Looking to put a little pep in your writing? Struggling with finding a home for your book? Check out some tips and tricks from me and other authors.
Category: Writing and Publishing Tips
The Joys of Building a Writing Platform
For me, the publishing aspect of writing will always be associated with sweltering heat. It was late in the evening on one boiling July day last year when I began working on building my first website and …
Revision and Editing: creating a basic plan for whipping your manuscript into shape.
Often, when swept up by magnificent prose, I find myself overwhelmed. It is easy to look at a well-crafted story and think instantly that the genius of the author is impossible to replicate, especially when compared to …
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Three Outlining Tips for Discovery Writers
A guest post by author Chris Sears One of my favorite quotes about writing is from Ray Bradbury who said: “Plot is no more than footprints in the snow after your characters have run by on their …
How to Write a Novel & Hold Down a Demanding Job
Guest Post by Caroline Elvin, Author & Freelance Writer It’s no easy feat to write a novel, but doing it whilst holding down a full-time job can be a whole separate challenge in itself. Whilst writing my …
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I Killed Her So That I Might Keep Her
The only sin of the last duchess was that she enjoyed life a bit too much. She looked upon everything with favor, and Duke of Ferrara did not take kindly to that. He wanted her eyes to …
Traditional Publishing: The Pain, Trauma, and Reward
I received my first rejection letter on August 20th of this last year. The words of the form rejection are etched into my mind forever: “Thank you for considering me with your query. Unfortunately, your manuscript does …
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Charting Your Novel
The sun crept behind the towering Cascade Mountains, turning the sky red. My kitchen glowed, the ruddy light reflecting off of dirty dishes and a mottled counter top. I’d been writing for three weeks and had just …
Agent Panels, First Pages, and Heart Attacks
Then agent panel began. I scribbled furiously as they read and discussed other author's pages, both alternately glad and disappointed that mine had not been read. When Chuck began to read my page, my heart thundered so …
Revision Tips and Tricks
So you've completed a novel. First, let me say congratulations. You have accomplished what many people never will. Take a little time to celebrate. Open that bottle of prosecco. Eat something pickled. Or, you know, do whatever …
Tibetan Lemonade 