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

held on November 6^th 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’m looking forward to meeting lots of people who love to read. Another treat is meeting authors and renewing friendships with authors I’ve met at events over the years.

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

1.     Read books. Readers make good writers.

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

3.     Let others 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.     Play with words. Have fun with them. If you don’t enjoy writing them, the reader won’t enjoy reading them.

A fun exercise for your writing “muscle.”

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

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