May 275 min5 Times It's Okay to Ignore CriticismIt’s always a good idea to get more eyes on your book. When you’re publishing your own material, the only way you can get it...
Jun 30, 20213 minProofreading, Copy Editing, And Developmental Editing: What You Need And What The Difference IsFirst the bad news: Editing is critical to your success. And no, reading out loud to yourself is not good enough.
May 27, 20214 minTop 7 Tips for Self RevisionOver the course of drafting your book, you’ll likely read it multiple times to perform some rudimentary editing on your own...
May 12, 20214 min9 Common Mistakes Authors Make with Beta ReadersYou have professional editors, and you have self-revisions, and then you have the third step: beta readers.
Feb 1, 20219 minProWritingAid vs. Autocrit: Comparison and ReviewThese days, you can find a variety of online editing software options that can meet a variety of your editing needs.
Dec 21, 20201 minTop 5 Editing Resources for WritersEditing is expensive, time consuming, and inevitable. Before you waste your fortune hiring an editor...
Dec 18, 20203 minWhat I Wish Everyone Knew about Professional EditorsBetween the writing sprees and the publishing hustle comes one step no writer can escape: editing. Some writers love editing.
Dec 16, 20206 minSo You Think You Can Plot: Dramatica vs. Plottr (Review)Plotting software fills in the niche gap between writing software and editing software and allows you to iron out your novel...
Oct 22, 20201 minPitch Perfect: Anatomy of A Book PitchWriting a pitch is a helpful idea for any fiction writer, whether or not you want to go traditional.
Feb 10, 20172 minCharacter Arcs: When You Don’t Need ThemI didn’t change much there. The three ghosts, the plot, and Scrooge were untouched. All I did to create the disturbing and uncomfortable...
Feb 2, 20171 minHow to Re-Write Your Novel–without Losing Your Sanity (Curated Post)A personal note: re-writing is currently the hardest, most diabolical part of the writing process for me. It feels like I’m stabbing my...
Jan 15, 20162 minGrammarly Review: Automatic ProofreaderPlease vote for my novel, The Grim Reaper: And Company! on Kindle Scout here: https://kindlescout.amazon.com/p/X0Z1F8GSDDVB I recently...
Apr 27, 20154 minShould You Hire an Editor?No matter how careful you are editing your own work, things will slip through the cracks. It’s a fact of writing that spans from novice...
Apr 7, 20153 minDon’t Begin Your Novel Like This!All that glitters is 24 karat, pristine gold! They say never to judge a book by its cover, but everyone does that anyway. I remember one...
Apr 4, 20153 min10 Facts about Your Fantasy Universe (You Don’t Know Yet)One of the most challenging parts of writing in the fantasy genre is creating the universe. You could spend years designing the cultures...
Mar 26, 20152 minA Note on Novel LengthImage credit: Sanja Djenero How long should my book be? It’s a silly question, or so it seems. What does length matter so long as the...
Mar 20, 20152 minSex, Swearing, and What You Don’t Want to WriteA few years ago, I found myself staring tensely at my computer screen, fingers hovering over the keyboard as I wrestled with a problem...
Mar 13, 20153 minWhy Your Strong Female Heroine Needs to DieImage credit: Belovodchenko Anton That’s it. I’ve had it. I’ve seen her too many times on the big screen, small screen and in the pages...
Feb 20, 20152 minWhy Your Readers Will Never Know You’re A Bad WriterImage credit: Cecile Graat Song, poetry, and regional or foreign accents are only a few of the tough calls you have to make in the...
Feb 13, 20153 minMy Biggest Novelling FailsA novel can only be as perfect as the person (or people) who write it, and no matter how incredible a work of fiction can seem, there are...