happened to you while you were scrolling
Just used these wonderful instructions, Rod, and your previous post about setting up a website, which I have now done - TJPender.com. Thanks for all your help!
Fabulissimo Rod. Mine is a work in progress and I hear you! Tweaking one’s CV for jobs it’s a similar thing -‘cept you need more you in an authors bio. Really enjoyed the long and short of yours. Your writing is extraordinary good - such a distinctive positive and human voice. It would certainly hold my interest.
The thing with an author bio is that it feels like we're selling ourselves. It's cringy at first, talking up the positives about our writing, because for us beginners and non-Nobel Peace Prize winning authors, there's not a lot to talk about.
But it's still interesting to someone, and that someone might just turn out to be a person who reads (or wants to read in our case) all our novels.
Finding our voice, and letting that seep into all of our writing - including the dreaded bio - is a huge step along a writer's career, I think.
Great points Maggie. Couldn't have said it better myself. And pretty sure I didn't 😊. Bios are maybe the toughest thing to write because you have to put yourself out there. Literally no choice. But... that means everything else must be easier!
Just used these wonderful instructions, Rod, and your previous post about setting up a website, which I have now done - TJPender.com. Thanks for all your help!
Glad they helped. The website looks fantastic. And great bio!
Well, I wouldn't go that far, but it's a start. Couldn't/wouldn't have done it without your push!
Fabulissimo Rod. Mine is a work in progress and I hear you! Tweaking one’s CV for jobs it’s a similar thing -‘cept you need more you in an authors bio. Really enjoyed the long and short of yours. Your writing is extraordinary good - such a distinctive positive and human voice. It would certainly hold my interest.
Thanks Ilene, and yeah. It's like a flash fiction version of your CV, that's judged by... like... everyone. Good luck bringing yours together!
The thing with an author bio is that it feels like we're selling ourselves. It's cringy at first, talking up the positives about our writing, because for us beginners and non-Nobel Peace Prize winning authors, there's not a lot to talk about.
But it's still interesting to someone, and that someone might just turn out to be a person who reads (or wants to read in our case) all our novels.
Finding our voice, and letting that seep into all of our writing - including the dreaded bio - is a huge step along a writer's career, I think.
Great post, Rod!
Great points Maggie. Couldn't have said it better myself. And pretty sure I didn't 😊. Bios are maybe the toughest thing to write because you have to put yourself out there. Literally no choice. But... that means everything else must be easier!